Successful GSC event in Munich
October 3 2007 | 0 comment(s)
Our European Semi-Final in Munich yesterday was very successful. After
the keynote speech of Dr. Geiger - the former President of the
Bundesnachrichtendienst - the five startups pitched to the audience and
our distinguished panel of judges. Because of the high-quality of the
entrants it was a tough job for the judges to select the 1st and 2nd
place among these top European contestants. After 2 hours of
deliberations and individual interviews with the entrepreneurs, they
told the audience their decision - emphasizing again the difficulty of
chosing the winners among these five high-quality innovative ideas.
The 1st place winner is Auxetix,
from the UK. Their mitigation fabrics use a completely new kind of
technology that provides enhanced multiple-event protection for windows
by exploiting the unusual behaviour of the helical-auxetic system. The
fabrics, which are composed of large numbers of thin high-strength
fibres wrapped around elastomeric cores, can also be used to line
military vehicles and aircraft, enhance body armours, in transportation
crates, and for the protection of stored ordnance. The technology
responds to a blast by expanding which allows a blast front to pass
through the material slowing it down and reducing its capacity to kill
or injure.
The 2nd place winner, Psylock
provides a unique biometric technology that authenticates computer
users securely on any computer, without requiring hardware or
installation and with very precise recognition rates. Each user is
authenticated by the specific way he or she types at a common computer
keyboard. The analysis not only validates dependant parameters, like
the speed and rhythm of typing which can vary depending on the
circumstances, but also stable parameters of typing like left- or
right-handedness, typical typing mistakes, correction methods and more.
The result is calculated based on complex statistical models and
artificial intelligence.
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