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New, Innovative Packing Technology Solution
Packing containers is an integral part of the supply chain in all industries. Currently, most of the containers used for transporting goods are made of glass or plastic. In addition, they are often designed to be disposed of after use and are rarely recycled. Hence, these containers end up in the junkyard and environment as waste materials. The technology outlined here is a unique method to reuse plastic bottles through a special packing material. This provides a sustainable solution for the reduction of waste from disposal of containers by reusing the plastic bottles without compromising on the cost and cleanliness of the bottles. The packing material used to line the bottles is biodegradable, ensuring that the operation is environmentally friendly.
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Novel Biosensing Platform Delivering Laboratory Quality Analysis in Minutes
We have developed a proprietary analytical platform that combines tiny molecular machines (biosensors) with a compact reading device to provide minimally trained users with laboratory quality results in minutes. Our biosensors are proteins engineered to have a customisable detector and a constant signalling module. The signalling uses bioluminescen -
Ultralow-Power AI Visual Sensor for Battery Operated & IoT Applications
This technology offer is an always-on artificial intelligence (AI) visual sensor that consumes less than 1 mW of power, and is suitable for use in next-generation, battery-operated smart camera systems. The design combines an ultralow-power image sensor with a custom computer vision application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). It runs optimised -
Eco-friendly Plant-based Biodegradable Microbeads
This technology is an integrated manufacturing solution to produce plant-based biodegradable beads to replace plastic microbeads. Every year, more than 250,000 tons of plastic microbeads end up in our oceans. These plastic microbeads are used as abrasives in detergents, exfoliants in cosmetics, binders in paints and coatings, additives in lubricant -
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power System for Electric Vehicles
Despite the advantages of Hydrogen fuel cells for future mobility (higher driving range compared to Lithium batteries, fast refueling downtime and zero emissions), the number of fuel cell vehicles on public road remains insignificant due to 2 major stumbling blocks: system complexity and high cost. The technology provider specialises in Hydrogen fu -
Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Enterprise and Cloud
The growing 'mobility' of users and expanding enterprise perimeter has resulted in an increased attack surface. From on-premise and cloud-based systems to networked devices, securing these targets in today's hybrid distributed IT ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex. The Zero-Trust Approach is the most effective way to protect against today's -
Multi-sensing Nanoscale Biochips
Electrochemical and optical biosensors , which are dominant technologies in the global biosensor market, have the disadvantage of long assay time, labelling, sophisticated infrastructure and expensive reagents in point-of-care diagnostic assay. The micro/nanofabrication technologies and the discovery of abundant nanoscale materials have now opened -
Non-invasive Prostate Cancer Detection Device
A biosensor for the selective capture and detection of prostate cancer cells in urine Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and, while a range of invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests exist, identifying aggressive and life-threatening cases is a real challenge. For example, the poor specificity of PSA blood tests (prosta -
Digital Vault - Enterprise File Sharing and Collaboration with Military-grade Security and Ease of Access
With rise of data breach incidents and stringent data privacy and compliance norms, organizations are feeling the heat to protect their sensitive data. This further gets complicated with growing business needs to share and collaborate information outside the organization - with partners, suppliers, customers and beyond. The company was accelerated
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Method for preparing recombinant proteins from pleurotus eryngii using a secretion vector
(Phương pháp điều chế Protein tái tổ hợp từ Pleurotus Eryngii) PURPOSE: A method for preparing a recombinant protein from Pleurotus eryngii transformed by introducing a secretion vector is provided. CONSTITUTION: A method for preparing a recombinant protein from Pleurotus eryngii comprises: a step of constructing the secretion vector for secreting -
Creating Novel Healthier Food Formulations Through Systematic Analysis and Design
