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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 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 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.

TWISCO – Digital TWIn for Sustainable Supply Chain in Construction

• Posted by Fabian Belin from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
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• Innovative Products and Technologies

TwiSCo is a Digital Twin solution demonstrator whose purpose is to promote the sharing of data on construction products in order to finally have complete, accurate and reliable data on a built asset and thus be able to better manage its construction, maintenance and end of life, and to reduce the gap between designed and as-built performance of future constructions. To this aim, TwiSCo offers value-added services which, by enabling players of the construction supply chain to optimize their practices, lead them to formalize and structure their data, and to share them with a win-win perspective. Here are some examples of the gains that the construction supply chain can expect from the tool: Development of new BIM use cases dedicated to the construction phase of buildings, using IFC data coming from BIM models in order to optimize material deliveries on construction sites; Integration of product data from manufacturers (according to new ISO 23386 and 23387) using an ontology to ensure collaboration and efficient data exchanges; de facto, enrichment of as-built model; Implementation of Just-in-Time logistics through a web platform where construction companies and their subcontractors can customize kits and define where they will be delivered and installed, how it should be packaged and when it should be delivered; ·Better control of delivery conditions through the integration of sensors data on site; ·Customization of delivery means and constraints for each project based on user defined business rules ; ·Improved monitoring of the construction site thanks to parcel tracking that enables to locate the place where a material is stored or installed; ·Multi criteria evaluation of current delivery scenarios and alerts on unmanaged constraints; ·Proposition of optimized delivery scenarios calculated by a genetic algorithm.

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.

Compressor Less Air Conditioner for Arid Climate Zones

• Posted by TORO WATT Corp.
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• Patents for licensing

We have developed an alternative , Bio-Climatic air conditioning technology that can work on solar power, uses water as a refrigerant, This is the first air conditioner that cools you and cools the neighborhood instead of heating it up. A demo can be seen here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UnsjoTbnNQ