It is estimated that over one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, with an estimated two million people dying from waterborne diseases every year.  A low-cost, effective system for point-of-use water disinfection could dramatically change this public health problem.

Halosource, Inc., is providing such a solution in the form of Halopure BR^®.  Based on n-halamine technology invented by Dr. Dave Worley of Chemistry, cartridges are being sold in India, China and Brazil that can expand the availability of safe drinking water in these developing countries.  In March, 2009, Halopure BR^® received EPA registration, which should significantly extend the range and potential of this revolutionary technology.

A light microscope adaptor using technology invented by Dr. Vitaly Vodyanoy of the College of Veterinary Medicine provides far higher resolution than current top-of-the-line research microscopes. The new technology enables researchers to observe living cells in extremely fine detail without the time consuming or invasive sample processing steps which are typical of current high-technology microscopes. Additional benefits include enhanced fluorescence capabilities and utility in the nanotechnology and materials industries.

Introduced to the market in December 2004 by Aetos Technologies, the first microscope, the CytoViva 150™, features resolution below 150 nm and is being actively sold into numerous markets.  CytoViva was won several major national awards: R&D Magazine's top 100 most technologically significant products introduced in 2006 AND 2007 and the Nano 50 Award by NASA Tech Briefs, which recognizes the most exceptional new products in the nanotechnology field.  In November of 2006, Aetos launched CytoViva, Inc. as a separate subsidiary company.
CytoViva Website

Working with outside inventors, researchers in Auburn's College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture jointly created and developed the world's only molded fishing lures made entirely of edible ingredients.  Easily biodegradable, they have become the only manufactured lures to be designated as "natural bait" by fish and wildlife agencies. Brought to market by FoodSource Lures Corporation, these lures are available at many fine retailers of fishing items.  In 2006, the FoodSource Minnow was named one of Field & Stream's Top 50 fishing lures of all-time.  Also in 2006, the technology behind FoodSource Lures was one of two Auburn technologies (along with AU MEDS™) listed in the Better World Project field report.  In 2008, FoodSource received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a bait to deliver an oral Lyme disease vaccine to wildlife
reservoirs of the disease.