There is currently a rising trend of functional foods with modified nutritional profiles. This is partly in answer to the global diabetes and metabolic disease epidemic. However, it is often difficult to develop food products with a favourable nutritional profile and yet taste good and similar to the originals which are what consumers often have an -
Enhancing Mechanical Performance of Polymers with Unique Aluminium Oxide Nanofibers
A unique nanofiber form of pure aluminium oxide (alumina) was discovered and further developed as an industrial scale technology. Nano-alumina features high strength, high aspect ratio, large surface area and a faceted surface, which all together allow the nanofiber to increase the mechanical properties of polymer (e.g. epoxy) based systems. The in -
Mercury free UVC Light Source
This new and mercury free UV technology offers huge benefits compared to conventional UV sources. It is uniquely suited for applications where instantaneous start of UVC and secure levels of disinfection are of importance. This truly sustainable UV technology is completely free of toxic materials like Mercury. That removes significant barriers and -
Nano-structured Coating to Improve UV-output
This groundbreaking UV nanostructured coating improves UV output of existing UV lamps, sleeves and UV transparent windows by up to 15% at 254nm. It has been extensively evaluated at 254nm using standard mercury low pressure lamps (LP Hg lamps). This proprietary layer is made with a simple wet chemical coating process followed by a short heat treatm -
Durable Antimicrobial Coating Platform for Healthcare Applications
With the world population rapidly ageing, there will be a large number of elderly patients who are immunocompromised and more susceptible to infections, many times stemming from surgical site, burn, chronic wound, catheter insertion site or contact lens infections, among others. We have developed a novel, one-step crosslinking method to make durabl
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Flexible Graphene Temperature Sensor
This graphene-based temperature sensor is the ideal thermometer for large area sensing with fast response and low power consumption. Its graphene ultrathin layer works as a resistance temperature detector (RTD). The sensor is thin and lightweight and it features excellent chemical stability. It provides temperature data on the basis of averaging or -
A Nanoplasmonic Device for High Performance Nanotechnology Products
Nanoplasmonics deal with creating ultra-compact components for nanoscale photonic devices to match their electronic counterparts. Focusing on control and manipulation of plasmons at nanometre dimensions, nanoplasmonics combines the strength of electronics and photonics and is predicted to replace existing integrated circuits and photonic devices. I -
Tactile Sensing Glove
A tactile sensing glove embedded with multiple tactile sensors can measure each sensing point's applied pressure and its corresponding position. Its pressure sensing layer is constructed with multiple rows and columns of piezoresistive sensing points. The piezoresistive sensor's electrical resistance decreases when a pressure is applied on it. The -
Robust, Real-Time Outdoor Monitoring of Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids
A New Zealand company has developed a device that provides real-time continuous water turbidity and sediment monitoring, which offers a highly reliable, cost-effective and real-time approach to measuring suspended solids. This solar-powered, low maintenance solution floats and transmits real-time data to a web interface and is suitable for use in a -
Miniaturized Broad Band Near Infrared LED Chip
There is a growing interest for low power consumption, affordable, miniaturized near-infrared (NIR) spectrometers. Currently tungsten halogen lamps are used as a light source in NIR spectroscopy, which have relatively high-power consumption and large size limiting the miniaturization of the optical components. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are chara -
Ski simulation apparatus enabling the image of a display part and the motions of a simulator unit to be coupled with each other by feedback, and a method thereof
(Thiết bị mô phỏng trượt tuyết cho phép hiển thị hình ảnh và giả lập chuyển động phản hồi) PURPOSE: Ski simulation apparatus and a method thereof are provided to enable a user to experience the posture and movement of various motions by using an image based on virtual reality and a simulator enabled with 6 degree-of-freedom motions. CONSTITUTION: S
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Recycling Lithium-ion Battery Cathodes Using Deep Eutectic Solvents
As the consumption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for the transportation and consumer electronics sectors continues to grow, so does the pile of battery waste. Lithium-ion battery waste retains value particularly in the form of metal ions in the cathode part of the device, but few standardised methods exist to extract, recover, and reuse these pre -
CO2-derived Nanoparticles for Polymer and Concrete Applications
