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SMART & GRANT FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Directory

JULY 2002—JUNE 2003

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Directory Of Smart & Grant for Research & Development Awards July 2002 – June 2003

CONTENTS

Page1 Award’ Alphabetical List 32 Introduction 163 East of England Region 184 East Midlands Region 67 5 London Region 936 North East Region 1317 North West Region 1418 South West Region 1979 West Midlands Region 21510 Yorkshire & Humber Region 22411 Scottish Executive,Enterprise & Lifelong Learning

Department 264

12 Welsh Development Agency 29413 Invest Northern Ireland 31114 Contact Addresses 314

NB. Please note, entries for the South East Region can be found on their website:

www.smartwise.org.uk

The whole directory is on the Grant for Research & Development web page at www.dti.gov.uk/r-d

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ALPHABETICAL LIST

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AWARD RECIPIENTS REGION PAGE

12 Voltz Limited North West 14142 Technology Limited East 234i2i Communications Limited Scotland 264A K Rainbow Limited Wales 294Abergene Limited Scotland 264Abington Consultants- East East 18Abington Partners South West 197Acedag Limited West Midlands 215Active Recycling Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber224

Adaptive Communication Systems Ltd

Northern Ireland 311

ADD Power Technologies Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

224

ADPhil Advisor-East East 18Adrianic Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber224

Advanced Bioprocess Development Limited

North West 141

Advanced Expert Systems Limited East Midlands 67Advanced Interconnection Technology Limited

North West 142

Advanced Optical Technology Limited -East

East 19

Aeromark Communications Limited - East

East 19

Ai Martial Arts Training Services Yorkshire & Humber

225

Aircradle Limited London 93Aktogen Limited - East East 20Alan J Hurst Yorkshire &

Humber225

Alba Ultrasound Limited Scotland 265Allgrind Yorkshire &

Humber225

Alpha Data Parallel Systems Limited Scotland 265Alpha Moisture Systems Yorkshire &

Humber226

Amazon IT Services Limited -East East 20Amtri North West 142Amura Therapeutics Limited East 21Andico Design Limited Wales 294Andrew Hall T/A Anglo American Paper

Yorkshire & Humber

226

Andrew Reason Limited Wales 295Angli Partners - East East 21Ansa2 Limited London 93Antoine Y Messiou East Midlands 67Applied Analysis Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber226

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Applied Corrosion Monitoring T/A ACM Instruments

North West 143

Applied Dataflow Research Limited North East 131Applied Generics Limited Scotland 266Applied Multilayers Limited East Midlands 68Applied Sweepers Limited Scotland 266Aquamatic Limited North West 143Aqwan Limited Wales 295Ariel Trust Limited North West 144Aros Developments Limited Scotland 267Arrayjet Limited Scotland 267Aspace Solutions Limited London 94Associated Power Limited North West 144Asthma Alert Limited London 94Atkinson Design Associates Limited East Midlands 68ATL Telecom Limited Wales 296Atomic Programming Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber227

Audix Broadcast Limited - East East 22Aurelialight Limited North West 144Autochair Limited East Midlands 68Auvation Limited Scotland 268Avantis Limited Wales 296Avenca Limited South West 197Avisius Research Limited North West 145Axcess IT Limited London 95Axion Recycling Limited London 95Axomic Limited - East East 22Aylestone Auto-Electrical Co Limited-East

East 22

Azimurth Networks Limited North West 145B & J Wilson (Chesterfield) Limited East Midlands 69Baldwin & Francis Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber227

Bar Graphic Machinery Yorkshire & Humber

227

Barry James Yorkshire & Humber

228

Beat Systems Limited Scotland 268BeCrypt Limited London 96Bells of Lazenby Limited North West 146Bernard Hooper Engineering Limited West Midlands 215Big Torch North West 146BioBullets Limited London 96Biophage Limited London 97Biopta Limited Scotland 269Biotrace Limited Wales 297BioTransformations Limited North East 131Biox Systems Limited London 97BIW Technologies Limited London 98Blaknblu Limited East 23Bluedelta Design Limited East 24Blueprint Innovation Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber228

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Blueprint Programming Limited East 24Boardbug Limited London 98Bond Technologies (Europe) Limited North East 132Bosus Limited North West 147Braddahead Limited North West 147Bradwell IT Solutions Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber228

Brandenburg (UK) Limited West Midlands 215Brightblue Systems Limited London 99BrowserAngel Limited London 99Bryan Rawlings Design South West 198Buck Propulsor Limited East 25Business Direct Limited West Midlands 216Business Web Software East 25C T Charlton East 29C.D. Bissel Engineering Services Limited

West Midlands 216

Calico Jack Limited Scotland 269Cambridge Cell Networks Limited East 26Cambridge Joining Technology Limited

East 26

Cambridge Laboratory Innovations Limited

East 27

Cambridge Quality Technology East 27Capacitas Limited London 100Cape Instruments Partnership East Midlands 69Capsolutions Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber229

