b'EXCELLENCEIN R&D AWARDEntries included innovative emerging technologies from R&D departments within industry and academia. Innovations submitted to this category ranged from a product to a specific feature of a product. The product itself may be mass-produced or custom-made, but all were in working, marketable condition.Archimedes Research LimitedThe Em1 Microscope: Portable, Powerful, Digital-Enabled MicroscopyThe Em1 microscope meets an urgent need for a robust, portable, affordable field microscope capableof assisting the diagnoses of a range of tropical diseases either in the field or remotely via digital interfaces.It combines leading-edge optical engineering with a robust and simple-to-use chassis interfaceable withsmart phones to deliver high specification microscopy up to 1000x magnification.Bar-Ilan University and NanodropsMaking spectacles redundant: A home-use treatment including light-based device and special eye dropsThis treatment includes a home-use portable device and special eye drops, repeated every 2-3 weeks. It projects special patterns on the cornea of the user (the specific pattern is computed after the user inputs into the device his/her refraction) while those patterns ablate only the epitheliam layer of the cornea (unlike in laser surgery, the epithelium layer renews itself every few days).Boston UniversityUltra-open, metamaterial-enabled noise silencingA deep-subwavelength acoustic metasurface unit cell was developed with an ultra-open geometry allowing for efficient air passage, while serving as a high-performance selective sound silencer. This novel metamaterial was validated experimentally, demonstrating a reduction in the transmitted acoustic energy approaching 95%. Durham UniversityTesting the Screener: Novel 3D Threat Image Projection for Next Generation Aviation SecurityThe innovation is an algorithm that performs realistic threat image projection (TIP) in 3D volumetric imagery and is the first algorithm to combine bespoke volume segmentation, particle swarm optimisation and finally metal artefact generation that is indistinguishable from originally occurring threat items.Shadow RobotThe Tactile Telerobot - the worlds first smart haptic telerobot handThe Tactile Telerobot is the worlds first smart haptic telerobot hand. It comprises of three key elements of remarkable engineering, Shadow Robots Dexterous Hand (the worlds most advanced human-like robotic hand available on the market), biomimetic tactile sensors from SynTouch (detecting everything the human finger can feel such as force, vibration, temperature) and realistic haptic feedback gloves from HaptX (feeling what the robot hands touch). XAG R150 Unmanned Ground Vehicle: The Worlds First Mass-produced Farm RobotThis innovation is a four-wheeled multifunctional, lightweight robotic platform developed to unshackle human labour from tedious, dirty farming operations on both open and rugged terrains. The robot is endowed with various kinds of superpowers, including terrain-adaptive autonomous operation, centimetre-level high accuracy navigation, 360 high-speed atomisation spraying, and AI fault prediction, that have never been achieved by its predecessors or counterparts. eandt.theiet.org/innovation#eandtawards 23'