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[Seoul N] Supporting Demonstration Opportunities and Budgets for Innovative Technology Development Companies

KRW 5.5 billion will be invested in Seoul's innovative technology public test bed project

12 tasks selected first ... Demonstration site, opportunity to verify reliability

Support for costs required to improve performance reflected in verification results

From March next year, new application and innovative technology demonstration will be accepted all the time.

Seoul City will provide KRW 5.5 billion to the Seoul City's Innovative Technology Public Test Bed Providing Project, which provides experimental space and budget for SMEs and venture companies that have been successful in developing innovative technologies but have no commercialization or commercialization. Said.

For the 12 projects selected out of 58 projects, the City will provide the necessary expenses for improvement of customized functions in the field, verification of reliability such as durability and accuracy of the product, and improvement of performance reflecting the verification results. On-site demonstrations at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Subway Line 6, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul Children's Grand Park, Seoul Medical Center, etc. will take place for up to one year.

Among them, 'Telofam Co., Ltd., which developed a technology for early diagnosis of plant health problems and pest infections, implants a hair-thick semiconductor probe sensor into a tree and remotely measures the sensor's information. The company gained an opportunity to test the grass field and green zone in the Seoul World Cup Stadium, Cheong Gyecheon Garosu (Epop Tree), and trees in the Seoul Municipal Sublimation Garden for a year. If the demonstration succeeds, overseas sales are expected.

This demonstration gives SMEs and venture companies the opportunity to identify and improve the need for complementary products and services, and Seoul can benefit from applying innovative technologies and products to the administrative services provided to citizens. . Proven products will be issued a “Performance Confirmation” under the head of the Seoul Development Institute to support the company's market development.

During the regular inspections of the demonstration site, the city will closely check the results obtained after applying the demonstration product to the municipal administration for each sub-category such as cost reduction, efficiency and stability, and public data.

In addition, next year, the company will receive a public announcement and application for 'Providing Public Test Bed for Innovative Technology' from March.

To this end, a `` demand survey '' banner and microsite will be created on the first page of the Seoul R & D website to collect opinions from companies and departments in Seoul.

Companies that want to submit their opinions can access the website of the Seoul Industrial Development Agency (http://seoul.rnbd.kr), the agency dedicated to the Seoul R & D project, and click on the `` Demand Research '' banner located in the center on the right.

Jo In-dong, head of the Seoul Economic Promotion Division, said, “The public test bed provision project will continue to expand into an innovation business that can be applied to the municipal government as well as provide opportunities for market development for small and medium-sized venture companies.” In 2012, we will expand the support budget to 10 billion won, twice the size of the present. ”