This document proposes a portable and standalone photodiode-based device for detecting radioactive materials in crowds. It notes the growing global security market and lack of convenient tools currently. The proposed solution would be a small, lightweight, long-lasting device that can be mounted in different ways. It would have competitive advantages over existing technologies that are either portable or standalone. Potential applications include use at airports, events, transportation hubs. The document outlines estimates for market size and presents the team and partner developing the technology. It envisions licensing the technology to large electronics companies and having applications in security scanning systems.
3. 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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6. FOCUS
RISK
(radiation SHOULD not normally
present)
Security
-ports of entry
(ground, water & air)
-mass events
-inland transportation
of people & cargo
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7. ARES ASPIS II FOR RADIOACTIVITY DETECTION
Mini USB port
Photodiode receptor
Battery indicator
Buzzer
LED warning
indicators
LED screen displays
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8. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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 Riga
Techstars 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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15. 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 thick
5 cm diameter
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17. ESTIMATES
Top 50 airports in 2015 carried 2.5 billions passengers*
20s per passenger, 8h per shift
5000 devices
Top sports league total attendance**
214 millions visitors
20s per passenger, 1h per shift
3300 devices
* Homeland Security Research, 2015
** Sport Intelligence, 2015
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