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CURF also has developed relationships with several technology advancement firms across the country that have the first right of refusal for developing technologies. One company to highlight is that of '''TAO Life Sciences''', who also has attained industry-partnership status and holds space in the CUBEInC. facility.
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= Innovation with a Makerspace =
The '''Watt Family Innovation Center''' is a new building on Clemson's campus that is bustling with innovative and design thinking. The building is home to several spaces specifically purposed for student lead ideation including Clemson's brand new 3D Printing club. The Watt Center is a hub of creation that is centered on a common drive for innovation. This space has the capacity to continue to generate an entrepreneurial mindset alongside the innovation that Clemson is kick starting. One space in particular in the Watt Center is the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkgYFRJWSII '''<b>Clemson Makerspace'''</b>], which features multiple 3D printers and a laser cutter, available to every Clemson student, regardless of cost.
Clemson is home to many makerspaces available to students which are focused on encouraging design practices and innovation. '''Lee Hall''' is a space open to architecture students that houses both a woodworking shop and digital design studio. '''Riggs Hall''' has a microcontroller and electronics design shop open to the school of computing. '''Cook Laboratory '''is a sophisticated mechanical engineering shop that houses any tool you could possibly need, and offers training and safety courses for all of their equipment. Spaces like these are the reasons Clemson is able to have student clubs like the Steel Bridge Builders and Concrete Canoe Challenge, which encourage design thinking and innovative solutions.
Apart from physical construction, Clemson's campus hosts som unique areas for digital innovation. In collaboration with Adobe, Clemson has the'''[http://coe.clemson.edu/adobe-digital-studio/ Adobe Digital Studio], '''which has a free-flowing layout, video and sound recording rooms, and interns trained and ready to assist students in the digital creativity projects through the use of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Another space ripe with digital creativity and innovation is the [https://www.clemson.edu/education/dmll/ '''<b>Digital Media and Learning Labs'''</b>], hosted by the College of Education in Tillman Hall
= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =
These efforts are simply the beginning of the drive for economic development in innovation and entrepreneurship. Integration and implementation of a plan to acquire "gap" funding is underway and are integral to the success of Clemson University's vision for entrepreneurship and innovation.
= DENX =
An initiaitive that started with the DEN and functioned as the Clemson UIF 2017 Cohort
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