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PathSpot Technologies, Inc. is a New York City-based company that develops a system designed to protect food service establishments and their customers from food-borne illnesses. Founded in 2017, PathSpot's technology scans employees' hands to detect harmful pathogens in under two seconds, utilizing a unique algorithm that filters, processes, and analyzes fluorescent light. In addition to hand scanning, the device can also indicate the presence of harmful bacteria on work surfaces and cooking utensils, allowing clients to quickly identify and mitigate threats. By providing reliable and efficient pathogen detection, PathSpot aims to enhance food safety and safeguard both patrons and employees.

Divergent Technologies, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, is focused on transforming the automotive industry through innovative 3D printing technology. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a patented production system that utilizes 3D printed metal connectors, known as Nodes, along with lightweight materials to construct strong and efficient complex structures. This approach eliminates traditional tooling, fostering significant advancements in cost reduction and sustainability within vehicle manufacturing. Divergent's engineering prototype, the Blade, is recognized as the world's first 3D printed supercar, showcasing the potential for radical innovation in automotive design and production. The company has established a strategic partnership with PSA Group to further its mission of empowering a new generation of creative innovators in the automotive sector.

Unicorn Biotechnologies is developing a fully automated manufacturing platform to enable cellular agriculture producers to seamlessly scale products from the lab bench to supermarket shelves. Our full stack platform combines hardware, software and analytics to completely automate cellular agriculture manufacturing, reducing costs and increasing product quality. By providing a clear path to scale cellular agriculture from grams to tons, we will improve human and planetary health and drive the transition to animal free agriculture.

Overview Corporation specializes in developing advanced computer vision systems and smart cameras aimed at enhancing operational efficiency in wire and cable manufacturing. The company's technology focuses on real-time error detection and equipment monitoring, utilizing artificial intelligence to learn normal machine routines and identify deviations, crashes, and anomalies. Its inspection and monitoring systems are designed to prevent significant damage to products or machinery by catching issues such as misalignments and breakages early in the manufacturing process. Additionally, Overview Corporation's platform offers built-in analytics for remote factory tracking and provides users with live video feeds, event detection, and custom alerts, ensuring comprehensive operational visibility. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves the manufacturing sector across the United States.

Developer of a forefront agricultural technology designed to create autonomous greenhouse techniques that integrate robots. The company leverages its proprietary AI (Artificial intelligence) and robotics technology, redefining agricultural operations through automation, ranging from precise pest management to the meticulous process of harvesting and packing, and a return on investment for distributed greenhouse farms near major urban centers, enabling consumers to get fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables.

The ALMANAC Lab is a full deployment of the ALMANAC Smart City Enablers which can be used to experiment with IoT in a Smart City context. Use their components when building YOUR IoT solution, here at the ALMANAC-Lab. You can experiment with the OPEN data they are publishing, or add your own. If you prefer, download their platform, and get started with things like storage, messaging, security in just a few seconds. Their components can be used individually, or together as a comprehensive Reliable Smart Secure Internet of Things for Smart Cities platform.

Provider autonomous precision manufacturing services intended to revolutionize the way space and frontier industries produce parts. The company's technology addresses the root cause of the collapsing domestic supply chain, it enhances worker capability across the board, novices achieve expert-level tolerances, and experts gain even greater productivity, enabling industries to avail close tolerances and rapid turnaround of products at scale.

Strateos operates a robotic cloud laboratory that automates chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis to enhance drug discovery processes. By integrating advanced robotics, control systems, and sophisticated imaging and analytics software, Strateos allows pharmaceutical companies to discover new drug candidates more efficiently. The company emerged from a merger between Transcriptic, known for its pioneering robotic cloud laboratory platform, and 3Scan, which specialized in using automation and machine learning to analyze tissue samples. This combination enables Strateos to provide a comprehensive suite of technologies designed to streamline the drug discovery and early development phases. By transforming life science methodologies into data-driven processes, Strateos aims to create a more efficient and cost-effective approach to scientific research, positioning itself as a valuable partner to biotechnology firms seeking to innovate in the field.

Kinetic Eye is an artificial intelligence software company serving the warehouse and transportation industry. We create intelligent workplaces that improve business performance and employee safety and satisfaction. Our solutions solve real problems, for real people and organizations, using the most advanced technology available today.

FUTURE provides an insight into a new, decentralized way to look at the web, powered by privacy-respecting solutions that implement artificial intelligence techniques on every corner of every day life.

RoBotany is transforming modern indoor agriculture with automated robotics and software analytics. Their patent-pending technology improves labor efficiency and crop output while also providing an unprecedented level of data analysis for optimization from seed to harvest.

Capture Technologies is a technology and social media company. Our mission is to bring an absolutely new and unique experience to how people interact with each other. We are closely working with AI, thereby using the most advanced technology to help us bring our mission to life. Capture app will erase the boundary between real-time communication and artificial intelligence.

