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Deep Tech Grand Prix 2021 Preliminary Report: Grand Prize Winner is Tohoku University's "3DC," Developing New Carbon Materials for the Future

2021/09/14

The Deep Tech Grand Prix 2021 was held on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at the Center of Garage to select the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Company Prize.

Starting with the 2020 season, the Tech Planter will evolve its concept to "Deep Issue & Deep Tech Explorer," which will use "Deep Tech," a collection of science and technology, to solve unsolved "Deep Issues. Tech Explorer," which is a collection of science and technology to solve "Deep Issues" through "Deep Tech.

On the day of the event, the 12 finalists for the Deep Tech Grand Prix, selected from among the 316 teams that applied for the Tech Planter 2021 competition, gave passionate presentations about their desire to solve unsolved problems by utilizing their core technologies.

And the winner of the prestigious Grand Prize was the team "3DC," whose parent company is a laboratory at Tohoku University.

The theme is "Graphene Mesosponge, a new carbon material that opens up the futureGraphene Mesosponge". Using the new carbon material "Graphene Mesosponge" that we have developed, we are aiming for technological innovation in the fields of energy and environment by developing rechargeable battery materials, new air conditioners, energy conversion, smart devices, and other applications. Although the road to practical application is long, the award was given with the expectation that the company will make full use of the assets of its partners in the potential use of graphene mesosponge to create deep tech, an aggregate of technologies, to confront various challenges.

Grand Prize winner 3DC and the entire jury

List of Company Awards and Grand Prizes

Team Name	Theme name	winning (a prize)
Ashirase Corporation	Walking Navigation System for the Visually Impaired-Announcement	Kawarusaki Award KOBASHI Prize
ElevationSpace Corporation	Development of a small recoverable space utilization platform
Futpar Corporation	Low-volume image edge AI using intermediate outputs of deep learning
ICOMA Corporation	HAKOBELL" disaster-resistant folding electric bike
Air Business Club Inc.	Next-generation logistics platform based on cargo bed address management	Nihon Unisys BIPROGY Award
Solaris Corporation	Soft Robots Conquer Hard Robots! New Value Creation with Soft Robots	Omron Prize
Sendai Smart Machines Co.	Self-Supporting Power Sensors	THK Award
Terra Labs, Inc.	Rapid and precise visualization of disaster sites by unmanned aerial vehicles	ACSL Award
Kivitech Corporation	Autonomous Robot Remote Control Complementary Service HATS
3DC	Graphene Mesosponge, a new carbon material that opens up the future	Grand Prize Real Tech Fund Award
Infrasound Disaster Prevention Information Communication Project Promotion Team	Promotion of Disaster Prevention Communication Project by Regional Infrastructure Sound Observation Network	JT Prize
Wet Material Design	Creating new functional materials through micro-chemical processes	Mitsui Chemicals Award

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

Outline of Implementation

Grand Prix name: Deep Tech Grand Prix 2021
Place: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2021, 13:00-19:00
Eligibility: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Superfactory Group Professional Supporters)
Deep Tech Grand Prix 2021: https://techplanter.com/dtg2021/
Related Pages: Deep Tech Grand Prix