Act in Space Challenge #CNES09

PHOTODIODE for RADIOACTIVE DOSE

Authors: Spyridon Karastamatis,Anna Plaudiņa, Juris Vencels

Riga, 2016

PROBLEMCurrently security companies do not have convenient and efficient tools for detecting radioactive objects in large crowds of people

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GLOBAL SECURITY MARKET

◦ Projections for 2020◦ Global market of USD 8.37 billion

30 % North

America

35 % Asia-Pacific

23 % Europe

Source: Homeland Security Research, 2015

Asia-Pacific & European airport sector is gaining share in the global market

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SOLUTION

Portable stand-alone device for radioactivity detection based on cost effective photodiode

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APPLIANCESCOMMON RADIATION(constant exposure to radiation)

Mining

Medical (X-ray etc.)

Airplane personnel

Contaminated areas

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FOCUSRISK (radiation SHOULD not normally present)

Security

-ports of entry

(ground, water & air)

-mass events

-inland transportation of people & cargo

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ARES ASPIS II FOR RADIOACTIVITY DETECTION

Mini USB port

Photodiode receptor

Battery indicator

Buzzer

LED warning indicators

LED screen displays

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EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES

Portable OR stand-alone, but never both

Limited range of applications

BSI Personal Radiation Detector

Radiation Detector by FTLAB

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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

80g weight

Different mounting options

~ 20 hours

Product that is portable AND stand-alone9

APPLICATIONSWhole Body ScannersVehicle inspectionRoom infiltrationCargo Monitoring

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Licensing the technology to a large electronics producer for a limited timing

(~ 2 years) e.g. Siemens, GE Healthcare

Cost of Goods Sold

● Assembly € 10● Parts / materials € 20

Price € 120 - 150

8 % royalty

BUSINESS MODEL (B2B)

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POTENTIAL PARTNERS

B2B applications - device can be attached to any of the security scan - systems

100 mill rev.

2,300 mill rev.

20 mill rev.

126 mill rev.

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TEAM ARES

Spyridon Karastamatis Bsc in Electrical engineering and Msc in Electrophysics. H.V engineer for the Formula Student Electric team at Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)Creative designer, integrator and ideas generator

Anna Plaudiņa BSc in Business & Finance, Stockholm School of Economics in RigaTechstars Seattle business accelerator (USA)

Juris Vencels Plasma physicist and computational scientist.In past, student at Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and intern at Los Alamos National Lab (USA)

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QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME!

Thank you!

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PRODUCT BENEFITS

Radiation Detector by FTLAB

PHOTODIODE for RADIOACTIVE

DOSE

Weight 200 g 30 g + mobile phone

80g

Applications & attachments

Stand alone Via smartphone Stand alone+ mounting options

Longevity 500h on standby depends ~20 hours

Size (122x69x33) mm Phone size + 2 cm 1.5 cm thick5 cm diameter

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KEY PARTNER

Baltic Scientific Instruments● Latvian high-tech -Radiation Detectors

-Nuclear Electronics

-Radiation Measurements

● R&D

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ESTIMATES

Top 50 airports in 2015 carried 2.5 billions passengers*20s per passenger, 8h per shift5000 devices

Top sports league total attendance**

214 millions visitors20s per passenger, 1h per shift3300 devices

* Homeland Security Research, 2015** Sport Intelligence, 2015

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