3 teams of researchers have been selected to take the Deep Tech Founders program and will benefit from funding from I-Site NExT. For 4 months, more than 40 scientific entrepreneurs, having already raised more than $ 2 billion, as well as dozens of top-flight industrial mentors, will be with their side to help them validate the commercial potential of their technology and to prepare to begin on the best possible conditions. What are the selected projects ?
Batiprint 3D
Initiated at the University of Nantes by 3 teachers / researchers and supported by the SATT Ouest-Valorisation, a new construction technique was developed and exploited at the end of 2017 for the production by robotic 3D printing of the first certified house today inhabited
This is the Batiprint3D solution: This innovative system makes it possible to build the walls of a house by 3D printing, directly on the building site and in just a few days. This state-of-the-art technology consists in directly printing materials through a mobile industrial robot coupled to a multi-articulated robot: two expansive type foam layers serve as formwork for the third layer of concrete. Once the elevation of the walls is completed, the foam remains in place to obtain insulation of the house without thermal bridge. At the end of the operation, the mobile robot come back through an opening provided for the installation of joineries. The first realization is a world first and was allowed to obtain the construction of a house of 95 m2, includes 5 rooms, two bathrooms, a rounded walls, windows, doors … a set of architectural forms respectful of the environment and the emplacment (trees and vis-à-vis), and the well-being of its inhabitants. It prefigures the great advantages of 3D printing : realization of adapted form, time saving, reduction of materials, reduction of difficult work, performances of construction … The solution can only be than deployed …
The project is piloted by Sébastien Garnier, Philippe Poulain et Benoît Furet.
MIURA
MIURA is a start-up project in the field of digital simulation technologies for decision support systems in engineering. Designed in the form of a service for business, he have for ambition to position as an essential link in the innovative context of digital twins.
More precisely, MIURA focuses on the creation of the interactive simulation engine, the real heart of computing the digital twin. This simulation engine is distinguished by its real-time performance, which makes it possible to put high-fidelity physical simulations to the service of advanced features such as data analysis, artificial intelligence or predictive engineering. Designed as an application software, the simulation engine can be deployed on a multitude of platforms ranging from web browsers to portable devices. It bridges the gap between traditional simulation tools and engineering decision-making.
OPTIMIZED 3D
Cell biology evolves at multiple levels, first of all because of the nature of the available cells. Indeed, it is now possible from the urine of a donor to recover cells to reprogram them into so-called hiPS stem cells. These can in turn be guided to any cells of the human body. Then, the CRISPR / Cas9 revolution allowing to modify at will the genome of the cells hiPS is a formidable tool whose the imagination only, is the limit to the applications which result from it. Finally, we bring the third dimension into the equation. Emerging from the thorax institute and the CHOPIN research project of the CHU of Nantes (CHOlesterol Personalized INnovation), these expertises have come together around the 3DStemSerendipity project to develop and make innovative models accessible. They will allow the study and understanding of diseases, and will facilitate the identification of new molecules for therapeutic use. The NExT x DeepTech Founders program is proving to be a fantastic opportunity for the evolution of the project.