The overarching issue of greenhouse gas emissions is well known in both scope and consequences. With over 30 billion tonnes of CO 2 emitted annually, humanity emits over 100 times its own weight in greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate climate change patterns unparalleled in recent history. The technology provider has developed a process to conv -
Vertical Axis Wind Generator
The technology described herein is related to the development of a vertical axis wind turbine system suitable for applications in regions with limited power access. The wind turbine system can generate electricity at low wind speed starting from 2.5 m/s with rated speed between 8 - 10 m/s. With its unique turbine blade design, the wind turbine syst -
A Frozen-free and High Efficiency LNG Cold Recovery and Utilization System
In comparison with the combustion of diesel oil, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a type of cryogenic clean fuel, which is the crucial impetus of the country economy. It is an attractive solution to use it as engine fuel for cruises, barges, inner river ships as well as some heavy trucks. Before being burned, LNG will be vaporized and superheated to -
Molecularly Imprinted Piezoelectric Quartz Sensor
The sensor technology is based on molecular imprinting and piezoelectric effect that enable real-time and label-free sensing of mass changes and energy dissipation on a surface originated from molecules adsorption, and molecular interactions, with high sensitivity and selectivity. This technology leverages on nanomaterial technology, enabling conve -
Subterranean Thermoelectric Harvester for Smart Farming IoT Devices
(Máy thu nhiệt điện ngầm cho các thiết bị IoT canh tác thông minh) This technology offer is a complete subterranean thermoelectric generator system, intended for use in self-powered IoT applications. The device can harvest energy from underground temperature fluctuations to seamlessly power IoT components, and is optimized for smart farming applica
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Cost Efficient Cellulose Nanofiber Filter
This innovation is a ground-breaking filter paper composed of 100% cellulose and capable of size-exclusion removal of all types of viruses, including the worst-case small size viruses, i.e. parvoviruses, from water with log10 removal factor > 5, i.e. > 99.999%. The innovative filter design consists of a unique stratified architecture of the filter -
Highly Robust & Sensitive Nanoplasmonic Sensor Technology
Nanoplasmonic Sensing (NPS) technology is a versatile and extremely surface sensitive sensing technology for realtime studies of atomic/molecular changes of less than one nanometer. There is a combination of several inherent strengths with NPS technology that makes it a strong candidate for different sensing applications. The technology is today us -
Flexible micro carbon gas sensor using nanoarrangement structure and method to manufacture same
(Cảm biến khí vi carbon linh hoạt sử dụng cấu trúc và phương pháp sản xuất nano-arrangement) Provided is a flexible micro carbon gas sensor using a nanoarrangement structure, which comprises: a flexible substrate; and a carbon layer laminated on the flexible substrate. The carbon layer is a nanoarrangement structure. According to the present invent -
Superlyophobic Materials for Immiscible Liquids Separation
Separation of oil/water mixture using wetting materials has been extensively investigated. However, the wastes released in industrial processes such as multi-phase liquids extraction, food industries or chemical reaction contain more complicated liquids components. The technology presents a novel strategy to prepare a broad range of superlyophobic -
Light-Activated Catalyst for Treating Highly Toxic Water Pollutants
This novel and environment-friendly modified titanium oxide (TiO2) photocatalyst enables the degradation of 4-chlorophenol through visible light. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 4-chlorophenol is a primary water pollutant owing to its potential as a carcinogen to mammals and aquatic life. This pollutant typically com -
Faster, Lower-cost Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor based on Mussel-Inspired Molecularly Imprinted Polymer
This technology uses a simpler, inexpensive and faster mussel-inspired polymer to generate molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) crystals of QCM sensors. This sensor is designed for the purposes of research, testing, and monitoring, in the areas of chemical, biological and medicinal, agriculture, and material
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Changing the Face of the Plant Protein Market with Smarter Seeds
An Israel company has designed an innovative seed technology company that introduces Smarter Seeds, non-GMO seeds for human consumption with market-transforming characteristics, superior nutritional profiles and improved crop yields. As the only seed breeding company that focuses on the food industry, it allows clients to design their own ingredien -
