Ubergizmo was media partner of Global online meetup, Best of MIK Award @ CES 2023an award that rewards the best startups that have already passed several drastic selections before reaching this pinnacle.
MIK stands for “Made in Korea” and is a brand developed by Aven, a media company covering many international consumer electronics events. Ubergizmo was asked to select three companies based on our interests, market experience and technical background (Hubert and Eliane are both former game developers).
The choice wasn’t easy, but our top 3 companies and products are Narma Inc (#1), SevenPointOne (#2), and BeomJun E&C (#3).
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Narma Inc
Narma Inc develops and builds professional drones for various markets, including security, surveillance, medical and delivery drones. Their tilt-rotor drone was intriguing because it comes with both the convenience of vertical takeoff (VTOL) and fixed-wing endurance, speed, and range.
It uses a VTOL concept similar to the famous Osprey aircraft used by US Marines in combat. This efficient design makes Narma Inc a direct competitor to either Google or Amazon.
This company is a spin-off from the Korea Aerospace Institute and can pack many technologies into its products. These drones can fly at night and outside of line of sight (BVLOS). At the same time, they can withstand strong winds (50 meters/sec.), which many competitors simply cannot.
Finally, the drone is intelligent enough to continue its mission even if GPS connectivity is lost. His last line of defense is a parachute that deploys to prevent him from doing any damage on a critical failure. That’s an FAA mandate.
SevenPointOne
SevenPointOne is a digital healthcare company behind AlzWIN, an application that uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) to detect cognitive impairment and dementia very early. As you may know, the sooner things like this are noticed, the more likely it is to slow them down or, in some cases, even prevent them from getting worse.
AlzWIN is based on a patented algorithm that uses 20 metrics to do its job. For example, verbal fluency is one of the metrics that will be sampled. SevenPointOne has gone through peer reviews, pilot projects and clinical studies to back up its claim.
Once recognized, cognitive impairment can be treated in a number of ways, and the company has done so sentences, a virtual reality (VR) app that helps users with their cognitive performance. So far, SevenPointOne has been working with hospitals, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies in Asia lately.
The company’s scientists estimate about 70 possible causes of dementia, 30% of which are potentially treatable, while others can only be managed for now. For example, a poor diet can lead to a more rapid descent into dementia. After all, dementia goes undiagnosed in 91% of seniors in the US, and that’s perhaps the best reason to have a simple, effective, and affordable tool.
BeomJun E&C
BeomJun E*C is a company that manufactures concrete. On the surface, this hardly looks like a ‘high-tech’ product, but its concrete has low-carbon properties, which would go a long way toward reducing the carbon footprint of the construction industry.
This company uses a form of sulfuric concrete. Such concrete offers exciting properties such as very low carbon emission, strength and a relatively short time to reach full strength.
Sulfur replaces cement as the binder in concrete, which is why the carbon footprint is so small. Cement production is responsible for about 5% of global carbon emissions. Sulfur concrete has been theorized and debated since the 1970’s, so the concept is not entirely new. Instead, we are interested in manufacturing and implementation.
Using sulfur can be challenging in many ways as sulfur is an element that is not inert. It can react with other chemicals and it is difficult to give long-term durability and safety to sulfur concrete. BeomJun E&C claims to have developed a strong sulfur concrete that is twice as durable as regular concrete, with antibacterial properties.
In addition, the sulfur used is a by-product of existing petrochemical processes, and end-of-life car tires are also part of the formula, so the raw material is plentiful. The carbon footprint is reduced by 30%, but this sulfur concrete is also 30% more expensive than traditional alternatives. More information and specifications (PDF).
other companies
The three companies mentioned above really blew our minds, but others are also worth mentioning, including:
- Nuvi Laboratories is an automated food scanner (hardware and software) that aims to reduce food waste worldwide.
- LiBEST is a flexible lithium-ion battery that can be integrated into new forms of consumer electronics, including VR gloves or smartwatch wristbands.
- margo. A father first created a virtual baseball coach for his young son who was having trouble throwing a heavy ball. Now it’s a new and unique product for everyone.
- E-MPSa supplier of batteries for industrial and heavy applications such as 5G cell tower equipment and industrial bidirectional inverters.
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