Capture Projects Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

229

CardioDigital Limited Scotland 270Carrig Electronics Limited North West 147Castings Technology International Yorkshire &

Humber229

Catchpoint Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

230

C-Burn Systems Limited London 100CEFIS Limited London 101Cell Engineering Limited Wales 297Cengar Universal Tool Company Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber230

Centriquip Limited East Midlands 70Chalmor Limited East 28Chaltel Limited London 101Charador Environmental Services West Midlands 216Charles Sterling T/A Sterling Power Products

West Midlands 217

Chell Instruments Limited East 28ChemAdd Limited East 28Chris Scarth and David Francis t/a Prime Principle

East Midlands 70

Cinimod (IP) Limited East Midlands 71Clarity Business Solutions Limited London 102Clark Mactavish Limited North West 148

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Class Panel Ltd T/A QM Architectural Systems

Yorkshire & Humber

230

Clean Water Systems Limited South West 198Clearwater Industrial Limited West Midlands 217C-Logic Limited East Midlands 71Coastform Systems Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber231

Cobra Automotive Products Limited Wales 298COE Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber231

Coex Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

231

Cognitive Limited London 102Colt Industrial Services Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber232

Com-care Security Products Limited East Midlands 71Compactcaddy Limited North West 148Compton Developments Limited Wales 299Comtec Europe Limited Wales 298Concordia Diagnostic Sensors Limited

North East 132

Consultantnet Limited East 29Controlled Speed Engineering Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber232

Controls4steam Limited North West 149Controlstar Systems Limited East Midlands 72Copytag Limited East 30Corrintec Limited East Midlands 72Cox-Smith Consultants Limited East 30CQR Data Limited London 103Craftsman Tools Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber232

Crime Management and Community Safety Systems (UK) Limited

North West 149

Critical Blue Limited Scotland 270Critical Blue Limited Scotland 271Croft Engineering Services North West 150CTM UK Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber233

Cult Hill Innovation Limited Scotland 271Cultech Limited Wales 299Cumberland Electrochemical Limited North West 150D & E Moss T/A Silent Whisper North West 151D & J Potter East Midlands 73D H-Budenberg Limited North West 151D W Gibson & K J Gibson T/A Osprey Aviation

West Midlands 217

Daco Solutions Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

233

Daconi Limited West Midlands 218Dailys UK Limited North West 152Datatrac Limited South West 198Daytronics Systems (Yorkshire) Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber233

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dB Research Limited North West 152dB Technology Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber234

DCA Design International Limited West Midlands 218Dentron Limited Wales 300Dependable Real Time Systems Limited

North West 152

Dermaglia East 31DESCo Research Limited North West 153Design Blue Limited London 103Design Edge Cambridge Limited East 31Diagnostic Potentials Limited Scotland 272Diamatrix Limited London 104Diamond Anchor Company Limited East Midlands 73Diboride Conductors Limited East 31Dibsa Structures Limited North West 153Dispersed Music & Merchandising Systems Limited

South West 199

Diverse Technologies and Systems Limited

East 32

Dmist Technologies Limited North West 154Double R Controls Limited North West 154Douglas C Clarke South West 199Douglas Florence T/A Abacus Automation

North West 155

Dr Richard S Neville North West 155Dragon Baits Limited Wales 300DRFP Holdings Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber234

Dsine Technology Limited London 104D-TACQ Solutions Limited Scotland 272Duodrive Limited East 32Dynamic Extractions Limited London 105ECASS Technologies Yorkshire &

Humber234

ECOSpray Limited East 33Edit Technologies Limited North West 156EEC (Europe) Limited East 33Electronic Product Supplies Limited North West 156Electronica Products Limited Wales 301Elite Design and Manufacturing West Midlands 218E-Man Technologies Limited East 34EMS Europe Limited North East 133Endocrine Pharmaceuticals Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber235

Energetix Laser Technologies Limited

North West 157

Enfis Limited Wales 301Engel Europa International Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber235

Engineering Services (Bridgend) Limited

Wales 302

Engineering Solutions Limited East 34Envirogene Systems Limited Scotland 273

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Envisional Limited East 35Epitomy Solutions Limited Yorkshire &

Humber235

ePOINT Limited Scotland 274Esprit Soutron Partnership Limited East Midlands 74ETAG Solutions Limited East 35ETL Solutions Limited Wales 302EvanesCo Limited South West 200Exartech Limited East 35Excel Process Systems Limited East Midlands 74Exeter Antioxidant Therapeutics Limited

South West 200

Exeter Electronics Limited South West 200Exeter Nanobacteria Limited South West 201Exon Robotics Limited East 36Exterity Limited Scotland 274F J Pirie & Co Limited Scotland 285Fableflow Limited London 105Fallers International Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber236

