Vanu graduated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: like his dad, BS, MS, PhD. He was an electrical engineer and systems designer. He was founder and CEO of Vanu Inc., which developed his Spectrumware, software-defined radio, a technology licensed to him by M.I.T., where it was his thesis project. The technology is being developed in partnership with the Tata Institute/C-DoT in India, where it is expected to cut costs by half for radio/telephone communications in remote areas. A project in Rwanda will connect up to one million users per 50 watt transceiver unit. Shortly before his death, he donated similar technology, solar transceivers, to entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico to facilitate the recovery effort in the hurricane-stricken island, including location of lost relatives, and operation of remote ATM's, making resupply possible.
He married in September, 2007, and they have one child. He died suddenly of a pulminary embolism. He is also survived by a sister.
Vanu graduated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: like his dad, BS, MS, PhD. He was an electrical engineer and systems designer. He was founder and CEO of Vanu Inc., which developed his Spectrumware, software-defined radio, a technology licensed to him by M.I.T., where it was his thesis project. The technology is being developed in partnership with the Tata Institute/C-DoT in India, where it is expected to cut costs by half for radio/telephone communications in remote areas. A project in Rwanda will connect up to one million users per 50 watt transceiver unit. Shortly before his death, he donated similar technology, solar transceivers, to entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico to facilitate the recovery effort in the hurricane-stricken island, including location of lost relatives, and operation of remote ATM's, making resupply possible.
He married in September, 2007, and they have one child. He died suddenly of a pulminary embolism. He is also survived by a sister.