Quick Guide MC TEA

Discover the tools of the technology innovation platform

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The Innovation Explorer is the ecosystem's smart search engine. Search for technologies, organizations and knowledge areas — and discover connections, gaps and funding opportunities.

Smart Search Public

Two ways to search, accessible to any visitor:

  • AI Search — uses semantic embeddings to find results by meaning, even if the exact words don't appear
  • Keywords — traditional text search (fulltext), ideal when you know the exact term

Visitors without an account can perform up to 5 searches. To continue exploring, just create a free account.

Advanced Filters

Refine your search by combining filters for:

  • Data source (MC TEA, FINEP, Vinnova, Defense, Embrapa, Patents)
  • Technology tier (interface, enabling, logistics)
  • Organization and theme

Connection Graph

Visualize the relationships between technologies, organizations and data sources in an interactive graph. You can share the analysis as a public link.

Export Plan

Export the intelligent report in Word format for presentations and documentation.

Open the Explorer

The Innovation Architect is an AI assistant that designs technological architectures. From a technology or project, it suggests complementary components, maps risks and finds connections in the ecosystem.

Express Architect Plan

Quick analysis (~5 seconds) that generates:

  • Complementary technologies suggested for the architecture
  • Classification by priority and knowledge area
  • Overview of the proposed architecture

Evaluation Assistants Plan

AI can pre-fill the Criticality and Scope evaluations with suggestions based on the technology context. You review and adjust each field before saving.

Connection Search Plan

Each suggested complementary technology has a "Search connections" button that individually searches the 3 matching modules (Partnerships, Benchmarking and Funding Calls), displaying the best results.

Graph & History Plan

  • Interactive graph: D3 visualization with nodes colored by priority, risk edges and detailed tooltips
  • Run history: compare previous architecture versions to track evolution

Export Word Plan

Export the architecture in Word format — simplified version (Express) or complete with risk table and indicators.

Open the Architect

The Technology Showcase is the central discovery hub. Browse registered technologies in the ecosystem, view maturity profiles and find researchers and organizations.

Technology Feed Public

Browse technology cards with:

  • Technology name, description and image
  • Strategic profile: TRL, Criticality and Scope indicators
  • Responsible organization with logo
  • Architect progress badges

filter Public

Filter technologies by theme, organization and project to find what you're looking for.

Visibility & Privacy

Control which of your technologies appear in the showcase. Private technologies are visible only to you and users with project permission.

Messages & Social Network

  • Direct messages: contact other researchers and organizations
  • Social feed: publish updates, comment and interact with the community
Open the Showcase

Register your critical technologies on the platform to evaluate them, discover connections and make them visible in the innovation ecosystem.

Technology Registration

Fill in the technology details:

  • Name and function: identification and description of what the technology does
  • Organization: company or institution that develops it
  • Project: link to an existing project or create a new one
  • Topics: categories such as Infrastructure, Healthcare, Defense, etc.
  • Context and target product: development environment and final application
  • Nature: COTS (commercial) or proprietary
  • Image: representative photo or icon (optional)

Projects

Technologies are grouped into projects. You can:

  • Create your own projects and control who has access
  • Request access to other users' projects
  • Make projects public so others can view and request evaluation

Visibility

Choose whether your technology will be public (visible in the Showcase) or private. You can change visibility at any time.

The maximum number of technologies you can register depends on your plan.

Register Technology

View evaluation results in detailed reports and discover connections with partners, funded projects and funding calls.

Evaluation Reports

Reports by Technology

For each evaluated technology, view individual reports:

  • TRL: maturity level, current stage, criteria met
  • Criticality: relevance, vulnerability and accessibility score
  • Scope: strategic capabilities and sectors impacted
  • Integrated: combined view of all 3 axes with strategic recommendations

The Integrated report only appears after all 3 evaluations (TRL, Criticality and Scope) are completed.

Reports by Project

Aggregate results from all technologies in a project, with comparative charts (radar, bar, timeline) and interactive tables for sorting and filtering.

Report Export Plan

Download reports in Excel (with data dictionary) or Word for documentation and presentations.

Matching & Connections

Visualizations

Matching results can be viewed in list or radar format (circular visualization). Both views show the same results.

The number of results displayed depends on your plan.

Go to the Showcase