Varadis: The Cork start-up shifting from spacetech to medtech
Varadis develops radiation detection sensors, which will be used in the Artemis moon missions and could have applications in new markets.
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Varadis develops radiation detection sensors, which will be used in the Artemis moon missions and could have applications in new markets.
Tyndall's William Scanlon and Varadis' Brad Wrigley. Image: Varadis The €600,000 contract will see the Cork start-up designing and building modules for ESA satellites that can detect radiation. Varadis, a Cork start-up building sensor technology, has secured a €600,000 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The start-up’s radiation detection sensors will be used on ESA satellites in space. This technology has already been used by the International Space Station as well as clients in the private sector. Varadis was born out of the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, where it deve...