CubeWorks was founded in late 2013 by University of Michigan researchers Dr. ZhiYoong Foo, Dr. Gyouho Kim, and Dr. Yoonmyung Lee; and faculty, David Blaauw, David Wentzloff, Dennis Sylvester, and Prabal Dutta to specialize in mm-scale sensing platforms. The goal of CubeWorks is to deliver a true “smart dust” to open up the next generation of computing paradigm, accelerating massive-scale realization of Internet of Things.

The Michigan Micro Mote (M3), the world’s smallest computer, is the core technology of the company. The M3 is a fully autonomous computing system that acts as a smart sensing system. The M3 is built in stacked layers that communicate through a universal interface protocol called MBus. Each M3 computer contains the following layers: solar cell and optical communication photo cell, harvester control electronics layer, radio layer, sensor interface layer (temp sensor and capacitive interface electronics), layer with capacitors for stabilizing the power supplies, processor + memory + power regulation layer, battery and optional layer for pressure sensor, imager, etc.

Zhiyoong Foo, CEO, zhiyoong@umich.edu

Gyouho Kim, CTO