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  • Winners announced from myEUspace competition

    Winners announced from myEUspace competition

    Image: EUSPA website
    Image: EUSPA website

    The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the winners of the first myEUspace track “Submission of an Idea.” This track consists of promising theoretical ideas that leverage EU space data and have high market potential. Winners received a cash prize of €10,000 each.

    The myEUspace competition is open to teams from all EU Member States plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. The competition offers a total prize of nearly €1 million and provides support to entrepreneurs throughout the entire innovation cycle, from early-stage start-ups to scale-ups.

    While the evaluation of the prototypes track is ongoing, the competition remains open for the last track, “Submission of Products.” Applications for the final track are due April 25.

    Depending on the maturity of the solution at the time of submission, entrepreneurs can compete and win in three different innovation areas: “Space My Life,” “Our Green Planet” and “Dive in Deep Tech.”

    See the full list of winners by area of innovation:

    “Our Green Planet”
    • Spillalert: Intuitive web interface for oil spills and blackwater tank detection
    • BugBit: Risk analysis platform for predicting and alerting of bark beetle outbreaks
    • Push4CleanAir: SaaS pollution monitoring platform
    • Detritus: Online platform and mobile app for waste-crime detection
    • Orioos: Autonomous robotic solution for monitoring woody perennial crops
    • Vantu: Van-lifers companion app to discover “off the beaten track” sites to camp for the night

    “Dive in Deep Tech”
    • DeGenS: Decentralized space-to-ground data availability for artificial intelligence (AI) using blockchain
    • Climate AI for Web3: Real-world portable climate API for virtual worlds powered by AI and satellite data
    • Latitudo Supersar: AI analysis, classification and interpretation of multi-sensor and multi-mission images
    • WhisperCash: Person to person payments via satellite for isolated regions
    • Kyck: Geospatial metaverse platform for exploring and sharing AR experiences in the physical world

    “Space My Life”
    • Foremca: Cryptographic methodology providing forensic digital proof
    • MicroPURA: Microbial Purity to detect levels of microbial contamination in the air
    • Space4CC: Monitoring actions to safeguard cultural heritage in conflict areas
    • Oasis City Lab: AI tool to track urban threats

  • SANGENE project uses GNSS passive radar for obstacle detection

    SANGENE project uses GNSS passive radar for obstacle detection

    M3 Systems logo

    M3 Systems and TilT Consulting on June 1 were declared winners of the MyEUspace Competition 2021 for their passive radar for detection and localization of obstacles based solely on GNSS signals.

    The SANGENE project (Sens And Navigation on GNSS ENvironment Estimation) aims to demonstrate the concept of an integrated GNSS-based passive radar for the detection and first localization of obstacles.

    The SANGENE solution is a passive radar technology based solely on GNSS signals integrated into a localization and navigation device currently available onboard an aircraft or a drone. Today’s operational navigation equipment often use a combination of equipment to identify and locate other carriers or obstacles, but these means do not permit detection and visualization of non-equipped or uncooperative carriers, and can be a source of danger.

    As “signals of opportunity,” GNSS signals can be used for detecting obstacles. With reflected signals, GNSS satellites behave as multiple radar signal sources that are widely available while remaining discrete.

    This principle of passive detector also makes it possible to increase the localization capacity of the GNSS devices already present, without having any major architectural changes to their design.

    Within a few months, this solution has passed from a first level of concept and definition to an implementation model. With the impetus provided by the competition, the validation phase will soon begin.

    The MyEUspace Competition was organized by the European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUPSA) to support development of innovative commercial solutions — such as mobile apps or hardware-based solutions — that leverage Galileo or Copernicus EU space data.