A yet2 client is seeking a strong, flexible, and easy to tear electrical tape that is UL 510 Listed and CSA 22.2 certified.
Electrical tape is a durable and long-lasting tape whose versatility has made it a go-to tape for consumers. However, 30% of consumer have experienced an electrical tape project fail and the prevailing consumer need is for an electrical tape that is stronger and easier to tear.
Colgate is seeking oral health solutions that can be used anytime/anywhere as a supplement to consumers’ oral health routines. These solutions should make oral health more effective and easier but will not be utilized as a substitute to toothbrushing.
Due to increasingly busy lives, taking care of one’s oral health can be a challenge. The paradigm of 2x/day brushing as the ONLY oral health intervention has proven to be insufficient given that half of the world’s population is affected by oral disease. Therefore, Colgate is seeking novel oral health formats (e.g. chewable forms); packaging to enhance the delivery of oral health products.
A yet2 client, Zeon Corporation, is seeking feedback from compounders and molding manufacturers as to the usefulness of a highly stretchable, resilient elastomer (mSIS), which exibits a 95% recovery from ultra-high tensile strain. It could be an additive or modifier. Possible applications could include robot skin, artificial muscle, highly stretchable films, tackifier, and polymer modifier to impart elasticity and stress relaxation properties to ABS, urethane, acrylic, and other plastics.
NIST is building virtual testbeds for the evaluation of usability of user interfaces on first responder technologies. As part of their building process, they are seeking feedback from the market on typical R&D cycles for the development of products with significant user interface components, including HUDs, wearables, haptics, audio, etc. Information sought includes typical development times from concept to commercialization, indicators of cost of development, standard testbed setups and validation steps and any other information useful in the development of next generation virtual reality or augmented reality testbeds.
Suntory Global Innovation Center, which is responsible for the basic research of the Suntory Group, is looking for a device (or technology) that can measure the absolute value of cerebral blood flow.
At Suntory Global Innovation Center it is necessary to measure changes in blood flow when conducting long-term intervention tests on various ingredients related to dementia prevention etc. Magnetoencephalograph cannot measure blood flow. As fNIRS can only obtain relative values, long-term blood flow improvement (change in blood flow after a long period of time) cannot be observed. Since CT uses radioactive substances, it provides burden on human body. ASL can measure the absolute value of blood flow non-invasively, but there is a problem with accuracy.
Our client, a large petrochemical company, is seeking potential partners (e.g. manufacturers, suppliers) with access to polylactic acid (PLA) technology and a proprietary lactic acid (LA) production process.
A specific area of interest would be potential partners specializing in the production of polymerization quality LA, that is cost competitive with existing commercial offerings.
Our client is also interested in potential partners with cost competitive, advanced technologies relating to the production of LA and PLA and in companies/start-ups/scientific groups who own technology ready for commercialization.
A yet2 client seeks technology to efficiently collect various compounds contained in exhaust gas.
Gas discharged from the exhaust port contains tiny amounts of compounds other than nitrogen monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen (N2), or oxygen (O2). We are looking for a technology that can efficiently collect such small amounts of compounds from the above-mentioned gas.
yet2 provides and manages fully customized Open Innovation Portals for global brands including Altria, Unilever, Philip Morris International, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Mondelez International, and more.
Colgate-Palmolive is particularly interested in exploring potential partnerships that would enable it to expand its capabilities in the following platform areas:
Quantified Health and Analytics
New Business Models
Biotechnology
New Delivery Systems & Packaging
3D Printing
Quantum Computing
Natural/New Sources of Active Ingredients
In the Manufacturing area, they are looking for ideas to improve plants production, maintenance, logistics and quality control.