Novel Biotechnology Reduces Sugar and Calories in Juice to Near Zero
While fruit and vegetable juices can be a source of vitamins, minerals and fibre, it can be a hidden source of sugar. Consumers should be given the choice to select something that is lower in sugar but still retaining the vitamins and minerals. A deeptech startup in the food biotechnology space has developed technology that can reduce the sugar lev -
Synthetic Zeolites Processed from Rice Husks
Rich husk ash is a rich source of silica and produced by incinerating the byproduct that results from winnowing rice to seperate hull from grain. Widely considered a carbon neutral product, rice husk ash is an environmentally friendly resource for producing silica nanomaterials and synthetic zeolite. The proprietary production process used in this -
Innovative Ultrasonic Humidification Technology for Seafood Processing
A German R&D organization with extensive expertise of more than 30 years in food, aquaculture, biomass, and process engineering has developed a state-of-the-art fish processing system. This processing system is based on an innovative ultrasonic humidification technology which produces the finest aerosols with a very small diameter. The piezoelectri -
Proprietary Probiotics Strain of Bifidobacterium infantis: The Champion Coloniser of Infant Gut with Good Potential
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The Early Life Guardian Probiotics Strain of Bifidobacterium breve
Microbial colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract of the infant begins at birth where bifidobacteria are among the first microbes to colonise the gut. Bifidobacteria are thought to be a keystone taxon in infant gut microbiota that plays a vital role in regulating immunological and physiological functions. The populations of bifidobacteria are th
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Nano Glass Coating for Green Building Applications
In the tropical region, buildings are under hot climate and constant exposure to high level of solar radiation all year round. As such, a huge amount of electric energy is spent to cool down buildings. Therefore, there is a high demand by industrial and residential consumers to effectively reduce the effects of solar radiation to the indoor ambient -
Self-Cleaning Additive for Paints and Coatings
Green building technologies are of great importance to provide large modern cities with the capability of environmental protection and sustaining development. It is highly desirable to develop a long-lasting, self-cleaning technology for outdoor paints and coatings to keep building surfaces clean. The team has developed a novel TiO2 additive with e -
Air-cooled oblique-tube heat exchanger with plain fins
This invention is an air-cooled oblique-tube heat exchanger with plain fins. This invention offers greatly reduced air-side pressure drop by 14.4% for 1-3 m/s and higher heat transfer by 13.3% at the same fan power, as compared to commercial 1-row circular-tube condenser coils with corrugated fins. The advantages were derived from the slender shape -
Cloud-Based Standalone Secure Locking System for Access Control
The standalone locking solution leverages the functional elements of a lockset and the latest technologies to meet enterprise application demands. This locking solution is particularly helpful to improve existing solution where reliable and flexible multiple access control is required at remote location. This solution incorporate latest cloud-based -
Safe and Efficient Production of Hypochlorous Acid
The technology owner has developed a weakly acidic hypochlorous acid manufacturing process that uses a patent pending buffering technology which does not use acid and have minimal chlorine gas production. There are known issues with hypochlorous acid produced using the traditional electrolytic method or two-liquids method, such as low preservation -
Highly Energy Efficient Compressor for Air-conditioning Systems
Mechanical efficiency is key to the performance of a compressor. While reciprocating piston-cylinders compressor exhibit good mechanical efficiency, the reciprocating action results in significant vibration and noise problems. Rotary type compressors, on the other hand, are compact in nature and possess good vibration characteristics. However, fric
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Portable Device for Scoliosis Assessment
This new technology is an improved method to quantitatively diagnose scoliosis and clinical parameters of scoliosis patients. Current diagnosis method of observing the symmetricity of spine using qualitative method has its limitations in the detection of scoliosis in the lower back. X-ray diagnosis of scoliosis makes use of electromagnetic waves wh -
Innovative Device for Dysphagia (Solution for Swallowing Problem)
