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I think IDEaS is a

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medium for kind of bringing companies
and people together.

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IDEaS Marketplace gives us yet
another opportunity to engage academia,

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industry in general,
and also some of our partners

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and our government partners here
and exchange ideas.

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A lot of areas, a lot of challenges that we are facing from a Canadian Forces perspective

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that are beyond,
you know, the traditional technology

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that you would think for defence.

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It allows us to develop an expertise important enough

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to understand what is possible, how it all works at each step.

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We used the funding to get
from a research idea, from award

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winning papers to a prototype
that we can show

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that we can bring to people
to actually have them test, for example,

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their USB devices
or their electronics for implants.

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They allow you to concentrate
on developing the technology.

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they help fund
some of the expenses upfront,

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which is very big for a small company.

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The hope is that this technology

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will also find new pathways to help
fill the gaps in defence and security

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But ultimately, it will also help bolster
the larger Canadian innovation ecosystem