Looking for technology?...sources of new ideas and research

There's no substitute for the personal, expert service that Qi3 can offer. Nevertheless, the Internet can give you a start. Here are links to some sites that bring together pools of intellectual property on the web…

Yet2.com
(www.yet2.com)
Yet2.com is a web based market place for licensing technology. It has a range of offices worldwide that recruit companies to add their technology onto the site. You can search databases and identify technologies, Yet2.com will then put you in touch through its services as an intermediary. They do charge fees for such introductions.

UK Technology Exchange
(www.uktech.net)
The UK Technology Exchange is an on-line technology exchange with free registration and has a search facility.

Science and Technology Facilities Council Grants on the Web
(/www.stfc.ac.uk/Grants/Intro.aspx)
This site allows you to search the full range of grants allocated by Science and Technology Facilities Council by institiution, region, individual or keyword. This complements the PPARC Technology Database (www.pparc.ac.uk/TechData/) Technologies available from Science and Technology Facilities Council include optics, IT, data processing, pattern recognition, detectors and sensing, magnets and cryogenics.

Qi3 provides support for UK businesses seeking technologies and partnerships with Science and Technology Facilities Council

CERN Technology Database
(http://oraweb03.cern.ch:9000/pls/ttdatabase/display.main)
A wealth of technology is available from the European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN). This new database includes a keyword search facility and links to technical publications associated with each invention.

Topics include: detectors, accelerators, magnets, cryogenics, electronics, data processing, vacuum technologies, materials technologies.

Qi3 provides support for UK businesses seeking technologies and partnerships with CERN

ESA Technology Transfer
(www.esa.int/technology/)
Links to technologies available from the European Space Agency.

HERO
(www.hero.ac.uk)
A new addition to public sector web activity in the UK. The HERO website acts as a gateway to higher education institutes in the UK.

For more information, including our technology search and market evaluation services, please contact us.

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