Alumnus named to #TECH50 list

8/1/2016

MechSE alumnus Adam Tilton--co-founder of Rithmio with Associate Professor Prashant Mehta--has made the #TECH50 list from Crain's Chicago Business for 2016. 

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MechSE alumnus Adam Tilton--co-founder of Rithmio with Associate Professor Prashant Mehta--has made the #TECH50 list from Crain's Chicago Business for 2016

Crain's said: "Wearables—the most widely available examples of the internet of things—could work a lot smarter, or so this former University of Illinois researcher believes. Tilton was developing software to track missiles when he saw how lousy first-generation wearables, like the FitBit, were at tracking motion beyond walking and running. So with U of I professor Prashant Mehta, he founded Rithmio, which lets users accurately account for a range of movement, from bench presses to kettlebell swings. Last year, the Chicago company got $3 million in funding led by Intel and KGC Capital."


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This story was published August 1, 2016.