Ubergizmo was a media associate of the World On-line Meetup, Better of MIK Award @ CES 2023, an award that rewards the perfect startups which have already handed a number of drastic alternatives earlier than arriving at this culminating level.
MIK stands for “Made in Korea” and is a model developed by Aving, a media firm that covers many worldwide client electronics occasions. Ubergizmo was requested to pick three firms primarily based on our pursuits, market expertise, and technical background (Hubert and Eliane are each former recreation builders).
The selection was not simple, however our high 3 firms and merchandise are Narma Inc (#1), SevenPointOne (#2), and BeomJun E&C (#3).
Narma Inc
Narma Inc designs and builds skilled drones for numerous markets, together with safety, surveillance, medical and supply drones. Their tilt-rotor drone was fascinating as a result of it comes with each vertical take-off (VTOL) comfort and fixed-wing endurance, pace, and vary.
It makes use of a VTOL idea much like the well-known Osprey aircraft that U.S. Marines use in fight. This environment friendly design makes Narma Inc a direct supply competitor of Google or Amazon.
This firm is a spin-off of the Korea Aerospace Institute and may pack lots of applied sciences into its merchandise. These drones can fly at evening and past the visible line of sight (BVLOS). On the similar time, they’ll endure excessive wind (50 meters/sec) that many opponents merely can not.
Lastly, the drone is wise sufficient to meet its mission even when the GPS connectivity is misplaced. Its final line of protection is a parachute that can open to forestall it from inflicting injury if there’s a crucial failure. That’s an FAA mandate.
SevenPointOne
SevenPointOne is a digital healthcare firm behind AlzWIN, an utility that makes use of AI (Synthetic Intelligence) to assist detect cognitive impairments and dementia very early. As chances are you’ll know, the sooner such issues are observed and the extra seemingly it’s potential to sluggish them down and even forestall additional degradations in some instances.
AlzWIN is centered round a patented algorithm that makes use of 20 metrics to carry out its job. For instance, verbal fluency is without doubt one of the metrics that’s sampled. SevenPointOne has gone via peer critiques, pilot tasks and scientific trials to help its declare.
As soon as detected, cognitive impairments will be managed in numerous methods, and the corporate additionally has Sentents, a digital actuality (VR) app that helps customers with their cognitive efficiency. Up to now, SevenPointOne has just lately labored with hospitals, insurance coverage, and pharmaceutical firms in Asia.
The corporate’s scientists estimate about 70 potential causes for dementia, and 30% of those can probably be handled, whereas others can solely be managed for now. For instance, a poor food regimen would possibly trigger a quicker descent into dementia. Lastly, 91% of US seniors go undiagnosed for dementia, and that’s maybe the perfect purpose to have a straightforward, efficient and inexpensive device.
BeomJun E&C
BeomJun E*C is an organization that produces concrete. On the floor, this hardly looks as if a “high-tech” product, however its concrete has low-carbon traits, which might considerably contribute to assuaging the carbon footprint within the development trade.
This firm makes use of a type of Sulfur Concrete. Such concrete does provide thrilling traits like a really low carbon emission, power, and a comparatively quick time to accumulate its full power.
Sulfur replaces cement because the concrete’s binding agent, and that’s why the carbon footprint is so low. Manufacturing cement is answerable for about 5% of worldwide carbon emissions. Sulfur Concrete has been theorized and mentioned for the reason that 70s, so the idea shouldn’t be totally new. As a substitute, it’s its manufacturing and implementation that we’re involved in.
Utilizing sulfur will be difficult in some ways since sulfur is a component that’s not inert. It could react to different chemical substances, and it’s powerful to present Sulfur Concrete long-term endurance and security. BeomJun E&C claims to have designed a secure sulfur concrete that’s twice as sturdy as common concrete, with anti-bacterial properties.
Moreover, the sulfur used is a byproduct of current petrochemical processes, and waste car tires are additionally a part of the system, so the uncooked materials is ample. The carbon footprint is decreased by 30%, however this sulfur concrete can also be 30% dearer than conventional alternate options. Extra data and specs (PDF).
Different firms
The three firms above actually blew our minds away, however others are additionally worthy of point out, together with:
- Nuvi-labs is an automatic meals scanner ({hardware} and software program) that goals to cut back meals waste worldwide.
- LiBEST is a versatile Li-ion battery that may be built-in into client electronics of latest shapes and varieties, together with VR gloves or smartwatch bands.
- Margo. A dad initially created a digital baseball pitch coach for his younger son who was struggling to throw a heavy ball. Now it’s a brand new and distinctive product for all.
- E-MPS, a supplier of batteries for industrial and heavy purposes reminiscent of 5G cell tower tools and industrial BiDirectional inverters.
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