Dysphagia is the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. It is reported that dysphagia occurs in 29% to 64% of a stroke patient and in up to 81% of a Parkinson's disease patient. Further, even in the case of a disease which does not directly cause dysphagia, dysphagia may still occur, where the patient does not properly swallow foods due to the patien -
Acoustic Sorting of Biological Cells
Cell sorting is used to identify, count and extract specific target cells from a generic population, such as blood for disease diagnosis or cell cultures for tissue engineering. Typically, target cells are fluorescently labelled and detected via laser excitation. Current methods are inefficient, missing some target cells and causing significant cel -
Plant culture which is transofrmed by an e.coli enterotoxin b subunit gene and a vaccine containing
(Vắc-xin nuôi cấy thực vật được mã hóa bởi gen một e.coli enterotoxin B) PURPOSE: A plant culture which is transformed with an E.coli enterotoxin B subunit gene is provided to enable oral administration in a digestive organ. CONSTITUTION: An expression vector contains E.coli enteritoxin B subunit gene between rice amylase 1A promoter and 3'-untrans -
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating inflammatory diseases by septicemia
(Thành phần dược phẩm để ngăn ngừa và điều trị các bệnh viêm nhiễm do nhiễm trùng máu) The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating inflammatory diseases and, more specifically, a silent information regulator 2 (SIRT2) inhibitor of the present invention can be an effective method for preventing and treat -
Remote Sub-Skin Imaging Software for Medical Diagnostics
Conventional diagnostic imaging of the skin involves the use of dermatoscopes. Dermatoscopes use skin surface microscopy to examine dermal and sub-dermal tissues to diagnose skin problems. However, these devices can be costly and provide a limited view of the immediate skin surface. Furthermore, dermatoscopes have to be used in direct contact with
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Automatic Domain Name System (DNS) Naming for an IoT Device
This technology is a Domain Name System (DNS) naming method for an IoT device, and provides a method of automatically generating a DNS name by an IoT device while transmitting a DNS search list (DNSSL) option containing domain information based on a neighbor discovery (ND) protocol of IPv6 via multicast. A DNS name is automatically generated for th -
Smart Waste Management System
This system includes battery operated sensors to detect if a bin is filled, and communicate this information to an Application server on the Internet through a wireless infrastructure base on LPWAN technology which supports wide area wireless coverage in the ISM frequency band and at very low power. The use of LPWAN technology enables the design of -
Wi-Fi based Indoor Positioning System
This Indoor Location System is equipped with the capability of locating any device which is Wi-Fi enabled, in an indoor space where the Wi-Fi infrastructure is already in place. This technology does not demand any additional cost in terms of Wi-Fi infrastructure and also the individual battery power of the client devices. The technology works by an -
Blockchain Infrastructure for the Global Green Finance Markets
A blockchain-based Integrated Program for Climate Initiatives platform is developed for environmental market-based programs' operators and participants to account for the data on transferable environmental assets and liabilities, environmental mitigation units, carbon units' registration, issuance, transfer, and operations. Our technology enables t -
Multilingual Chatbot Technology
We build custom chatbots with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and complex system integration. We integrate them in messaging platforms such as Messenger, Viber or WeChat, but we can also deliver an automated chat assistant window to websites. Examples of applications of our chatbots include customer service automation, and continuous communication wit -
The Noisy Guts Project
The Noisy Guts Project is dedicated to unlocking the gut's secret language to diagnose and monitor common gut disorders. Our innovation is an acoustic belt that is worn around the stomach. The belt has multiple sensors that listen, record and analyse gut noises. These noises - called borborygmus [bawr-buh-rig-muhs] typically consist of rumbling, gr
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Controlled Release Delivery System for Ambient Treatment Applications
This technology encapsulates a high level of volatile actives and then continuously releases them in controlled dosages. The gel matrix is enclosed by a protective foil which is further packaged in a vapor permeable membrane, to create the ready-to-use and easy to apply product. Upon activation, the volatile actives are delivered for a nonstop ambi -
Novel bacillus sp. bs061 with antibacterial activity and a composition for preventing plant diseases
