High-Speed Inspection Startup Spectrohm Announces Development Partnership with Wireless Research Center
Collaboration Accelerates Deployment of Breakthrough Security Screening Solutions
McLean, VA / Wake Forest, NC (Oct. 4, 2022) Spectrohm, a company building novel radio frequency (RF) inspection technology, announced today it is partnering with the Wireless Research Center of North Carolina (WRC), the leading independent, private nonprofit research center […]
The Wireless Research Center Opens Office at The Loading Dock in Wake Forest
WRC Continues Mission as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurship and Technology-based Economic Development
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (May 23, 2022) – The Wireless Research Center, a catalyst for technology-led economic development founded in Wake Forest in 2010, has opened offices in the downtown Wake Forest location of The Loading Dock.
The co-working space at […]
Government and Public Safety Community Developing New N.C. Digital Statewide Paging System with NextGen TV
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Grant Supports Development by Device Solutions, WRC, PBS North Carolina and NCDIT
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (May 16, 2022) In this era of 5G, IoT and everything digital, most fire and rescue agencies still use analog paging systems to dispatch and communicate with first responders. The need […]
NextGen TV, pagers transmit enhanced emergency data to responders
A group of public and private-sector partners has developed a nationwide, standardized and interoperable digital emergency paging system that transmits voice, data, images, video and GIS over NextGen TV, or the ATSC 3.0 public broadcasting standard for digital broadcasting. Partners include PBS […]
WRC helping commercialize new digital paging system technology.
PBS North Carolina video about helping first responders. WRC helping commercialize new digital paging system technology.
About WRC
Wireless Research Center is an independent nonprofit to bridge the gap between research and commercialization and bring the next generation of products and services to market. […]
One year later, here’s how the Virginia Smart Community Testbed is helping local startups
This month marks the first anniversary of the Virginia Smart Community Testbed, a local program to assist technology-based startups. The program was developed through a partnership between Virginia’s Stafford County, the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation […]
North Carolina Deploys Statewide Paging System Using Next-Generation TV
A Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded to engineering firm Device Solutions supports the applied research through the Wireless Research Center, PBS North Carolina (formerly UNC-TV) and the N.C. Department of […]
The Wireless Research Center is an independent, private nonprofit research center dedicated to applied research and engineering. The WRC helps clients from around the world develop products and services that advance wireless technology innovation – from in-body sensors and implanted medical devices to satellites and space exploration.
Success is fostered by building a community of collaboration in public and private sectors, accelerating development of ideas from initial concept through commercial production. The WRC’s novel approach to intellectual property does not require a share of jointly developed inventions, unique among research organizations globally.
