Use cases
Four real-world missions
SafeDrop will progress from proof-of-concept to validated demonstrators across four high-impact application domains — spanning environment, health, food and air.
SafeDrop will progress from proof-of-concept to validated demonstrators across four high-impact application domains — spanning environment, health, food and air.
Each use case is a replicable demonstrator — tested in realistic conditions and designed for adoption beyond the project.
Continuous, on-site detection of heavy metals and pathogens at ppb–ppt levels — enabling utilities and environmental agencies to spot contamination with < 30 min time-to-result rather than waiting days for lab results.
Rapid urinary-tract-infection diagnostics delivered at the point of care in minutes — supporting faster, better-targeted treatment and helping to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
The platform's food-safety ambition spans pesticides, toxins and spoilage markers across the supply chain — helping producers, processors and inspectors catch problems before products reach consumers.
CS3 will be demonstrated on apple juice, benchmarked against LC-MS/MS (R² > 0.95).
Exploratory (TRL 4) — laboratory validation of airborne VOC detection, transitioning to a drone-mounted demonstrator.
CS4 establishes baseline performance for future expansion into atmospheric applications — distinct from the field-validated TRL 5 demonstrators in water, health and food — with a subsequent transition to a drone-mounted demonstrator within WP6 (D6.8).
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