Fantastak Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

236

FAW Electronics Limited East Midlands 74Fimtrac Training Technology Limited North East 133Fingershield (UK) Limited North West 157First Numerics Limited Wales 303First Sensors Limited East 36FITT Systems Limited North East 134Flag Communication Limited East 37Flexitek Limited London 106Fluid Power Design Limited East Midlands 75Fluid Transfer Technology Limited Scotland 275Focus Product Developments Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber236

Focused_On Limited East Midlands 75Foldermail Limited East 37Formedix Limited Scotland 275Fortkey Limited Scotland 276Fuel/Energy Research Network Limited

East 38

Future Safety Limited North West 158G B Innomech Limited East 38G H Zeal Limited London 106G K Bio Products Limited North West 158Garnett Controls Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber237

Glass Industry Solutions Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

237

Glo Yorkshire & Humber

237

GLO International Limited London 107Golfspeed International Limited South West 201Goppa Fireplaces Limited Wales 303

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Gourmet Woodland Mushrooms Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

238

Graffian Manufacturing Limited North West 159Green Circle Recycling Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber238

Greenbank Terotech Limited East Midlands 75Greenfactory Productions Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber238

Greenhouse Industries Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

239

Griersons Limited North East 134Gripple Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber239

Growtex Limited South West 202GT Plus Limited North West 159H C Stapleton East 58H W Communications Limited North West 160Haller Technology Limited East 39Hamilton Erskine Northern Ireland 311Handheld Tec Limited London 107Haptogen Limited Scotland 276Haswell Moulding Technologies Limited

East 39

Hausherr (UK) Limited East Midlands 76Haviland Limited East Midlands 76Head Porter Limited East 40Helpertext Limited East 40Henry Squire & Sons Limited West Midlands 219Hidalgo Limited East 41Highland Geology Limited Scotland 277Home Technologies Ltd T/A Voicepower

Yorkshire & Humber

239

Hoverwing Limited North West 160HP Technical Ceramics Yorkshire &

Humber240

Human Ecology Limited North West 160Hunter Scientific Limited East 41Hydrodyne Systems Limited East Midlands 76Hydrosense Limited Scotland 277Hylomar Limited North West 161I S Global Limited East 44Ian Benson & Partners Limited London 108IceRobotics Limited Scotland 278Ideagen Software PLC East Midlands 77Igloo Wales 304Image Metrics plc North West 161ImageSound Limited East Midlands 77Immexis Limited London 108In Touch Limited North West 162IN8 Limited London 109Independent Computer Systems Limited

North West 162

Index Instruments Limited East 42Infosar Limited North West 163

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InfraRed Integrated Systems Limited East Midlands 77Infra-red Systems International Limited

East Midlands 78

Ingenza Limited Scotland 278Innergoal Limited North West 163Innoverce Engineering Limited North East 135InspecVision Ltd Northern Ireland 312Institute of Spring Technology Yorkshire &

Humber240

Instrumentation Design Limited North West 164Intamac Systems Limited East Midlands 78Integral Mobile Data Limited South West 202Integrams Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber240

Integrated Reservoir Solutions Limited

North West 164

Intelligent Distributed Controls Limited

East Midlands 78

Intelligent Personal Security Limited East 43Intelligent Sensors PLC East Midlands 79Io Limited East 43iOptimiser Limited London 109IPBiosciences Ltd t/a Immunoporation

East 42

iPlato Limited London 110IRS Surfacing Technologies Limited North West 164Isohelix Limited London 110Isolated Systems Limited East Midlands 79Ixaris Systems Limited London 111IZEZI Limited North East 135J & F J Baker & Co Limited South West 203J A Park T/A Frank Smith Skip Hire & Waste Disposal

North West 165

J Hillam Trailers Ltd t/a Hillam Farm Machinery

Yorkshire & Humber

241

J Muscroft (Engineering) Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

241

Jaco Tooling Company Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

241

James Bailey (Engineers) Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

242

Jeftex Limited North West 165Jennic Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber242

John Cummins t/a Deva Biotechnology

North West 166

John Griffiths South West 203John Milliken Northern Ireland 313Johnson & Allen Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber242

Jura Technology Limited London 111K L Scott South West 204Kaiku Limited North West 166Katherine Fairey Creations Limited East 44

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Kay Media Technologies Limited London 112KCS Management Systems Limited London 112KeCrypt Limited East 45Keith Barraclough Yorkshire &

Humber243

Kelvin Connect Limited Scotland 279Kelvin Jarman Yorkshire &

Humber243

Kerndale Limited Wales 304Kherion Technology Limited East 45Kingkraft Limited East Midlands 80Kirby Devon Limited South West 204KIS (Keep It Simple Solutions) North West 167Klenzyme Limited London 113Kommunik Limited North East 136L & J Lonsdale Metal Merchants (Walsall) Limited

West Midlands 220

Lamination Technologies Limited North West 167Latebridge Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber243

