1. Act in Space Challenge #CNES09
PHOTODIODE for RADIOACTIVE
DOSE
Authors: Spyridon Karastamatis,
Anna Plaudiņa, Juris Vencels
Riga, 2016

2. PROBLEM
Currently security companies do not
have convenient and efficient tools
for detecting radioactive objects in
large crowds of people
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3. GLOBAL SECURITY MARKET
◦ Projections for 2020
◦ Global market of USD 8.37 billion
30 %
North
America
35 %
Asia-Pacific
23 %
Europe
Source: Homeland Security Research, 2015
Asia-Pacific & European airport sector is gaining share in the
global market
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4. SOLUTION
Portable stand-alone device for
radioactivity detection based on
cost effective photodiode
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5. APPLIANCES
COMMON
RADIATION
(constant exposure to radiation)
Mining
Medical (X-ray etc.)
Airplane personnel
Contaminated areas
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6. FOCUS
RISK
(radiation SHOULD not normally
present)
Security
-ports of entry
(ground, water & air)
-mass events
-inland transportation
of people & cargo
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7. ARES ASPIS II FOR RADIOACTIVITY DETECTION
Mini USB port
Photodiode receptor
Battery indicator
Buzzer
LED warning
indicators
LED screen displays
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8. EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES
Portable OR stand-alone, but never both
Limited range of applications
BSI Personal
Radiation Detector
Radiation Detector by
FTLAB
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9. COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
80g weight
Different mounting options
~ 20 hours
Product that is portable AND stand-alone
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10. APPLICATIONS
Whole Body Scanners
Vehicle inspection
Room infiltration
Cargo Monitoring
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11. Licensing the technology to a large
electronics producer for a limited timing
(~ 2 years) e.g. Siemens, GE Healthcare
Cost of Goods Sold
● Assembly € 10
● Parts / materials € 20
Price € 120 - 150
8 % royalty
BUSINESS MODEL (B2B)
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12. POTENTIAL PARTNERS
B2B applications - device can be
attached to any of the security scan -
systems
100 mill rev.
2,300 mill rev.
20 mill rev.
126 mill rev.
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13. TEAM ARES
Spyridon Karastamatis
Bsc in Electrical engineering and Msc in Electrophysics. H.V engineer for the
Formula Student Electric team at Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Creative designer, integrator and ideas generator
Anna Plaudiņa
BSc in Business & Finance, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Techstars Seattle business accelerator (USA)
Juris Vencels
Plasma physicist and computational scientist.
In past, student at Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and
intern at Los Alamos National Lab (USA)
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14. QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME!
Thank you!
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15. PRODUCT BENEFITS
Radiation Detector
by FTLAB
PHOTODIODE for
RADIOACTIVE
DOSE
Weight 200 g 30 g + mobile
phone
80g
Applications &
attachments
Stand alone Via smartphone Stand alone
+ mounting options
Longevity 500h on standby depends ~20 hours
Size (122x69x33) mm Phone size + 2 cm 1.5 cm thick
5 cm diameter
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16. KEY PARTNER
Baltic Scientific Instruments
● Latvian high-tech
-Radiation Detectors
-Nuclear Electronics
-Radiation Measurements
● R&D
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17. ESTIMATES
Top 50 airports in 2015 carried 2.5 billions passengers*
20s per passenger, 8h per shift
5000 devices
Top sports league total attendance**
214 millions visitors
20s per passenger, 1h per shift
3300 devices
* Homeland Security Research, 2015
** Sport Intelligence, 2015
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