2nd TECS Grant Call Recipients

Proof-Of-Concept Projects

1. CardioRev Pte Ltd
2. Double helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd
3. HVS Engineering Pte Ltd
4. Mesh.im Consultancy Pte Ltd
5. Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd
6. Printed Power Pte Ltd
7. Progeniq Pte Ltd
8. Qtech Nanosystems Pte Ltd

Proof-Of-Value Projects

9. BioMers Pte Ltd
10. Bio-X (S) Pte Ltd
11. Curiox Biosystems Pte Ltd
12. D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd
13. Hiperware Pte Ltd
14. I-Flapp Technologies Pte Ltd
15. Niometrics Pte Ltd
16. Pechora Technologies Pte Ltd
17. Pipeline Micro Pte Ltd
18. Roar Particles Singapore Pte Ltd
19. SG Molecular Diagnostics Pte Ltd
20. Teliwave Pte Ltd
21. tenCube Pte Ltd

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Proof-Of-Concept Projects

1. CardioRev Pte Ltd

A Novel Peptide-Eluting Coronary Stent A strategic partnership between the Mayo Clinic, Nile Therapeutics, and NTU, CardioRev will study the feasibility of a drug-coated metal stent that will release a proprietary peptide at controllable rates over a period of time. If successful, CardioRev will be a step closer to developing a multi-layered, fully degradable drug / peptide eluting stent that will address all the current issues (restenosis and thrombosis) associated with cardiac stent treatment.

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2. Double helix Tracking Technologies Pte Ltd

DNA Verified(TM) Timber Origin Double Helix Tracking Technologies aims to demonstrate the feasibility of an inexpensive and irrefutable DNA-based method to verify the origin of wood products, including the creation of a genetic database for a specific species of timber. This could potentially supersede existing document audit processes used by the timber industry which are vulnerable to fraud and hence, address the problem of illegal-logging.

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3. HVS Engineering Pte Ltd

A Novel Real-Time Energy & Cost Saving Cleaning System for Industrial heat Exchangers HVS Engineering will study biofouling problems in marine-based heat exchangers that could lead to the development of a real-time mechanical cleaning system that prevents macrofouling. This would reduce the dependence of macrofouling control on chemical methods which are comparably more costly, hazardous, and environmentally-unfriendly, and which also exhibit limited efficacy at times.

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4. Mesh.im Consultancy Pte Ltd

Mesh.im Mesh.im will develop a cross-site interactive platform for website owners who wish to easily integrate a real-time communications system for their online communities. Users will be able to discover and connect with other users, exchange data, thoughts and comments – even across different web communities - and discover relevant and valuable web assets on other networks through Mesh.im's proprietary recommendation system.

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5. Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd

Micro Fluidic Energy System Suite Microspace will develop a micropower system that harvests solar power during the day more efficiently than current photovoltaic systems, thereby enabling the storage of the corresponding surplus and its release at other times through various chemical processes. This could potentially lead to the effective use of solar energy in powering portable electronic devices.

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6. Printed Power Pte Ltd

Printed Power enabled Active RFID Tags One of the major issues facing printed electronics is the failure of current battery technologies to meet the requirements of applications ranging from smart tags, ambient lighting, to wearable electronics. Printed Power aims to demonstrate the technical feasibility of utilising printable nanoscale materials to resolve this issue by developing active RFID tags in combination with printed batteries.

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7. Progeniq Pte Ltd

GPGPU-FPGA Accelerated Life Sciences + Visual Effects for High Performance Progeniq seeks to demonstrate the innovative combination of GPU and FPGA as co-processors to standard CPUs in order to process data efficiently and effectively with full scalability as the need increases. This will lead not only to systems with much higher, multiple-fold performance, but also systems with lower energy consumption suitable for the High Performance Computing (HPC) industry.

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8. Qtech Nanosystems Pte Ltd

Development of Advanced Precision Driver System with Charge Switching Concept for Pico Positioning A critical challenge preventing analog actuators from moving at sub nano-meter or pico-meter level involves the non-linearity of these actuators, with the driving system being the most crucial limiting factor. Qtech Nanosystems seeks to develop a new Precision Driver System, improving the existing mechanical stage, and the solid state actuator to achieve sub-nanometer and pico-meter resolution.

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Proof-Of-Value Projects

9. BioMers Pte Ltd

Development of High Stiffness Polymer Composite Arch-Shaped Wires with Rectangular Cross-Section BioMers’ world-first translucent orthodontic wires is limited to wires of round cross-sections and low stiffness values suitable only for the initial phase of the orthodontic treatment. BioMers seeks to develop a manufacturing process for translucent wires with rectangular cross-sections and high stiffness values which can be applied to both intermediate and final phases of the orthodontic treatment – another world-first.

