• Backyard Brains, which enables high school teachers to incorporate neurophysiology into their lessons.
• Carrier Mobile, which aims to replace hand-written logs for truck drivers with cell phone software.
• CrowdClarity, which uses the wisdom of crowds—often called crowdsourcing—to assist in product development.
• Mobil33t, a mobile development company primarily focused on smartphone application development.
• My BandStock, which allows bands to raise money from their fan base to make records.
• Phonagle, which focuses on team-based multiplayer games incorporating social networking.
• Quazie.net, which focuses on iPhone applications and other ventures.
• Shepherd Intelligent Systems, which tracks public buses and posts their locations online through Google Maps.
• WOMP Software, which creates and distributes lightweight, easy-to-use software.

The TechArb is a temporary home to these startups, but with the support of the university and local venture firm, RPM Ventures, it may be a more permanent space to foster entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan.  Full article from the University of Michigan News Service.