On Thursday 4 June, the exciting finale of the TU Delft Impact Contest took place, an event that V.O. sponsors every year. The firm serves as a judge in the ‘Ideation’ category. In addition, Henri van Kalkeren presented the V.O. Patents & Trademarks Award to Biodetect Diapers.
V.O. congratulates all the winners in the various categories:
• Advanced Award: Stratos Dynamics
• Ideation Award: BRUSHLESS
• Audience Award Winner: Lente Health
• DUC NL Award: Biodetect Diapers
• Delft Enterprise Award: Calmi Vest
• Energy Transition Award: IonVe
• ASML Young Makers Award: Cellacure Technologies
• V.O. Parents & Trademarks Award: Biodetect Diapers
• EPAM Expert Exchange Dinner: Logic Layer
About BioDetect
BioDetect Diapers is developing smart diapers with embedded sensors that continuously monitor urine biomarkers (NGAL, PCT, white blood cells) to detect urinary tract infections in incontinent elderly care home residents — automatically alerting care workers when an infection is detected and when antibiotics can be stopped.
The social impact is enormous: protecting some of our most vulnerable people from painful complications, unnecessary hospitalisations, and antibiotic resistance.
We are proud to support them with IP advice as they bring this innovation to market. This is exactly the kind of groundbreaking work we are pleased to part of.
TU Delft Impact Contest
Since 2019 the TU Delft Impact Contest has offered students the opportunity to further develop their own, ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans. The main purpose and mission is to challenge students to create great, out-of-the-box thinking innovative solutions for societal problems and translate them into real products and business plans, while interacting and making use of the expertise from our innovative and very knowledgeable partners.
From creative idea to feasible concept
The contest is an entrepreneurial and innovation competition for all students at TU Delft. TU Delft Campus is using the contest as a means to bring the academic institution, students, government institutions, companies and organisations together in a community where innovation, entrepreneurship and co-creation are key. Students at all levels of TU Delft (Bachelor, Master, PhD’s, PDEng’s) are encouraged to pitch their creative ideas and projects and further develop them into a feasible concept. Community building and co-creation with the business community is essential for this and of great added value for students at TU Delft as well as for companies and organisations belonging to the TU Delft Impact Contest’s partner network.