(Trực khuẩn mới SP. BS061 với hoạt tính kháng khuẩn và chế phẩm để ngăn ngừa bệnh thực vật) PURPOSE: A novel Bacillus sp. BS061 isolated from plant leaves and a composition for preventing plant diseases using the same are provided to prevent powdery mildew and gray mold rot. CONSTITUTION: A bacillus sp. BS061(deposit number: KCTC 10977BP) has antif -
Novel in vitro platform for high-throughput electrophysiological monitoring, analysis and drug screening
This novel in vitro platform allows the automatic, simultaneous and long-term recording of the activity of neural networks growing on a large number of MEA (multi-electrode array) plates. It may be used on any cell type that shows electrical activity, including neurons and cardiomyocytes. The system is designed for great flexibility allowing optoge -
Miniature Spectrometers Similar to FTIR Spectrometers
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is widely used in chemical detection and analysis owning to its superior specificity and sensitivity. Molecules can be identified/detected by their unique optical absorption characteristics. Traditionally, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers are used, however they are bench-top instruments typically used in co -
Microfluidic-sonication Device for Producing Coated Microbubbles
In medical imaging applications, gas-filled microbubbles stabilized with a surfactant or a polymer coating are routinely used as ultrasound contrast agents due to their ability to significantly enhance the ultrasound backscatter signal from blood. Increasingly, these microbubbles are being used as drug or gene delivery vehicles as they allow for ta -
High-Level Production of Lycopene
The technology involves the development of an Escherichia coli-based modular system for the production of apocarotenoids. Apocarotenoids such as α-, β-ionone and retinol are known to have high commercial values in the cosmetic industry. The team has incorporated enzyme engineering approaches into modular metabolic engineering strategy (N-terminal t
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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Ecosystem to Manage IoT, Field Force, Vehicles, Assets & Devices from a Single Web Portal and Mobile App
Anyone considering IoT and optimisation of resource and asset utilisation, visibility and productivity will know that solutions require broader 'ecosystem' scale reach. We have embraced the need for security, connectivity,accessibility and scalability to deliver a Unified Cloud Ecosystem (UCE) that comprises: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Pla -
Smart Vending Machine
Our technology allows you to increase revenue, profitability and return of investment of the vending machine. This solution able to elevate the customer experience, reduce the operating cost and to improve the efficiency of the operation. Our smart vending machine creates an ecosystem for the vending operating environment and connecting each partne -
Drive Thru Tire Check, For Cars, Bus and Truck. Automatic Measurement of Tire Pressure, Tread Depth and Sidewall, in Seconds, to the Internet
The global vehicle fleet runs on over 5 Billion tires. Their maintenance is critical to safety and fuel efficiency. Yet drivers rely on manual inspection for tread depth and tire condition and a simple gauge for pressure. Automation is absent or limited to Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). The technology is a step change in the inspection of -
Non-destructive Firmness Measurement Device for Fruits
The most widely used devices for measuring firmness of fresh whole fruit depend on destructive techniques which contribute to fruit losses and other limitations including inaccuracy due to low sampling points, and low portability which limits firmness assessment within laboratory setting. The fresh produce industry indicates that an accurate, non-d -
Semantic Depth Prediction System (SDPS) Navigation Solution for GPS Denied Environment
Semantic Depth Prediction System (SDPS) is a vision-based navigation solution that relies on a monocular camera to recreate a 3D scene by fusing object detection, semantic segmentation and depth estimation for the purpose of indoor navigation in GPS denied environments. This eliminates the need for expensive and weighty sensors such as LIDARS which -
Stereo Vision 3D Camera for Navigational Robots
Visual Perception module (3D sensor, depth camera, stereo vision camera) that allows mobile robots to perceive their environment in 3D, localize themselves, recognize and identify objects of interest, avoid obstacles, and create a 3D map (SLAM - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Visual Perception module (3D sensor) includes a pair of passive
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Manufacturing and Application Process for a Photocatalyst Coating
