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Marinitech Grand Prix 2021 Preliminary Report: Grand Prize Won by KUAU

2021/10/04

The Marintec Grand Prix 2021 was held on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at the Center of Garage to select the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Corporate Award.

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On the day of the event, the 12 finalist teams of the Marine Tech Grand Prix, selected from among the 316 teams that applied for the Tech Planter 2021 competition, gave passionate presentations about their ideas for solving marine-related problems and solving social issues using technologies derived from the sea.

And the winner of the prestigious Grand Prize was KUAU.

KUAU's theme is.High-efficiency coral propagation technology to reduce CO₂We're trying to fix it."It is. We discovered that the surface treatment of implants, originally used for bone regeneration in the field of regenerative medicine and engineering, efficiently adsorbs coral polyps and promotes skeletal formation. Compared to tree planting on land, this technology can achieve carbon fixation that is dozens of times more efficient per area, and we aim to implement it in society in the future. Although numerous hurdles are expected to be overcome in the actual commercialization of this technology, it is expected to be a great success in the future, as it is expected to contribute to the development of marine CO₂The award was given in recognition of the company's stance on immobilization and in anticipation of its vision of realizing a carbon-neutral society through coral rehabilitation.

Grand Prize winner KUAU and the entire jury

List of Company Awards and Grand Prizes

Team Name	Theme name	winning (a prize)
Eight Knots Co.	On-demand water transportation by autonomous small EV vessels	IJS Award & MOL Award
SEC CIPREX Corporation	Solving PID problems with deep-sea compatible polyolefins	Asahi Yukizai Award
Future Quest, Inc.	Transoceanic communication platform by VDES	Nihon Unisys BIPROGY Award
RoboScience Corporation	Development of information infrastructure technology for underwater environments and its implementation in actual sea areas
Crucial Cooling Performance, Inc.	Development of ultra-bright, energy-saving marine lighting with a new heat dissipation system	Real Tech Fund Award
Core System Japan Inc.	Accelerating DX in Civil Engineering and Water Environment Infrastructure with Unbreakable Sensors
KUAU.	Highly efficient coral propagation technology to reduce CO₂Aim to fix	Grand Prize
MizLinx	Observation system for efficient marine resource exploration	Nissui Award & Nittetsu Engineering Award
Team D3DCG	Fatigue and Heat Stroke Evaluation System Based on the Human Center of Gravity Detection Theory	Glocalink Award
Team DEPS	Low-cost, low-power undersea GPS for AUV fleet	Maruha Nichiro Award
Microbial Power	Next-Generation Aquaculture Realized by Microbial Fish Disease Control Technology	EBARA Award

*From this year, the Real Tech Fund Award has been established as an award from Professional Supporters. In addition, the Glocalink Award has been established as a special award.

Outline of Implementation
Name of the Grand Prix: Marintec Grand Prix 2021
Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2021, 13:00-19:00
Participation: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Super Factory Group Professional Supporters)
Website: https://techplanter.com/marinetech/2021/