Tempo Automation Inc. is a San Francisco-based electronics manufacturer specializing in the prototyping and low-volume production of printed circuit board assemblies. Founded in 2013, the company leverages a proprietary automation platform that integrates software, data analytics, and advanced manufacturing techniques to enhance speed, precision, and transparency in the development process. This innovative approach creates a seamless digital connection from design to delivery, allowing hardware developers to accelerate innovation and bring new products to market more efficiently. The company's smart factory is designed to optimize the complexities of electronics manufacturing, providing significant advantages in quality and agility for its clients. Tempo Automation is backed by various investors, including venture capital firms and individual investors, who support its mission to transform electronic product development.

The ALMANAC Lab is a full deployment of the ALMANAC Smart City Enablers which can be used to experiment with IoT in a Smart City context. Use their components when building YOUR IoT solution, here at the ALMANAC-Lab. You can experiment with the OPEN data they are publishing, or add your own. If you prefer, download their platform, and get started with things like storage, messaging, security in just a few seconds. Their components can be used individually, or together as a comprehensive Reliable Smart Secure Internet of Things for Smart Cities platform.

FLEx Lighting II, LLC is a nanotechnology and optics company based in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Changzhou, China. Established in 2008, the company specializes in light transmission solutions, notably producing the world's thinnest and most flexible LED light guide film. FLEx develops illuminated films and tablet-sized reflective displays aimed at enhancing clarity and design flexibility for various applications. Its product offerings include consumer and educational tablets, as well as portable devices tailored for industrial, medical, and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors. The company's innovative approach utilizes standard Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) to create high-performance front light products for reflective LCD displays and e-paper technology.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.

Higia Technologies, founded in 2016 and based in Mexico City, has developed EVA, an accessible and non-invasive wearable device aimed at assessing breast cancer risk. The device features tactile sensors that map the surface of the breast and its surrounding areas, enabling women to monitor changes in breast temperature, size, and weight. Equipped with biosensors, EVA continuously collects and analyzes this information, providing users with a reliable tool for tracking their breast health.

Capture Technologies is a technology and social media company. Our mission is to bring an absolutely new and unique experience to how people interact with each other. We are closely working with AI, thereby using the most advanced technology to help us bring our mission to life. Capture app will erase the boundary between real-time communication and artificial intelligence.

Divergent Technologies, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, is focused on transforming the automotive industry through innovative 3D printing technology. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a patented production system that utilizes 3D printed metal connectors, known as Nodes, along with lightweight materials to construct strong and efficient complex structures. This approach eliminates traditional tooling, fostering significant advancements in cost reduction and sustainability within vehicle manufacturing. Divergent's engineering prototype, the Blade, is recognized as the world's first 3D printed supercar, showcasing the potential for radical innovation in automotive design and production. The company has established a strategic partnership with PSA Group to further its mission of empowering a new generation of creative innovators in the automotive sector.

Horsepower Technologies Inc. is a Massachusetts-based company specializing in the manufacture of rehabilitative orthotics for horses. Founded in 2008, the company develops innovative products designed to promote safe movement and expedite recovery for injured horses. One of its key offerings, FastTrack, includes protective padding, a hard shell cuff for structural support, and a mechanism to limit excessive movement of the fetlock joint. By redirecting weight-bearing forces away from injured flexor tendons and ligaments, Horsepower Technologies' orthotics enable horses to engage in moderate exercise during their rehabilitation, thereby enhancing recovery outcomes. The company's products are available for purchase online.

Divergent Technologies, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, is focused on transforming the automotive industry through innovative 3D printing technology. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a patented production system that utilizes 3D printed metal connectors, known as Nodes, along with lightweight materials to construct strong and efficient complex structures. This approach eliminates traditional tooling, fostering significant advancements in cost reduction and sustainability within vehicle manufacturing. Divergent's engineering prototype, the Blade, is recognized as the world's first 3D printed supercar, showcasing the potential for radical innovation in automotive design and production. The company has established a strategic partnership with PSA Group to further its mission of empowering a new generation of creative innovators in the automotive sector.

Consumer Physics Inc., based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in the development and distribution of molecular sensors under the SCiO brand. Since its incorporation in 2011, the company has focused on empowering consumers and businesses to analyze the composition of materials using its compact near-infrared spectrometer. The SCiO device connects to smartphone applications and a cloud-based database of material fingerprints, allowing users to access real-time material analysis. Additionally, Consumer Physics provides a platform for businesses and third-party developers to create customized molecular sensing models and mobile applications, facilitating data-driven decisions that can help reduce food waste and enhance operational efficiency in industries such as food and agriculture. The SCiO DevKit offers developers the necessary tools and support to innovate in this area.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.