Meredith Perry (born August 5, 1989) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist, most well-known for the invention of uBeam, a wireless charging system based on ultrasound.[1][2] Perry is currently[when?] the co-founder and CEO of Elemind,[3][4] a company developing noninvasive neurotechnology, [5] and also serves on the Board of the J. Craig Venter Institute.[6]
Meredith Perry | |
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| Born | August 5, 1989 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Elemind Technologies, Inc. |
| Known for | Invention of ultrasonic wireless power |
| Board member of | Elemind Technologies, Inc., J. Craig Venter Institute |
Biography
editCareer
editPerry studied paleobiology and astrobiology at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted astrobiology research with the NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. She is a NASA Astrobiology Institute Research Scholarship Recipient and NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Recipient. She co-authored two astrobiology research papers with Christopher McKay of NASA Ames Research Center.[7]
Perry won the University of Pennsylvania's Invention Competition,[8] "PennVention" in 2011 for her ultrasonic wireless power transmission system, which she named "uBeam". Perry founded uBeam in 2011 and raised $40M from Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban, Marissa Mayer and other prominent investors.[citation needed] She stepped down as CEO in 2018 after the company moved from trying to build its own products to licensing its technology for other companies to use.[9]
Perry announced through a tweet in 2019[10] that she is developing a new neurotechnology with Ed Boyden, and subsequently announced in 2020 a new company co-founded for this purpose, Elemind Technologies.[11][12] On February 6, 2024, Elemind emerged from stealth mode, with Perry saying that the company's wearable device can "stop tremor for people with essential tremors” as well as "induce sleep, faster than leading sleep drugs. [And] we can induce memory formation and increase pain threshold" but that the company was not ready to release an image of the device.[13]
Awards and recognition
editPerry was recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People",[14] and has been included in Fortune's “40 Under 40” Mobilizers,[15] Forbes' “30 Under 30”,[16] and Vanity Fair's “The New Establishment”.[17] Perry is the recipient of Elle magazine's Genius Award.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Wireless power transfer". Canadian Patents Database. Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Retrieved 2024-01-10. Patent status listed as "Dead Application" as of 2019-09-04.
- ^ "She's an inventor. She's 25. And she wants to make true wireless charging a reality". Fortune.
- ^ "TEAM".
- ^ https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ma/001437467
- ^ "TEAM".
- ^ "Meredith Perry".
- ^ Tanaka, Zuki; Perry, Meredith; Cooper, George; Tang, Suning; McKay, Christopher P.; Chen, Bin (August 1, 2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR) Raman Spectroscopy of Precambrian Carbonate Stromatolites with Post-Depositional Organic Inclusions". Applied Spectroscopy. 66 (8): 911–916. Bibcode:2012ApSpe..66..911T. doi:10.1366/11-06523. PMID 22800768. S2CID 478919.
- ^ "Team with wireless charger". www.bizjournals.com. 2011. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ Constine, Josh (September 21, 2018). "UBeam's wireless power's CEO Meredith Perry steps aside amidst B2B pivot". Tech Crunch. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Elemind Technologies, Inc". linkedin.com. February 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "TEAM".
- ^ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/06/business/elemind-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-reid-hoffman-neurotech-wearables/
- ^ "Meet Meredith Perry, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2014". Fast Company.
- ^ "More under 40s: Mobilizers". Fortune.
- ^ Helman, Christopher. "Forbes 30 Under 30 In The Energy Sector". Forbes.
- ^ Bilton, Nick (8 September 2015). "The New Establishment 2015". Vanity Fair.
- ^ Plattner, Seth; Davis, Allison P.; Straut, Catherine; Moody, Elyse; Kapp, Diana; Harman, Justine (June 29, 2012). "Genius Awards 2012". ELLE.