Introducing a research tool that enables product and partnering decisions at the early stages of innovation.

USE ILLUMIN8 TO:
  • Discover new technologies and processes for product development.
  • Uncover new applications and markets for existing technologies.
  • Find potential partners and identify leading experts and competitors in unfamiliar markets.
  • Understand potential risks and benefits of new approaches or entering new markets.

CATEGORIZED RESULTS provide a quick overview of the who, what and how of an opportunity space


TRUSTED, AUTHORITATIVE CONTENT from Elsevier and other trusted publishers, patent offices, news and the web gives confidence in your results


INTERACTIVE DATA CHART visualizes trends in the volume of records related to your topic published over time

RELATED BENEFITS AND APPLICATIONS of a technology, process or product foster your brainstorming and assessment of which direction to pursue


POTENTIAL RISKS AND PROBLEMS are uncovered, which can help speed the product development process and uncover opportunities to fill a potential gap in the market

SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON VIEWS let you relate two competitors, potential partners or products and use your findings to better evaluate competitors or potential partners

ILLUMIN8 REPORTS summarize your key findings and analysis in a customizable document. Create overviews of a technology or other topic, or build short lists of partners and suppliers.


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