Lennox Active Limited London 113Lettergold Plastics Limited East 46Levytator Limited London 114Lexical Systems Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber244

LG01 Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

244

Librae Limited Scotland 279Lightload Services Limited t/a Multiload Technology

London 114

Line-A-Pipe Limited East 46Linear Heading Tools West Midlands 220LinearB Technologies Limited Scotland 280Link2Energy Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber244

Lobo International Limited East 47LocalBiz Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber245

Lorialda Ltd T/A Kingston Caster Grips

Yorkshire & Humber

245

LUX Biotechnology Limited Scotland 280Lynton Lasers Limited North West 168M W Irwin Farm Consultancy Limited East Midlands 80M2 Consultancy Limited North West 168Mac2 Software Limited London 115Machine Craft Limited West Midlands 220MACOM Technologies (UK) Limited Scotland 281Magnacol Research Wales 304Magnetic Design East 47Maintenance Engineering & Measuring Services Limited

North West 169

Malvern Boilers Limited West Midlands 221Marine Production Technology Limited

East Midlands 81

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Marine Rescue Technologies Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

245

Martin Mulligan (UK) Limited North West 169Marxman Limited South West 204McBurr Limited East 48ME & D Morris t/a Moreton Alarm Supplies

North West 170

Meaburn Limited North West 170Mecon Limited East 48Medical Device Management Limited East 48Medilarv Limited South West 205Medi-Plinth Limited East 49Melford Resolution Limited East 49Memsis Ltd Northern Ireland 312Menai Organics Limited Wales 305Merlin Systems Corporation Limited South West 205Metmachex Engineering Limited East Midlands 81Mformatic Yorkshire &

Humber246

Micap PLC North West 171Michael Eric Flanagan Yorkshire &

Humber246

Michael H Bingham Yorkshire & Humber

246

Michael O’Doherty London 115Microbureau Limited London 115Microlaunch Systems Limited East 50Micromac Engineering Limited South West 205Micro-Oncology Limited Wales 305Micropharm Limited Wales 306MicroScience Technologies Limited Scotland 281Microsens Biophage Limited London 116MicroTag Limited East 50Mid Wales Yarns Limited Wales 306Midas Golf Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber247

Midentity Limited East 51Mineral Solutions Limited North West 171MK-V Modular Systems Limited North West 172Modelistic Software Limited London 116Molecular Technology Limited West Midlands 221Morgan Doyle Limited North West 172Motion Microwave Limited North West 173Mr K J Mullally West Midlands 219Mrs Diane Beedle t/a Accessapet South West 206NavisWorks Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber247

Nayar Zahir East 51Neanda Limited London 117Neptune Engineering Services Limited

North East 136

Nexor Limited East Midlands 82Nexsan Technologies Limited East Midlands 82Nicolas Georgiou T/A Geonic North West 173

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Nik Baumann Yorkshire & Humber

247

North West Manufacturing Technologies Limited

North West 173

Novexin Limited East 52Novus Food Holdings Limited North West 174NuGround Limited North East 137Nulife Glass Limited Wales 307Nutrilaw Limited East 52Oasis Marquees Yorkshire &

Humber248

Obducat CamScan Limited East 53Ocuity Limited West Midlands 221Oil & Gas Installations Limited North East 137Oleotec Limited North West 174OptoSci Limited Scotland 282Orangery Software Limited North West 175Orblite Limited South West 206Oxford Bee Company Limited East Midlands 83Oxley Developments Company Limited

North West 175

Ozone Concentrator Limited North West 176P I Vision Limited London 119P S Analytical Limited London 120P&C Communications Limited North West 176P.A.C.T. Engineering (Scotland) Limited

Scotland 282

Paul Boyce-Mears & Mike Abbott t/a Mentor Telemetry Systems

London 117

PCT Automotive Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

248

PDG Limited East Midlands 83Pentatherm Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber248

Pentland Systems Limited Scotland 283Pepik Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber249

Peter Sinclair London 117PetroData Limited Scotland 283Pharmidex Pharmaceutical Services Limited

London 118

Pharmweigh Limited East 53Philip Champion de Crespigny East Midlands 84Phoenix Photonics Limited London 118Photo Etch Consultants Limited West Midlands 222Photonic Materials Limited Scotland 284PhotoSynergy Limited Scotland 284Piltec Rubber and Plastics Limited West Midlands 222PipingHot Networks Limited t/a Orthogon Systems

South West 207

Pixel Fountain North West 177PJH Partnership Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber249

Plastic For Industry North West 177

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Plymouth Marine Applications Limited

South West 207

Posh Power Limited East 54Power Jets Limited East Midlands 84Prelude Electronics Limited North West 177Presidio Technology Group Limited London 119Proact International Limited Wales 307Procon Systems Yorkshire &

Humber249

Proteus Software Limited West Midlands 223Pryde Precision Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber250

Prysm Electrics Limited East Midlands 85Pulsar Design Limited London 120Pulsonic Technologies Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber250

