This document summarizes a new digital cavity measuring system that can provide precise measurements across various signal types. It notes the limitations of current analog equipment and the increasing need for precision measurement. The proposed digital system offers advantages in speed, quality, size, price and software-based operation. It would target high-tech labs, teaching labs and open innovation with differentiated strategies. The technology is developed by Dr. Karki's team and addresses an identified market need in a novel way. Next steps proposed include developing prototypes, collecting feedback, analyzing the market and establishing sales and marketing strategies.

1. Digital Cavity
Go beyond our human senses.

2. “If we want to become more precise in our life,
if we want to go faster or better, our own
senses will not be able to handle it. We need
high precision measurement.”
Dr. Khadga Karki

3. Precision measurement
• Everything has a signal!
• Digital cavity measuring system for all types of signals
• Can pick out a very small signal
• A way to ”zoom in” on a frequency and map the world around us
• Loads of applications (see: Scott & Shane, 2000 ”holy cow!”)

4. Need
• Today’s equipment is analog
• Big
• Expensive
• Time consuming
• Only available in big research labs, not widely used
• Teaching labs have to rent expensive equipment
• There is an increasing need for precision measurement as technology
advances

5. Approach
• 3 leveled approach:
• High-tech labs and industry
• Teaching labs
• Open innovation
• Stress five main differentiators:
• Speed
• Quality
• Size
• Price
• Software based instead of hardware focused

6. Benefit
• Don’t need a reference wave
• Quicker
• Smaller
• Built-in computer hardware
• Affordable to a wider market
• Adaptable in space critical environments
• Saving time

7. Competition
• Lock-in amplifier producers (the analog version of this new technology)
• Technology developed by associates of Dr. Karki and taken elsewhere
(the product is therefore time-critical)
• Any alternative methods or devices

8. Novelty
• Analog technology exists
• No similar digital technology exists today that we know of
• There is a need for precision measurements as technology in all fields
moves forwards
• Analog to digital

9. Workability
• No complicated hardware
• Low maintainace and transportation costs
• Works alongside existing infrastructure
• Quick processing

10. Relevance
• Multi-market applications
• Multi-level applications
• Quicker
• Cheaper
• Smaller

11. Specificity
• The technology is developed to a large extent developed
• There are three specific segments
• Applications are specified
• Our expectation (based on Porter’s (1980) generic strategies):
a. The high-tech market will respond to a differentiation strategy stressing
processing speed and size of equipment
b. Learning labs and the open-innovation community will respond to a cost-
leadership strategy based on the ability to lower costs significantly with the
new digital technology

12. Opportunity Confidence
• Technical team led by Dr. Karki
• Entrepreneurial team needed in order to move the technology forward
(us!)
• We are in the process of early planning
• We can see a clear need on the market being met by Digital Cavity

13. Feasibility
• There is a clear need
• The technology is developed and ready for launch
• There are clear market segments
• The idea is novel but not too novel
• The idea is market-tested with good feedback
• We believe this idea is feasible!

14. Next suggested steps
1. Develop specific packaged prototypes for each segment
2. Collect feedback
3. Market analysis
4. Establish a marketing and sales strategy

15. Interest to continue
There is an interest to continue within the group (to be discussed)