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  "retrieved": "2026-10-15T23:29:51Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
  "access_notice": "On 15 November 2026, automated access to assay-systems.com closes. After that date, access is available only under a paid annual subscription contract. Contact: contact@assay-systems.com",
  "data": {
    "id": "ASY-CA-16CEIIP1KS",
    "type": "grant",
    "country": "ca",
    "name": "Dispension Industries Incorporated: federal grants and contributions",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/dispension-industries-incorporated/",
    "summary": "10 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $2.0M with Dispension Industries Incorporated, 2020–2026.",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "agreements",
        "value": 10,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "value",
        "value": 2000000,
        "unit": "money",
        "currency": "CAD",
        "approximate": true,
        "display": "$2.0M"
      },
      {
        "label": "departments",
        "value": 2,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "programs",
        "value": 5,
        "unit": "count"
      }
    ],
    "text": [
      "Support production of touchless secure verified identity dispenser kiosks",
      "Provide working capital to fund expansion plans",
      "Support pilot program in major U.S. market",
      "Support commercialization activities",
      "Dispension developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four preliminary “SmartServ” prototypes were deployed as a pilot project at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles during the 2022 MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby in July. The purpose of this project is to conduct the necessary experimentation, modifications and testing that will allow Dispension to improve the prototype technology to a commercial-ready state.",
      "Hire CTO consultancy services",
      "Hire customer success sales expertise",
      "Provide support for a Vice President of Marketing and Growth",
      "The firm has patent-pending technology that makes it possible to identify intoxicated persons from a thermographic image of their face. For practical applications, the face will be part of an image that contains background items and other faces giving thermal returns. This background “clutter” must be identified and removed, and the subject’s face isolated before the analysis and subsequent determination of intoxication status can begin. The background clutter is to be expected in real world application settings. Therefore, it must be addressed before the commercial benefits of the intoxicati",
      "Dispension has developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four “SmartServ” prototypes are being deployed as a pilot project in July 2022 within a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium. The purpose of this NRC-IRAP ARP project is to conduct on-site performance monitoring of the SmartServ prototypes during the pilot. The intent behind the performance monitoring is to assess the reliability of the technology, to document any recommended mechanical or electrical improvements, and to develop documentation to support"
    ],
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "grants and contributions register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dartmouth–Cole Harbour",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/riding/12004-dartmouth-cole-harbour/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/atlantic-canada-opportunities-agency/"
      },
      {
        "name": "National Research Council Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/national-research-council-canada/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-16CEIIP1KS",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Dispension Industries Incorporated: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/dispension-industries-incorporated/"
  }
}