Purple Patch Wireless Scotland 285Q Plasma Technologies Limited North West 178Q-Technologies Limited North West 178Quadro Healthcare Limited East 54Quantum IDS Limited North West 179Quantum Lighting Limited North West 179Quantum Prospecting Limited Wales 308Quickmap Limited East 55Quigley Associates South West 208R B T Window Cleaning Yorkshire &

Humber250

R Hardwick T/A Hardwick Design & Developments

East Midlands 85

R J Mobility Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

251

Radal Technology Limited North West 180Rapid Manufacturing Systems Limited

East Midlands 86

Rawflow Limited London 121Rawwater Engineeering Company Limited

North West 180

Red Ledge Limited Yorkshire & Humber

251

RedBlocks Limited East 55Redten Computers Limited North West 180Refund Exchange Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber251

Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

252

Renewable Devices Limited Scotland 286Rhetorical Systems Limited Scotland 286Richard Ashby t/a The Works Design Studio

Yorkshire & Humber

252

Richard Fenwick Yorkshire & Humber

252

Richard Pearson Limited East Midlands 86Ridge Media Limited North East 138Rigibore Limited South West 208

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Rimex Metals (UK) Limited London 121Riverside Composites Limited North West 181Robert Lisles T/A Clearaway Engineering Services

North West 181

Robin Wolfendale North West 182Rockfield Software Limited Wales 308Rope Technical Site Services Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber253

Rowan Technologies Limited North West 182RSVP Dialogue Limited North West 183Rubber Band Limited East Midlands 87RxTxTech North West 183Ryeburn Ice Cream Yorkshire &

Humber252

S & S Electronics Yorkshire & Humber

253

SABAS Limited London 122Sabili Limited (Formerly Super Midlets Limited)

North West 184

Safedrop (UK) Limited North East 138Safeshred Limited North West 184Safe-t-trim Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber254

Safety & Survival Technology Limited

North West 184

Salent Technologies Limited Scotland 287Saul Research East Midlands 87Schools & Homes Energy Education Project

Yorkshire & Humber

254

Sciencesoft Limited Scotland 287Sci-Tech Systems Limited East 56Scootabout International Limited T/A Bead Drive Techno

East Midlands 88

Scott Phelps-Fuller t/a Special Imaging Services

London 122

Screen Technology Limited East 56Screendragon Limited London 123Seagen Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber254

Seawater Greenhouse Limited London 123SeeByte Limited Scotland 288SelecGen Limited East 57Select Property Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber255

Selestial Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

255

Sensox Limited London 124ServicePower Business Solutions Limited

North West 185

Shepherds Purse Cheeses Limited Yorkshire & Humber

255

Sheppee International Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

256

Silvertree Engineering Limited South West 209

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Simulations Limited North East 139Single Use Surgical Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber256

SkyLINC Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

256

Smart Card Solutions Limited East 57Smartcap Limited North West 185SmartMarket Technologies Limited London 124Soft Solutions Limited Yorkshire &

Humber257

Solar GB Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

257

Solcara Limited London 125Solion Limited London 125Sparkling Armada Wales 309Special Blend Limited North West 186Specialised Engineering Services Yorkshire &

Humber257

Spectrum Technologies Wales 309Speleo Technics Limited North West 186Spiratech Limited North West 187Stain-Brite Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber258

Staplethorne Limited South West 209Starbridge Systems Limited Wales 310Starpoint Adaptive Optics Limited North East 139Steve Goodhand North West 187Stuart Hepworth Yorkshire &

Humber258

Suitcase TV Limited East 58Summitglow Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber258

Supreme Visors Limited North West 188Surface Generation Limited East Midlands 88Surfim Limited London 126Surgi-Call Limited East 58Sustainable Composites Limited South West 210Sutton Goldsmith Associates Wales 310Symban Power Systems Limited London 126Synaxis Data Services Limited North West 188Synectix Limited South West 210Syrris Limited East 59Systemwire Limited London 127T B G Solutions Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber259

T J Corbishley (Developments) Limited

North West 189

Tactile Touch Limited West Midlands 223Target Well Control Limited Scotland 288Tass Environmental Technology Limited

East Midlands 89

Tayside Flow Technologies Limited Scotland 289Technical Service Consultants Limited

North West 189

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Technijet Limited North West 190Technological Business Solutions Limited

East Midlands 89

Technology Store Limited North West 190teleIT Limited Scotland 289Telstar Electronics Limited East Midlands 89TerraVista Limited Scotland 290The Acrobot Company Limited London 127The Adrenalin Network Limited North West 191The Coolbox Worldwide Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber259

The Natural Engineering Company Ltd

Yorkshire & Humber

259

The Newton Instrument Company North West 191The Original Tri-Level Limited South West 211The Poppitt Company Limited South West 211The POS Store Limited North West 192The Salamander Organisation Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber260

