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Seeking Biomanufacturing of Transformational Ingredients in Consumer-Packaged Goods

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

We are looking for approaches to engineer and optimize organisms (microbial and plant) for production and/or purification of relevant biomolecules in a non-trial-and-error format. It is believed that starting from a waste stream will be a more cost-effective solution. We are also interested in plant- or algae-based solutions that are scalable and cost effective. What We Are Looking For: • Strain engineering approaches that achieve target molecule production targets across multiple molecule classes in significantly less time versus the industry average • Host engineering capabilities in non-model systems • Scale up platforms/methods that are amenable to commodity scale ingredients • Downstream processing methods/technologies that facilitate continuous extraction and/or re-use of extractive reagents • Approaches that leverage feedstocks separate from the food chain

Seeking Gum Health Solutions

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

is for products, technologies, or ingredients that reverse receding gums and/or heal and rebuild gum tissue. We are looking for products, technologies or ingredients that can improve overall health and appearance of gums.

Seeking Oral Care Solutions with Novel Cleaning Agents

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

Breakthrough cleaning benefits with daily use safety profile; Exploration of alternatives to flossing. Safe and effective removal of food and debris between teeth via chemical approach that would increase compliance and enhance the oral health benefits of driven by the flossing action, without having to floss.

Odor Detection Platform - Low power, Low cost, Programmable Sensor Array

• Posted by University of Manitoba
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have developed an artificial olfactory platform that uses commercially available, silicon-based floating gate devices functionalized through selective, electrochemical polymer deposition to produce “programmable” olfactory sensor arrays.

Point-Cloud Modeling for High-Resolution 3D Facial Recognition

• Posted by Georgetown University
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

This technology addresses the challenge of identifying individuals from low-quality security camera footage. Traditional systems struggle with partial facial captures and obscured features due to the camera's focus on broad areas. This technology collects facial features across multiple images, determining the face's angle to the camera and extracting images to form a comprehensive set. These images are then transformed into a high-resolution 3D point cloud model. Unlike existing methods, this approach provides a dense, detailed facial representation, improving identification accuracy. This model can directly facilitate recognition or be converted back into a facial image, offering superior resolution. The system's intelligent sampling varies resolution based on feature significance, and is able to optimize computation.

New non-destructive method for “in situ” monitoring of anticorrosive protection of organic coatings

• Posted by University of Vigo
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• Patents for licensing

Paint coating is one of the most used methods to delay corrosion process in metallic structures. Metal corrosion is the main reason of metallic infrastructure deterioration (bridges, boats, planes…) causing failures in numerous industrial areas. The economic loss due to corrosion is estimated at about 4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in industrialized countries. Due to the serious consequences of this phenomenon, it is essential to develop effective methods for early detection of coatings failures and establishment of deterioration mechanisms. However nowadays, most of the inspection methods are indirect, destructive and based on deterministic or probabilistic models, which limits the coatings performance assessment on the in real operating conditions. The Corrosion Engineering and Materials Research Group (ENCOMAT) proposes a solution to this problem with a new device and a direct and non-destructive test based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The main novelty of the device and procedure is the new portable sensor adaptable to any surface. The device, fixable by vacuum to the surface under study, makes possible the measurement of the electrochemical interfacial impedance. That is the main parameter of interest for adherence quality and anti-corrosion performance. The procedure reduces testing time and allows in situ assays to be performed.