The Findest technology scouting service

To get to a full technology  overview fast, Findest designed the technology scouting service to be as effective as possible. By developing and using IGOR^AI ourselves we built the perfect software to do the job in as little time as possible, while still finding everything.

How does the technology scouting service work? 

The technology scouting process consists of three meetings (intake, midway and final). During the intake meeting you together define the scope of your technical challenge. What are you looking for? After the intake meeting the Findest technology scout will focus on finding all relevant technologies for you. These technologies will contain a short description and findings from scientific literature or patents. The aim of this first scouting phase will be to provide an overview of technologies that can answer your problem. 
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In the midway meeting, we will discuss which results are relevant. You can then select 1-10 technologies for the deep dive scouting phase. This second scouting phase will consist of elaborating the information and summarise this in a table containing three important specifications of your choice (ex: efficiency, power consumption, purity, etc.). In addition, papers and patents, TRL and suppliers (if applicable) will be provided per technology. Findest's goal is to provide you the tools to select the most promising technology for your process. 

Find all weld inspection technologies
How to inspect a weldline in hard to reach places? That's whats being scouted in this example project. The first scouting phase resulted in 36 technologies using acoustic, electromagnetic, and optical phenomena. Ten technologies were selected to be deepened in the second scouting phase, as is shown in the final results section. 

WELD INSPECTION CASE

Find all technologies that can neutralize odours
In this example project an hypothetical R&D-team is on the outlook for solutions for odour control, to help prevent undesired smells in an enclosed indoor environment to linger for a prolonged period of time. This scouting project will focus on techniques that potentially assist in the removal of indoor odours, preferably within a short period of time.

ADSORB SMELL CASE

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