The Spine Corporation Limited East Midlands 90The Validation Centre (TVC) Limited East 59The Zap Corporation Limited East 66Thermonex Limited North West 192Thin Film Innovations Limited Scotland 290Thinkanalytics Limited Scotland 291Timberbox Limited East 60Topaz Computer Systems Limited East Midlands 90TopoSphere Limited Scotland 291Torros Limited East 60Trackdale Limited East 60Tracktones Limited London 128Trans Spectra Limited North West 193Transport Design International Limited

West Midlands 223

Trantor Vehicles Limited North West 193Trevor Farrington Limited North West 193Triton Technology Limited East Midlands 91TrixSRT Limited South West 212Troyanys Limited Scotland 292Turbocompounding Limited London 128Ubisense Limited East 61Unique Sport Training Systems International

North East 140

Utilyx Limited London 129Vantage Systems Limited North West 194Vaughan Industries Limited South West 212VeriVide Limited East Midlands 91Vero International Software UK Limited

South West 213

Versatile Delivery Systems Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

260

Vettit Solutions Limited East 61Viafon Limited North West 194Vimpex Limited East 62

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Viratom Limited North East 140Virtual Clones Limited Scotland 292Virtuser Business Communications Services Limited

London 129

VIS entertainment plc Scotland 293Vision Integrated Security Solutions Limited

East 62

Visus Limited East 63Vobo Limited East 63Vox Software Limited Yorkshire &

Humber260

W & J Dunlop Limited Scotland 273W T Johnson & Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd

Yorkshire & Humber

261

Walker Cameras North West 195Webaspx Limited North West 195Weldtite Products Limited Yorkshire &

Humber261

White Friars (UK) Limited North West 196Wholey International Limited North West 196Wilson Benesch Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber261

Winbond International Limited East Midlands 92Wind Dam Ltd South West 213Wind Power Limited East 64Wolstenholme Machine Knives Ltd Yorkshire &

Humber262

Wordcraft International Limited East Midlands 92Working Learning Limited London 130Xennia Technology Limited East 64Xiomed Limited East 65Xynchron Limited East 65Xyph Limited London 130Yorkshire Machine Tools Yorkshire &

Humber262

Yorktest Laboratories Ltd Yorkshire & Humber

262

YYY Systems Limited North West 196Z Cars Limited Yorkshire &

Humber263

Zinwave Limited East 66Zoo Digital Group Plc Yorkshire &

Humber263

Zoptic Limited South West 214

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INTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND ON THE Smart SchemeThe Department Of Trade and Industry’s Smart scheme operated prior to 1 June 2003 when the Grant for Research and Development was introduced.

Smart in England provided grants to help individuals and small and medium-sized businesses to research and develop technologically innovative products and processes.

Different arrangements apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where similar forms of support are available.

Smart

Subject to certain criteria being met, help was available in England for:

Micro Project awards were 50% of eligible costs, up to a maximum grant of £10,000, for the development of simple low-cost prototypes of new products & processes.

Feasibility Study awards were 75% of eligible costs, up to a maximum of grant of £45,000, for a technical & commercial feasibility study into highly innovative technology.

Development Projects involve the shaping of industrial research into a pre-production prototype of a technologically innovative product or industrial process. A grant of up to £200,000 was available for businesses with fewer than 250 employees.

Exceptional Projects involve technology developments, which have higher costs. These projects are likely to generate much wider economic benefits and must have strategic importance for a technology or industrial sector. A grant of up to £500,000 was available to businesses with fewer than 250 employees.

INTRODUCTION 20

From 1 April 2005 Grant for Research and Development will be delivered across England by the Regional Development Agencies, including London Development Agency.

In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland similar support is offered through SMART and SPUR and delivered by the respective administrations - Scottish Executive, Welsh Development Agency and Invest Northern Ireland.

Full information is available via the DTI website at www.dti.gov.uk/r-d or see the "Contacts" at the end of this Directory.

The businesses included in this Directory were selected to receive grants for research and development projects commencing during the period July 2002 to June 2003. Many of them may now be at the stage of seeking partners or investors to help turn the results of those projects into new products and processes. For further information about individual projects please contact the businesses direct.

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Abington Consultants

Cambridgeshire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project Type:

Dr Roger Crafer01223 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Industrial Effluent Monitor

Our study will test the feasibility of measuring the concentrations of key waste materials using an optical non-contact method for recovery and recycling. This avoids problems associated with equipment in contact with polluted water.

ADPhil Advisor

Cambridgeshire


Dr Steve Hoath01480 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

HFA Test

This project aims to prove the viability of a proposed new detection method for HFA propellant leakage from pressurised metered dose inhaler cans, such as those used by asthma sufferers.