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10. Bio-X (S) Pte Ltd

Bio-X: A Digital Camera Approach to Food Testing Bio-X was set-up to commercialise and develop an improved chemical sensor technology capable of achieving direct sensing of contaminants. The company aims to focus on food testing and develop the world's first, direct-sensing, rapid sensor platform, without the need for any secondary modalities such as fluorescence.

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11. Curiox Biosystems Pte Ltd

Point-of-Care Diagnostics Instrument for Immunoassays, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) ELISA is an expensive but popular format of immunoassays for clinical diagnostics. Curiox aims to develop a self-contained, affordable, point-of-care (PoC) ELISA diagnostic instrument which is faster, requires a smaller sample compared to existing instruments, and is affordable enough for primary care facilities, extending the benefits to patients of clinics and small-to-medium-sized hospitals.

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12. D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd

Symbiotic Simulation for Operational Decision-Making in Asset-Intensive Industries D-SIMLAB Technologies seeks to develop a novel software suite that combines simulation models synchronized with corresponding real-time operations, automated model validation features and high-performance optimization procedures into a symbiotic simulation framework. This would allow continuous risk assessment and ensure that savings are real and maintainable in asset-intensive industries.

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13. Hiperware Pte Ltd

HiperSearch Appliance To address the issue of 'information-theft', Hiperware is building on proprietary foundation technology to develop a hardware appliance with “content-aware” search functionalities that will perform real-time search on a wide-range of live information sources. Successful development will result in high-impact applications in enterprise, government, and homeland security.

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14. I-Flapp Technologies Pte Ltd

Mobility Technologies for Universal Computer Applications i-Flapp’s seeks to create a commercialisable technology that transforms all external storage devices into smart devices that can carry a diverse range of MSI-based and non MSI based software and run them on Windows, Mac and Linux OS platforms. This targets the computing mobility mass market, helps independent software developers protect their software from piracy, and makes an ideal companion to the growing sub-notebook segment.

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15. Niometrics Pte Ltd

Niometrics: Next-Generation Firewalls for Network Threat and Risk Management Niometrics seeks to address the technical challenges faced by security-sensitive enterprises of providing effective network enterprise network threat and risk management. Through the development of a next-generation, two-way firewall that helps organizations proactively secure their networks against both internal and external threats, Niometrics will enable enterprises to prevent data leaks and enforce corporate network use policies.

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16. Pechora Technologies Pte Ltd

IP Camera Platform and Virtual IP Cameras leveraging HomeCamera Pechora will develop a user-friendly and affordable platform into which IP cameras can connect for remote recording, mobile phone access, and mobile phone alerts, and will also introduce dynamic monitoring: go-anywhere monitoring through the use of wifi-enabled camera phones as virtual IP cameras.

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17. Pipeline Micro Pte Ltd

Semiconductor Cooling Micropump Pipeline Micro seeks to develop a small-scale micro-cooling system capable of meeting future cooling requirements for concentrated photovoltaic, small form factor and mobile applications. The product will allow existing graphics cards and laptops to run at higher processor speeds and enable blade servers and high-power LEDs to run more efficiently.

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18. Roar Particles Singapore Pte Ltd

Nanopowder Biomarkers Roar Particle's proprietary nano and micro powders and systems hold the promise of improved latent fingerprint resolution in less than 5 minutes, as well as the determination of further information such as drug / medication contact and consumption, age, gender and race from a simple fingerprint – making for a simple and efficient screen for suspect identification, and an impact potentially comparable to the advent of DNA profiling.

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19. SG Molecular Diagnostics Pte Ltd

SGMD Microkit IVDD AIO RT PCR SG Molecular Diagnostics plans to develop a fully automated molecular diagnostic platform that will be the first in the world capable of processing both solid tissue and fluid samples. The all-in-one platform merges breakthrough dissociating technology, an innovative fluid driving system, and RT-PCR detection and could lead to a pipeline of products for infectious diseases and cancer diagnostics.

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20. Teliwave Pte Ltd

Voice 3.0 Current IP-PBX infrastructure neglects mobile phones, which remains the most expedient but expensive means of intra-office / intra-company communication. Teliwave seeks to leverage on its proprietary mobility solutions to extend IP-PBX infrastructure to mobile users, offering enterprises the benefits of cost savings, improved productivity and user experience, coupled with greater administrative control.

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21. tenCube Pte Ltd

tenCube Enterprise Mobility Suite Organisations are increasingly equipping their workforce with powerful mobile handsets for functions ranging from sales force mobilization, field force automation, to specific vertical needs. While providing greater productivity, this makes for difficult and costly management. tenCube seeks to develop a platform able to manage the common mobility challenges, enabling enterprises to manage their inventory, usage, applications and data.

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