BEHOLDER Project
Sioux Technologies
Who We Are
Sioux Technologies (Sioux) is a strategic high-tech solutions provider that develops, innovates and assembles complex high-tech systems.
Reason for joining BEHOLDER
Sioux previously developed a groundbreaking holographic microscope capable of detecting biological threats immediately in the lab—eliminating the traditionally required days of culturing colonies to confirm a real risk. Through BEHOLDER, we look forward to enabling this technology to make public spaces more secure.
Role in the Project
Sioux develops a biological threat detector and leads the work package focused on system design.
Collaboration
We closely collaborate with all BEHOLDER partners, with deeper interaction in specific areas. With IDEAS, we co-develop the biological detector. Together with DISSS, UIC and end-users—including Tampere, the Police of Meetjesland, the Municipality of Eindhoven, and the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs—we jointly define user requirements. In partnership with OpenRemote, we ensure our device’s data is unlocked securely and accessibly, while the expertise of UCL plays a crucial role in supporting our work.
Innovation We Bring
We introduce technology capable of recognizing individual bacteria but our main focus is to signal anomalies in biological signatures that need immediate attention from first responders.
Expected Project Outcome
A safer Europe, better protected from emerging and encircling CBRN-E threats, including biological risks as well.
Our Future Vision
BEHOLDER aligns with Sioux’s ambition to further develop our detection system and bring it to market through our established channels.
Other CBRN-E related Projects
Sioux is involved in the HoloZcan project as well as numerous client projects that cannot be publicly disclosed due to their sensitive nature.
Staff involved
Dr. Bas van der Linden
As Business Solution Manager, Bas gives shape to the long-term roadmaps at Sioux Technologies. With an engineering background in aerospace engineering and a PhD in mathematics, he has learned to cross technical disciplines to successfully bring promising academic research results to real world applications. With a focus on novel inspection methods in high-tech, medical and CBRN fields, Bas is working to bring methods to the market that combine optics, mathematics and high-speed electronics: three very different fields, each of which are bringing exhilarating new developments individually but only in combination of these three, as break-out of the lab to the real world is possible.
Edwin Langerak
Edwin is Sioux’s project leader for BEHOLDER. Besides making sure the project runs smoothly, Edwin brings extensive experience in biological threat detection to the table. Having functioned as CTO for LumiByte which was founded in 2012 by Sioux, a device was brought to the market to accelerate the process of detecting microorganisms in liquids. As co-developer of the MuScan microbiological detection equipment, Edwin enabled the detection of microorganisms in tap water and pharmaceutical products under 60 minutes. With his knowledge of both biological detection and managing complex projects, Edwin now helps to develop even faster detection times that will move BEHOLDER from the lab to open urban spaces.
Hans Kuppens
Hans is a System Architect at Sioux Technologies with a background in optics and physics, and has extensive experience in multidisciplinary high-tech development projects. Throughout his career, he has specialized in translating complex stakeholder needs into practical and technically feasible system solutions. In previous European projects, including I-MECH and IMOCO4.E, Hans fulfilled coordinating roles, most notably serving as the leading technical architect at consortium level for IMOCO4.E. Working in close collaboration with industrial and academic partners, he helped to align technical developments with project objectives and end-user requirements. Within the BEHOLDER project, Hans applies his expertise in system architecture and system integration to ensure that the needs of site owners are effectively translated into implementable solutions. His focus is on supporting the Sioux contribution and fostering effective collaboration with the directly involved project partners, helping to integrate and validate delivered products at the pilot sites.
Dr. Bas van der Linden
As Business Solution Manager, Bas gives shape to the long-term roadmaps at Sioux Technologies. With an engineering background in aerospace engineering and a PhD in mathematics, he has learned to cross technical disciplines to successfully bring promising academic research results to real world applications. With a focus on novel inspection methods in high-tech, medical and CBRN fields, Bas is working to bring methods to the market that combine optics, mathematics and high-speed electronics: three very different fields, each of which are bringing exhilarating new developments individually but only in combination of these three, as break-out of the lab to the real world is possible.
Edwin Langerak
Edwin is Sioux’s project leader for BEHOLDER. Besides making sure the project runs smoothly, Edwin brings extensive experience in biological threat detection to the table. Having functioned as CTO for LumiByte which was founded in 2012 by Sioux, a device was brought to the market to accelerate the process of detecting microorganisms in liquids. As co-developer of the MuScan microbiological detection equipment, Edwin enabled the detection of microorganisms in tap water and pharmaceutical products under 60 minutes. With his knowledge of both biological detection and managing complex projects, Edwin now helps to develop even faster detection times that will move BEHOLDER from the lab to open urban spaces.