On March 9, 2006, University of Florida electrical engineering senior Moishe Groger holds a “smart sensor” that can tell retailers who receive a shipment of goods how long it will be before they spoil or pass their expiration date. Groger and other students designed the sensor, which can also record when temperatures spike or other glitches occur as a product is being shipped, as part of a program that seeks to immerse engineering, business and law students in entrepreneurial activities.

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