East 22

EAST OF ENGLAND

mailto:[email protected]


Advanced Optical Technology Limited

Basildon

Contact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Clive Ireland01268 [email protected] Given

Fine Cut

Within the Fine Cut project, the company will extend their innovative laser technology to significantly higher power to allow source development for fine processing applications such as very high precision cutting, etching and fine marking.

Aeromark Communications Limited

Bedford


Andrew Goodwin01234 [email protected] Given

Triplock Portable Tracking and Security Device

Aeromark is developing an innovative, unique solution used for intelligent tracking of containers and box trailers. It is completely self contained, reusable and very portable.

East 23

http://www.aeromark.co.uk/


http://www.aotlasers.com/


Aktogen Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Zoltaqn Asztalos01223 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

High-Throughput Fruit Fly Behaviour Screening Test

The aim of this project is to establish proof of principle for a novel high-throughput method for measuring the reaction of fruit flies to external stimuli. This system could then be used to detect the effect of gene products and drugs, which have relevance to neuropsychiatric disorders. This work will support a patent application for the method.

Amazon IT Services Limited

Norfolk


John Dean01379 [email protected]/A7222Feasibility Study

The Product

Amazon IT aims to study the feasibility of providing the individual with a single view of all information and workflow regardless of technology, but using design, structure, location and standards defined by the individual at an individual level. This technology will allow optimal workflow integration and bottom-up process mapping for an individual without altering the underlying structure of the centralised workflow or pre-bundled application, therefore optimizing information relevance, work activities and business process.

East 24



Amura Therapeutics Limited

Cambridgeshire


Martyn Collett01223 [email protected] Given

Improved Conjugate Vaccines

Amura is developing chemoselective chemistries that overcome this limitation especially for the important class of polysaccharide conjugate vaccines in order to overcome limitations in attaching the antigen to the carrier in vaccines.

Angli Partners

Cambridgeshire


Paul McGhee01223 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Magic Mirror

The Magic Mirror project aims to produce a proof of concept and a pre-production design for a new form of small domestic video screen. The device will receive information and entertainment in the home from digital terrestrial television and broadband internet sources and it will be possible to connect it to other household media devices.

East 25

http://www.angli.co.uk/


http://www.amura.co.uk/


Audix Broadcast Limited

Saffron Walden


Ian Jennings01799 [email protected] Given

Dave & Wave

Audix Broadcast wish to develop new products using technologies complementary to their present range of Digital Audio Mixers which were the result of a previous SPUR award. These new products would be the first truly integrated All Digital Public Address Voice Alarm and Evacuation Systems.

Axomic Limited

Cambridgeshire


Daniel Emmerson07786 [email protected] GivenFeasibility Study

Intelligent Search Tool

This study will test the feasibility of creating an intelligent search tool that is capable of representing complex search processes in a graphical manner.

East 26

http://www.ontolligence.com/


http://www.audixbroadcast.co.uk/

Aylestone Auto-Electrical Co Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dennis Troman01223 412668sales@aylestoneaudio.co.ukwww.aylestoneaudio.co.uk5245Smart Micro

Acoustic Chair

The Smart Micro Project grant has been awarded to allow us to fully understand sound ‘bubbles’, interconnection systems, and to investigate alternative sound, shock and vibration systems essential to the development of our Acoustic Chair.

42 Technology Limited

Cambridgeshire


Howard Biddle07774 [email protected] Given

Ice Cleansing Technology

Ice Cleansing Technology is based on a slurry of fine ice which scours system components as it is pumped through them. The technology should result in significantly less beer waste, suffers from no environmental problems, is easy and rapid in operation, and is significantly cheaper. The technology is not limited to beer; it can clean any beverage dispense line.

East 27

http://www.42technology.com/


http://www.aylestoneaudio.co.uk/


Blaknblu Limited

Cambridgeshire


Adam Garstone01223 564771N/AN/A7210/7222Feasibility Study

Home Technology Nexus

The feasibility study will investigate the requirements of the fundamental, underlying technologies needed to integrate all consumer electronic systems into a universal, modular home technology nexus which provides a single, simple user interface for all home technologies and reduces costs by avoiding unnecessary duplication of hardware and software.

Blueprint Programming Limited

Cambridgeshire


Clive Thomson01223 370021clive@blueprintprogramming.comwww.blueprintprogramming.com7220Feasibility Study

Sentient All Media Inbox

The purpose of the feasibility study is to examine new paradigms for managing the future volume of communications, for example emails, phone calls, multi-media messages etc., that people will receive as a result of the increasing availability of networking and mobile telephony.

East 28

http://www.blueprintprogramming.com/


Bluedelta Design Limited

Cambridgeshire


Jai Sharma01763 [email protected] Search and Retrieval

Powernet

To establish the feasibility of a system (Powernet) with RF control with primary features including the ability to switch off all lights in a building with one switch, avoidance of channelling walls, adding cable and potential redecoration to install light switches, lower power consumption when the units are in operation, longer bulb life and additional safety benefits by integration with security systems.