This technology presents the development of a commercial scale process of titania photocatalyst sol. Besides the production process, the coating process has also been established with the development of automatic spray and dip coating systems. Substrates that has been coated on are glass, paper, metal and ceramic filters. With the rising awareness -
Responsive, Compact and Silent Micropump
A company has developed a high-performance ultrasonic piezo electric micropump. The multi award-winning micropump platform coupled with excellent development support enables their industrial, environmental and defence partner to develop new products that need tight pressure or vacuum control. The micropump weighs just 5 grams and offers ultra-fast, -
Flat Optics Technologies for Advanced Photonic Applications
Flat optics is an emerging technology that uses nano-patterned surfaces designed to perform the same functions as bulk optical components. Applications for this exciting technology include 3D sensing, displays, AR / VR solutions, imaging, microscopy, holographic security and communications to name a few. These can be processed using industrially es -
Production of High Quality Biodiesel Fuel and Chemicals from Biomass Wastes
Biodiesel fuel (BDF) has been widely produced from palm oil in Asia, soy bean oil in the USA, canola and sunflower oil in EU. However, some scientists warned that the utilization of BDF produced from these otherwise edible oils are not effective, especially in terms of fighting against climate change. What are the suitable raw materials for BDF? In -
Metal Surface Nanofoam Current Collector for High Performance Li-ion Battery
Ultrasonic synthetic method is used to prepare various nano-porous (nanofoam) metal current collectors, including, but not limited to, copper metal for anode and aluminum/nickel metal for cathode. The innovative nanofoam metal current collectors are used to prepare high performance lithium ion (Li-ion) battery, which shows good capacity retention a -
Microfluidic-sonication Device for Producing Coated Microbubbles
In medical imaging applications, gas-filled microbubbles stabilized with a surfactant or a polymer coating are routinely used as ultrasound contrast agents due to their ability to significantly enhance the ultrasound backscatter signal from blood. Increasingly, these microbubbles are being used as drug or gene delivery vehicles as they allow for ta
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Transparent Cellulose-based Conductive Paper for Flexible Touch Panel
Flexible electronics such as touch sensors have provided one of the most intuitive human-machine interface with the birth of touch electronics. This technology demonstrates a flexible, foldable and waterproof capacitive-touch-panel based on a transparent cellulose-based conductor. It can be mounted onto non-conformal surfaces and operated with huma -
Use of Silica Nanoparticles for Transforming Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) Fly Ash into Composite Filler
In order to convert MSWI fly ash into useful materials, the toxic heavy metals in the ash has to be removed or stabilized. The current technologies such as electrochemical, sintering and vitrification have many limitations, i.e. high cost, high-energy consumption and the generation of more waste. Our technology is featuring a practical, scalable, l -
Eco-friendly Plant-based Biodegradable Microbeads
This technology is an integrated manufacturing solution to produce plant-based biodegradable beads to replace plastic microbeads. Every year, more than 250,000 tons of plastic microbeads end up in our oceans. These plastic microbeads are used as abrasives in detergents, exfoliants in cosmetics, binders in paints and coatings, additives in lubricant -
Microplastic Degradation
400 million tons of plastics are being produced per year. The majority of it is not recycled, but burned, processed into low-grade plastics or ends up in the environment, where it can take centuries to degrade, accumulate in the food chain and poses an immense concern. To address these issues, standardized and rapid enzyme based tests for the inves -
Lightweight Eco-Friendly Geopolymer
Construction activities usually consumes a large amount of material and energy, and generates lots of heat, pollution and waste. Sustainable initiatives in construction may include reducing energy use and carbon emissions, optimized use of high carbon materials, and recycling of natural resources. Most of the materials used in construction are eith -
Low Cost Biogenic Minerals for Wastewater Treatment and Odour Removal
(Khoáng chất sinh học xử lý nước thải và loại bỏ mùi hôi) The innovative bio-material is a mixture of naturally-occurring organo minerals that significantly stimulate growth of the indigenous aerobic microorganisms in wastewater and boost the removal rate of organic pollutants. The application of organo mineral by powder dispersion can significantl
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Efficacy Study for Skincare and Personal Care Products or Ingredients
