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Seeking Recyclable Closure for Paper Beverage Bottles

• Posted by PepsiCo
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• Deadline : 1970-01-01

We are seeking technologies for a re-closable fiber-based closure for a paper beverage bottle that can be recycled in the paper stream.

Seeking existing market solutions targeted towards crawling insects

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

The issue of crawling insects in homes has been an ongoing issue. The popular types of crawling insects causing problems have been ants and cockroaches. The search will focus on existing market solutions targeted towards crawling insects such as ants and cockroaches (other types of crawling insects are in scope i.e., bed bugs).

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.

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.

A nature-inspired, non-toxic antifouling agent to prevent organisms’ underwater adhesion.

• Posted by Maria Antónia Nunes from University of Porto
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• Patents for licensing

This technology relates to the synthetic pathway for non-toxic, water-soluble antifouling compounds capable of preserving underwater surface integrity. The compounds developed are environmentally friendly solutions that meet the needs of the market. The agents inspired by natural products are less toxic and economical. The compound's effectiveness has already been proven in the laboratory on commercial marine paints and are more effective than one of the newer biocides. A proof-of-concept in ocean (30 weeks) allowed to obtain promising results compared to a 30% copper formulation.

A Software Suit for Microbubble Enhanced HIFU for Noninvasive Ablations of Deep-seated Tumor

• Posted by Jingsen Ma from Dynaflow, Inc.
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

Our innovative software leads to a revolutionary breakthrough of non-invasive tumor ablations by enabling customized microbubble targeting ultrasonic therapies for deep-seated tumors in clinical setting, which works as a Virtual Lab for biomedical researchers, tumor Treatment Planning Software for therapist, and a design tool for HIFU manufactures to improve efficacy and safety of HIFU devices.