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Seeking safe and effective outdoor mosquito solutions

• Posted by The Procter & Gamble Company
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• Project Size : Strategic project backed by large scale funding €

Seeking safe and effective outdoor mosquito solutions to help consumers enjoy their yard and outdoor spaces without the annoyance and inconvenience of mosquito bites. Mosquitos are a common nuisance and disease spreading insect. In addition to being vectors of disease, one of the main reasons we want to tackle this pest is to allow people to enjoy outdoor activities more frequently – e.g., eating outside, spending time with family, and watching outdoor sporting events. Here in P&G Ventures, we are looking for existing, in market solutions which exist globally that are specifically designed to kill or repel mosquitos.

Seeking Rapid Substance Detection in Inspection and Supply Chain

• Posted by The Procter & Gamble Company
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• Project Size : 250,000 - 1,000,000 €

Procter & Gamble is a global leader in innovation, products and services for consumer goods in categories like Beauty (Hair and Skin Care), Fabric & Home Care, Baby Care, Oral Care, Health Care, Family Care, and Feminine Care. We focus on designing and manufacturing superior products, packages and experiences that are safe to consumers, the environment and supply chain partners. P&G undertakes significant efforts to analyze compositions of raw materials and finished products and packages from development to manufacturing through the supply chain. NEED DESCRIPTION For most substances we lack rapid, easy-to-use yet precise detection devices/ methods for inspections at P&G operations (e.g. material income, manufacturing control, cleaning of equipment) and at our supply chain partners that can be used by workers and do not require laboratory environment/ standards

Seeking natural colors for foods and beverages

• Posted by PepsiCo
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• Project Size : 50,000 - 250,000 €

PepsiCo is evaluating different natural color ingredients and technologies to replace Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Red #40, and Blue #1 for multiple food and beverage brands in order to address consumer demand. Specific challenges are in the Red #40 (food) and Blue #1 (food & beverage) replacers.

Navigation innovative system - a novel mathematical algorithm for route/path planning

• Posted by Jagiellonian University
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

A novel mathematical algorithm for route/path planning and monitoring, navigational software was created by researchers of the Jagiellonian University. The offer is an innovative mathematical approach based on area partition by time optimized trajecto­ries. It offers new models based on wind/tidal stream/river current in marine/air (drone) navigation and trajectory planning, making use of perturbation (winds/currents/streams) instead of proceeding against them.

Explosive Cladding for the Electrical Industry 

• Posted by Peter Mogyorosi from Laser Consult Ltd.
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

Explosive cladding is a solid state process in which controlled explosive detonations force two or more metals together at high pressures, resulting a high quality metallurgical bond between the colliding surfaces. The bonding zone of the two metals has a characteristic wave-form.

Dynamically-stable omnidirectional electric vehicle

• Posted by Mitsu Yamamoto from Japan Technology Group, Inc.
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

We would like to propose a technology for dynamically-stable omnidirectional electric vehicle that vehicle body is always kept in upright position and consequently provides larger stability margin while driving. This technology from the research team at the Tokyo University of Science offers a technology of mechanism which is potential applicable for an innovative electric wheel chair or personal vehicle as well as a next-generation autonomous mobile robot or an automatic guided vehicle. The research team are currently willing to seek collaboration opportunity for further development.