In-vivo efficacy study is not only important for regulatory purposes; it also helps to distinguish a product/brand and appeal to consumers more convincingly among the myriad of cosmetic products out in the market. Efficacy study provides scientific clinical data to substantiate safety and labelled claims, and can be done for both skincare and perso -
New UV-B Suncreen with Transient Window Effect and Improved Safety Profile
A new bespoken family of sunscreen compounds have been developed and patented, that share a common mechanism of reaching its final sunscreen protection - in a similar degree to the currently ones used - after a tunable time and wavelength range values. From this family, a specific UV-B candidate has been selected that allows a specific transient co -
Creating Novel Healthier Food Formulations Through Systematic Analysis and Design
There is currently a rising trend of functional foods with modified nutritional profiles. This is partly in answer to the global diabetes and metabolic disease epidemic. However, it is often difficult to develop food products with a favourable nutritional profile and yet taste good and similar to the originals which are what consumers often have an -
Rapid Test Kits for Mercury in Skin-Bleaching Cosmetic
The mercury test kit is optimized to detect mercury in cosmetics used for bleaching or whitening skin. With sensitivity in the parts-per-million level, creams with higher-than-permitted levels of mercury would change the test solution from colorless to pink-red within a minute. With high selectivity, the test kit provides reliable results with low, -
Glycemic Index (GI) Lowering Composition for Refined Carbohydrate Staples such as Rice, Bread and Noodles for Diabetes
Glycemic Index Lowering Composition (GLC), is an advanced food additive technology, customized to product needs. Available as rice-grain shapes and food powder, it can be added easily to refined foods to lower their glycemic index without changing the taste, appearance, texture and smell of the product. The glycemic reduction is dosage dependent. F -
AI Platform for Drug Discovery and Repositioning, and Skincare
The artificial intelligence platform harnesses vast biomedical information to enable the development of novel applications of natural compounds to solve critical and complex healthcare problems. On average, new research is published every second. However, this information is disjoint and segmented, making it difficult to make sense of and apply to
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Robust, Real-Time Outdoor Monitoring of Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids
A New Zealand company has developed a device that provides real-time continuous water turbidity and sediment monitoring, which offers a highly reliable, cost-effective and real-time approach to measuring suspended solids. This solar-powered, low maintenance solution floats and transmits real-time data to a web interface and is suitable for use in a -
Banana Fiber and Coconut Coir Geotextile (BACONET)
Soil erosion and land degradation are global problems that pose major issues in many countries. One of the solutions employed for soil erosion is the use of temporary, degradable geosynthetics to prevent loss of soil from the seedbed and to enhance the growth of vegetation where the vegetation alone should provide sufficient site protection once es -
Blast Resistant Lightweight Concrete
A blast wall assembly is an integrated system that effectively absorbs blast energy. Unlike conventional systems, the components of the blast wall assembly function in a manner similar to highway "crumple zones" by absorbing the energy generated by the sudden impact of a blast wave on the exterior surface of the blast wall. Although the blast wall -
Upcycled Ingredients to Fight Climate Change
Company's patent-pending technology upcycles by-products and solid food waste into high-protein high fiber ingredients. Company's process was tested at the University of Minnesota, scalability tests resulted in investment from manufacturing partner Cereal Docks. 50% protein concentrate and 35% protein flour showcased at trade shows in 2018 resulted -
New, Innovative Packing Technology Solution
Packing containers is an integral part of the supply chain in all industries. Currently, most of the containers used for transporting goods are made of glass or plastic. In addition, they are often designed to be disposed of after use and are rarely recycled. Hence, these containers end up in the junkyard and environment as waste materials. The tec -
Valorisation of Agricultural Waste into Slow Release Fertilizer
Organic wastes including animal manure, domestic wastewater sludge, and palm oil mill-based byproducts are predominantly used as fertilizers and require aerobic composting treatment to convert the plant nutrients into plant usable forms before using them in the agricultural fields. The aerobic composting process is time consuming, releases unpleasa
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