Four teams composed of students, researchers and professors. Four research units and four separate projects, each one with different goals. The results of 12 weeks of intense work were presented at the 2022 edition of Lab2Market@Tecnico, held last Wednesday, June 8, at the IST Museum of Civil Engineering.

The participants had the opportunity to receive training and consulting from NTT Data and i-deals experts. The final pitch, which included 4 project presentations (20 minutes each), was moderated by professor Pedro Amaral, Vice President for Operations and Corporate Partnerships.

The pitch started with the presentation of the Hash Game Store project, developed by Junitec. The two Técnico alumni Leandro Duarte and Joana Alves presented the project and spoke of the potential of the platform that allows players to resell their games through blockchain technology (a secure system for online transactions) and NFT (non-fungible token, a financial security consisting of digital data stored in a blockchain). The project operates in a decentralized peer-to-peer paradigm (in which each computer acts as a server), which sets aside the costs incurred by downloads and the risk of losing access to the video game library.

Francisco Calisto presented the BreastScreening-AI project, developed in partnership with a Técnico professor and in collaboration with the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR). The project aims at reducing the performance of unnecessary biopsies for the diagnosis of breast cancer, through a system that uses Artificial Intelligence to help in diagnosis, mitigating clinical errors in X-rays interpretation.

Mário Garrido presented the Polyeva Resins project on behalf of his team, in collaboration with the Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS). The project’s goal is to develop new polyester resins, partially or almost entirely derived from renewable or sustainable resources. These resins can be applied to products used in aviation, shipbuilding, wind power, construction, automotive industry, among others, substantially reducing the environmental impact caused by unsustainable plastics.

Laurinda Areias and Tiago Martins presented the PhotoniCoatings project, in partnership with Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE). The project aims to prevent colours from fading and to reduce the need for repainting existing surfaces, due to the photodegradation caused by UV radiation.