Building Better Biosensors

ACAMP Embedded Systems Seminar

September 9th, 2015

Do You Know What’s in Your Water?

Tailings Water:• 10 billion L / month

• Seen from space

• Corrosive & Toxic

Industrial Wastewater

Why Does Industry Care?

Water quality monitoring today is:

Slow

Tedious

Expensive

This is a problem for industries like mining

Water quality monitoring today is:

Slow – 5 Business Days

Tedious – Manual Collection

Expensive – Up to $20,000

This is a problem for industries like mining

FieldReady ElectrochemicalDetector

Patented Technology

The Biological Solution

As

Fe

Cu

Pb

Toxin

FREDReporterProtein

FullyCustomizable

The Biological Solution

FRED- Field Ready Electrochemical Detector

Spot Test

Portable SpotTest

Multiple Array TestingContinuous Automated Multiple Compound

Testing

Real-Time Monitoring Solutions

6 Month Monitoring SolutionSingle or Multiple ParametersAs low as 1 hour per reading

~4,320 Readings Per Device

All customizable cartridges usea single detector

FREDsense Detector

Water is automatically sampled, drawn into a cartridge, and

measured

Data is sent to our remote computer or server system

A single device can take more than 4,000 measurements

SAVE 70% on OPEX costs

• NO Sample Prep• NO Site Visits per Sample• Reliable REAL-TIME Measurements

Real-Time Monitoring Solutions

Arsenic Detection

Arsenic Detection

100 PPB 5 PPB

Arsenic Detection

General Toxin Sensing

Other Related Markets• Sewage

Treatment• Pharmaceuticals• Direct to

Consumer• Waste Water

Government Regulated Monitoring

Mining Industry• $800 Million Market

Market Segments