"If Chosen Well, Disruptive Innovation Technology"... KAIST Holds Technology Transfer Briefing Session

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on the 30th that it will hold the "2021 Online Technology Transfer Presentation" on September 14. The event is organized to introduce excellent technologies possessed by on-campus researchers and to expand cooperation with companies and technology transfer achievements.

Since 2017, KAIST has held technology transfer presentations annually, successfully concluding technology transfer contracts worth approximately 3.4 billion KRW in fields such as new materials, bio, and AI up to last year. Based on these achievements, this presentation will introduce a total of nine promising new technologies selected from the materials, parts, equipment, and bio fields closely related to daily life.

In Part 1, technologies introduced include ▲PROX1 (a type of transcription factor regulating the development of body organs and tissues) neutralizing antibody-based retinal regeneration promotion technology, ▲growing vine robot technology capable of detecting and rescuing buried victims in collapsed areas, ▲therapeutic light patch technology applicable to wound healing and skin beauty, and ▲manufacturing methods of shape-variable polymer tactile materials that can be used in the metaverse market of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

In Part 2, five technologies will be showcased, including ▲a composition for treating rare intractable bone diseases containing TIMP (Tissue inhibitors of MMP, a type of protease inhibitor regulating MMP activity) protein inhibitors as active ingredients, ▲a new concept wet harmful gas treatment equipment based on a special impeller, ▲high-efficiency low-cost eco-friendly modification technology applicable to diesel trucks used for parcel delivery vehicles, ④a distributed computing (Edge) environment IoT system for autonomous IoT service operation and management, and ▲an interactive device that multisensorily explores a two-dimensional virtual image space based on relative coordinates on object surfaces.

Choi Sung-yul, Director of KAIST Technology Value Creation Center, stated, "We have carefully selected excellent technologies that not only have academic value but also show promising marketability and business potential in industrial fields such as biomedical, new materials, robotics, and IoT, and have high future ripple effects to strengthen industrial competitiveness for this technology transfer presentation."

Although the event will be held online, interested companies can apply for free participation on the event website until the 7th of next month. One-on-one technical consultations with researchers will also be conducted on the day of the event through prior registration.

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