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Contact:         Lindsay Polak
                        Technology Transfer Office
                        University of Colorado
                        (303) 735-5518
                        lindsay.polak@cu.edu

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CU Executes Exclusive Option Agreement with AgriHouse Inc.
The TTO recently executed an exclusive option agreement with AgriHouse Inc. for intelligent leaf sensory technology. AgriHouse, a leading edge agri-biotechnology company headquartered in Berthoud, CO, is developing first-generation leaf sensors to measure and monitor plant moisture demands and other plant physiological sensing applications.  These discrete sensory devices combine magnetic resistance radio frequency and infrared technology for plant intelligence enabling on-demand watering and alternatives to current technologies of soil-based moisture monitoring and aerial infrared imaging.  The “Sg-1000™,” based on CU research, provides leaf sensor RFID signaling of field crops transmitted to a wi-fi; the watering system supplies only the water the plant needs to use. The invention is primarily applicable to water conservation and water cost reduction applications for irrigated land. 

About Technology Transfer Office

The CU Technology Transfer Office pursues, protects, packages, and licenses to business the intellectual property generated from research at CU. The TTO provides assistance to faculty, staff, and students, as well as to businesses looking to license or invest in CU technology. For more information about technology transfer at CU, visit www.cu.edu/techtransfer.

About University of Colorado

The University of Colorado is a three-campus system with campuses in Boulder and Colorado Springs, and a Denver and Health Sciences Center campus located in downtown Denver and at the former Fitzsimons Army Base in Aurora.  CU is a premier teaching and research university, ranked sixth among public institutions in federal research expenditures by the National Science Foundation.  Academic prestige is marked by CU’s four Nobel laureates, seven Mac Arthur “genius” Fellows, 17 astronauts, 19 Rhodes Scholars and CU-Boulder’s ranking of 11th best public university in the world in The Economist. For further information, please visit www.cu.edu.