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1. Intake
Define the challenge description and technology needs together with a Findest technology scout. |
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2. First Scouting Phase
The Findest technology scout and IGOR^AI search for technological concepts. |
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3. Midway Meeting
Discuss & select the presented technical concepts and underlying technologies during the midway meeting after one week. |
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4. Second Scouting Phase
The Findest technology scout and IGOR^AI investigate whether the selected technologies fit the requirements of your innovation challenge. |
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5. Final Results
Receive the full list of technologies on your online secured account. The results include technology explanations, visuals, and scores on technical requirements. |
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6. Innovate
Interpret the results and start the development and implementation process. |
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Find directly implementable technologies for R&D-challenges
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Put inspiring new leads on your technology roadmap
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Findest combines human- & artificial intelligence
The normal technology scouting methodology works, but costs time. Let's use artificial intelligence to speed it up!
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Human intelligence
Humans identify technology needs while thinking about functionality and requirements. Creativity and analysis are key. |
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Artificial intelligence
IGOR^AI reads millions of articles fast and combines the information for the technology scout to analyze and implement. |
what Technology scouts say
“Our business and technology are so focused that we possibly know every research group that is interesting to us. Sometimes I hear something interesting but stop thinking about it for a year. At one point, there is the connection, and I think about this science-based technology again. " |
“Scouting the right technologies is about listening and connecting the dots. After building up experience, and hearing a lot of new technologies, you lay connections. You develop a sixth sense for finding technologies.” |
HOW DOES IGOR^AI SCOUT TECHNOLOGIES?
Natural language processing (NLP) gives IGOR^AI the ability to read and understand language. This enables IGOR^AI to acquire and combine knowledge directly from scientific articles.
SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF HOW IGOR^AI WORKS
For explaining the basics behind IGOR^AI. Let's use a simple metaphor.
You want to find all technologies that can 'open a door.'
The Findest technology scout helps IGOR^AI understand the case. IGOR^AI reads millions of data sources, searching for technologies that can 'open doors' while matching your requirements.
You will find the scored results on your online secured account. Some examples of 'technologies' that match requirements and can open doors:
As a second example; IGOR^AI recognizes the relationship between the words ‘adsorbing’, ‘methylene blue dye’ and ‘activated carbon’ in the sentence: “In this paper the applicability of activated carbons for adsorbing methylene blue dyes are investigated”.
You want to find all technologies that can 'open a door.'
- What functionality should the aimed technology have? 'Open door.'
- What are the objectives? 'Repeat functionality thousands of times.' 'Price less than €50'.
- What are the constraints? 'Don't break the door.', 'No rotating frictional parts,' 'No sliding parts,' 'No toxic materials.'
The Findest technology scout helps IGOR^AI understand the case. IGOR^AI reads millions of data sources, searching for technologies that can 'open doors' while matching your requirements.
You will find the scored results on your online secured account. Some examples of 'technologies' that match requirements and can open doors:
- "battering-ram"
- "sliding door"
- "bom"
- "revolving door"
- "doorknob"
As a second example; IGOR^AI recognizes the relationship between the words ‘adsorbing’, ‘methylene blue dye’ and ‘activated carbon’ in the sentence: “In this paper the applicability of activated carbons for adsorbing methylene blue dyes are investigated”.
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Find suppliers
Find suppliers that provide the solution. Like finding the supplier that delivers a plug and play machine.
examples
Finding technologies related to diagnostic immunoassays. Finding a construction company and/or R&D institution for road construction technology research based on new binder material for stabilizing base courses and protecting them against premature decay. |
Find Materials
Find materials that match all requirements. Like getting an overview of adsorptive materials with specific properties.
examples
Italian company distributing special chemical products wants a new biodegradable material for low cost products. Manufacturer of elevators, escalators and moving walks is looking for a new panel filling material to be employed in its elevator cars. French company looking for microencapsulated organic phase change material. |
