Savannah River National Laboratory's (SRNL) Technology Transfer Group has been notified by the World's Best Technologies (WBT) that the Acoustic Door Latch Detector (SmartLatch™) has been preselected from early submissions to be one of the top six technologies featured on its website. Other institutions (some working cooperatively) with preselected winners include the University of Hawaii, Medical College of Georgia, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, DARPA, National Institutes of Health, and the University of Montreal. The early selection of the SmartLatch™ guarantees its inclusion within the top 25 technologies in this year's competition, as well as a 10-minute presentation of the technology at the Showcase. The SmartLatch™ is a "smart" door lock for industrial and consumer applications that uses existing state-of-the-art neural network technology to acoustically monitor lock performance and, in particular, the latching event.
WBT is the nation's premier event showcasing the largest collection of undiscovered technologies from top universities, laboratories, and research institutions across the country and around the globe.
The WBT is produced in cooperation with the FLC and the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF).
