During the second half of the project, Spectral Engines has done hardware and software productization, business development and piloting activities.
The Narcoscan device is based on the NIRONE Scanner family at Spectral Engines. A customization work has been carried out for both hardware and software. Next generation NarcoScan scanner solution development work includes a platform development for Bluetooth connected, battery operated spectral sensor that can communicate with cloud server through a mobile phone gateway. The mobile app operates the scanner over Bluetooth and relays the measured spectrum to the cloud server for analysis. The mobile app also displays the results of the cloud analysis. The implemented solution is technically a centralized distributed system. It relies on edge nodes analysing measurements and feeding the data to central data storage. The architecture follows micro services principles and is thus easy to expand and modify. Security and privacy have a high priority in this application. All data are encrypted in transit and identifiable data on individual level is not collected. We have developed deep learning algorithms that work across any of the devices we produce, data collection pipeline, and data augmentation tools. Substantial body of work has been done to develop algorithms that can detect narcotics from mixtures of chemicals. Deep learning -based algorithms are deployed in production, as they can work on all of the devices without explicit calibration transfer function.
We present our go-to-market strategy and how we have planned our marketing and sales efforts to each customer segment. We present our value proposition and marketing strategy to them. Market, meaning both end-users and distributors, has shown a high interest to our product and it seems that there is a demand for this type of solution. Our device pricing and license fees seem to be acceptable.
The goal for the Narcoscan marketing and communication activities was to reach the target audience and build a public awareness. To prepare for the market launch, we created the product brand name TactiScan, designed a logo and a website to build the product brand and inform stakeholders (law enforcement officials, local municipalities, forensics labs, etc.) about our product.
