Glasses with superpowers against the super pests that are mosquitoes and lice. Two Rémois, Didier Janot and Antoine Quinzin, developed the Aloha concept, more than a technology or know-how, it is an innovation that they have patented. “A good idea resulting from an initially futile reflection and which brought smiles to the profession,” confides Didier Janot.
It was through contact with the world of chemistry that the co-founders of 15-1 Diffusion – a company based in Lyon, specialized and recognized in the licensing of prestigious optical brands – developed their concept. They use materials based on natural products in which “they have microcapsulated natural repellents for lice and mosquitoes. » Microencapsulation? A process that has existed for a long time, and makes it possible to preserve, in “oxygen-tight capsules, the property intact, the integrity of the product that we put inside,” explains the fifty-year-old.
Luxury projects coming soon
“When we make glasses with these materials and they are worn, there is a diffusion of the products around the material and it protects, it creates a barrier,” continues Didier Janot. For the two entrepreneurs, “the scope of this patent is limitless”. Because they realized that their process can be applied “on any support: fabric, wood, leather, etc. » In short, the possibility of creating a phone case or door handles so that they are antimicrobial.
The two co-founders of 15-1 Diffusion are already imagining other innovations. Kept secret, they concern luxury products in noble materials but also industry to bring new functionalities to solid materials, textiles, paints or gels. Thus, they plan to “open a research and design laboratory in Reims on their discovery and its variations”.
First delivery of glasses in early 2024
Didier Janot assures us: “We do tailor-made products” both in terms of the concentration of active ingredients and the material. And announces: “We are now able to do microencapsulation on a wire. » He thus imagines “an anti-mosquito tent, an anti-bedbug mattress”.
Their innovation and their glasses augmented by microencapsulation were presented for the first time in September at the World Optical Show and most recently at the Made in France Show. The first deliveries of their magic glasses are scheduled for early 2024.