M2TEST, a spin-off of the University of Trieste, is once again present this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's most important trade fair dedicated to electronics and technological innovation, currently taking place in Las Vegas (USA).

The CES, held every year in January, attracts the attention of thousands of journalists, analysts and industry experts, is attended by innovation companies and investors, and receives global media coverage. The show is considered the event from which the technology trends that will characterise the new year, from AI to health, from mobility to smart cities, emerge.

M2TEST, born from the research activity of Francesca Cosmi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UniTS, and from the patents developed jointly with the Julian University, operates in the Digital Health sector with innovative tools for diagnosing the risk of fragility fractures, which afflict people with osteoporosis (particularly menopausal women), sportsmen and women due to stress or, for example, cancer patients, as a consequence of the therapies they undergo.

Over the past few years, the Trieste-based start-up has patented and initiated the use of the BES TEST (Bone Elastic Structure Test), an examination that is completely different from bone densitometry, which is based on the simulation of the application of forces on what can be considered a virtual biopsy of the patient's bone architecture, obtained from X-ray images.
At this edition of CES, M2TEST is presenting the OTTO (Optimal Test Technology for Osteoporosis) prototype, a new remotely controlled medical device for performing the BES TEST. OTTO, jointly patented in 2023 by the company and the University of Trieste, is being developed at the University of Trieste also thanks to a PhD scholarship co-funded by M2TEST.

It is, therefore, a frontier technology developed at UniTS, which has from the outset made itself available in its work to support business creation, refine the business model and promote start-ups in companies in the sector, and still continues to collaborate with a view to open innovation and technology transfer.

The Digital Health sector is booming, particularly in the US, and we are therefore experiencing great interest," explained Francesca Cosmi, who spoke on the 'Innovation Talk: Diversity and Inclusion' panel. "Our 'booth' is set up in the Italian pavilion, a very well organised and stimulating environment where we are together with the 49 other Italian start-ups and innovative companies selected to participate in the CES.

Visitors to M2TEST's booth also include the Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, Raffaella Valentini.