Ubergizmo Discovery #4: ITS 2022 Top 3 Products

Ubergizmo was recently a media partner and one of the innovation awards judges for SMEs Innovative Engineering Testify 2021 or ITS 2021. We're going to tell you which companies we selected every bit our Top three. In the photo higher up, I was expressing how impressed I was with the nominees.

The concrete ITS 2021 event was held at SETEC, a tradeshow and exhibition eye located in the eastern role of Seoul'due south Gangnam district.

Supported by Korea's Ministry of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), the goal is to shed calorie-free on innovative products that could be successful worldwide. This twelvemonth'due south tagline is "Thou-innovation company at the starting point of the grand revolution."

With about 200 products exposed, the local jury went through the outset round of selection. We were so asked to choice three out of eleven based on Global Marketability, Innovation, and Competitiveness criteria.

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#ane GFI Co., LTD

This company's smart burn down extinguisher is our favorite product of ITS 2021. It is more of a chemic-based production than an electronic i, but check this: it is a passive and stable compound that, upon oestrus activation, will release a fire extinguishing agent called KF-five-one-12.

The compound is stable and can exist cut by the user in different shapes, and then taped onto any surface. Information technology is nearly equally thick equally double-sided tape. It tin can therefore exist placed in any strategic location and even inside electric wall outlets. The same compound is also sold as a (para)string that tin be wrapped or hung.

It seems to work ameliorate in enclosed spaces, like electric panels, closets, safes, and more. Given plenty quantities, the heaven is the limit. Not only is it our top choice, but it's also the grand winner of the evidence.

#two Rope, Inc

Rope Inc's Baton product is powered by a car's cigarette lighter. It has a move sensor capable of detecting when a vehicle accident occurs and calls emergency services with the proper GPS coordinates via the driver's smartphone. The goal is to advance an eventual arrival to the hospital, well within the golden 60 minutes.

Additionally, the device tin can besides analyze the commuter's everyday driving style, and some insurance companies notice Baton'southward "good driver" good enough to justify a discount. Even the authorities will provide perks such as parking discounts to good drivers.

Fortunately, grave accidents are rare, so Billy as well helps with minor accidents by profitable the user in instantly connect with the auto insurance.

#3 VPIX Medical Inc.

The VPIX EndoPix microscope could become a very efficient mode for surgeons to analyze cancer cells during oncology surgery via in-vivo imaging, without biopsy. The real-time assay would be the deciding gene as to whether the area is tumorous or not and if it should exist removed. The alternative is to ship a sample to a lab and wait for the results to come back. During that fourth dimension, the patient remains under anesthesia.

The longer they look and the riskier the surgery is, the longer the recovery time is. For that reason, it is always best for the analysis to be done asap to make the surgeries more efficient and less traumatic for patients.

So far, the starting time prototype is upward and running and is undergoing another development iteration based on the doctors' feedback. The next version should be set up "by the end of this year" For more tests. (video interview: VPIX on the ITS2021 show floor)

Conclusion

Nosotros've added ITS to the list of tradeshows nosotros'd like to visit at some point, just the virtual selection gave is a skillful glimpse of what it is most. Information technology was non always piece of cake to choose which production was more than innovative, but we idea these iii were remarkable.

Websites and direct video links are in the tabular array below. Korean speakers can also check the new ITS Youtube aqueduct. At ITS 2021, all the nominees were gathered in a smaller room to facilitate their interview by Aving media which asked each company to present itself in front of a camera.

Company	Action	Straight video link
Immature in Ace	Mass spectrometry	ii:04
Ecopeace	Ocean cleaning robot	iv:44
Powercube Korea	EV Machine charging accessories	9:27
Zebra & sequence	Facial recognition	13:47
May Display	Mini LCOS projectors	17:ten
Clari Pi	Medical imaging	xx:33
VROR	Center healthcare diagnostics	24:29
VPIX Medical	Medical imaging	28:55
VSI	Dental imaging	32:52
GFI Co. Ltd	Smart extinguisher	36:37
Rope Inc	Automotive safety accompaniment	42:47