Buck Propulsor Limited

Tollesbury


Mal Hyams01621 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Ducted Gas Jet Marine Propulsor Pod

The Buck Propulsor project aims to prove the physical and commercial feasibility of an alternative to existing outboard engines in one configuration, to prove the feasibility of a steam cleaner, again, as a commercially viable alternative to existing products. We will investigate the possibilities for application in the sludge and slurry pumping markets.

East 29


http://www.phantompvr.com/


Business Web Software

Cambridgeshire


Brett Husbands0870 321 2943brett.husbands@businesswebsoftware.comwww.businesswebsoftware.comNot GivenNot Given

Business Web Software

This study will test the feasibility of creating a descriptor algorithm to create technology independent process definitions for the creation of software by non-technologists. The approach being taken is different to existing techniques and applications in a number of ways which introduce new capabilities, methods and technology into the field.

Cambridge Cell Networks Limited

Cambridgeshire


Miss Tijana Ignjatovic07766 [email protected]/A7310Feasibility Study

Cambridge Cell Networks

To find a way to analyse all genetic data and represent the interactions between genes and proteins by computer generated graphics in such a way as to make it easier for pharmaceutical researchers to identify the best drug targets. The aim is to select targets not only for their chemical suitability for drug design, but also to avoid those that can lead to serious side effects.

East 30


http://www.businesswebsoftware.com/



Cambridge Joining Technology Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Amir Shirzadi01223 [email protected]/A7310Feasibility Study

CAMJET

To develop a suitable and economic joining method for connecting directionally solidified or single crystal super-alloy airfoils to conventional super-alloy to create turbine blades for future jet and gas turbine engines.

Cambridge Laboratory Innovations Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mr Marc D’[email protected] N/ANot GivenNot Given

Virgin Collector

Cambridge Laboratory Innovations' novel Virgin Collector product will allow for automation of the collection process for virgin fruit flies, providing large savings in time and efficiency for researchers in this field.

East 31



Cambridge Quality Technology

Cambridgeshire


Dr K R Whittington01223 [email protected] Given

Centrifugal Electromagnetic Pump

Our aim is to build a simple demonstration prototype centrifugal electromagnetic pump, with no moving parts, for pumping liquid metals. The pumping action will be combined with the application of the "cold crucible" principle, whereby the metal can be heated and kept molten within the pump chamber itself. The water-cooled walls of the chamber will ensure formation of a solidified skin of the pumped liquid metal so it will not be in contact with any contaminant and so erosion of the chamber walls resulting from the rapid swirling motion will be eliminated.

Chalmor Limited

Luton


Steven Henry01582 [email protected] Given

Sentient all Media Inbox

The objective of the project is to develop a “Universal” energy saving controller for lighting and heating applications in the industrial and commercial markets.

East 32

http://www.chalmor.co.uk/


http://www.cambridgequalitytechnology.co.uk/


Chell Instruments Limited

Norfolk


Mr Nick Broadley01692 [email protected]/A3320Not given

PlasmaChrom Enhancement

This project seeks feasibility study assistance to investigate these two enhancements and produce a prototype instrument for customer evaluations. The potential for growth in this "new" industry is tremendous because there is an almost total lack of awareness as to the power of the technique.

ChemAdd Limited

Ware


Dr Syed Ahmed01920 465077N/AN/A7310Feasibility Study

Additive for Petrol Engines

This study will test the feasibility of creating a non-metallic, ash-less, gasoline fuel additive technology designed to enhance the combustion process, thereby reducing regulated and unregulated emissions from gasoline engines.

East 33


C T Charlton

Cambridgeshire


Chris Charlton01223 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Intelligent Search and Retrieval

In this project we are investigating a new way of searching for text based on what the words actually mean. Currently, computers search for words in documents and web pages without understanding them. They simply match sequences of letters, and don’t understand that a river “bank” is different from a financial “bank”. Our software will examine the context of “bank” to work out which sense was intended, so that it only retrieves text that actually matches the intended meaning.

Consultantnet Limited

CambridgeshireContact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project Type:

Mr Shane Thornton01223 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Measurement of Amputees for the fitting of prostheses

Our aim is to test a new method of measuring the stumps of amputees when limbs are under load, in conditions that occur in real life, so that better fitting sockets can be produced. The deliverable from the project will be a measurement method that will allow comfortable sockets to be produced for artificial limbs. The result will be better fitting sockets, which should be right first time.

East 34



Copytag Limited

Harlow


Paul Wallington01279 [email protected] Given

Biometric Identity Card and Verification Device

Copytag’s aim is to store personal and biometric data (fingerprint, Iris etc) onto a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Integrated Circuit (IC), to create a secure document (Entitlement Card, Passport etc) which can allow an individual to be verified, without the need to be linked to a central database.

Cox-Smith Consultants Limited

Bedfordshire


Peter Cox-Smith01525 [email protected]/A7487Smart Micro Project

Digital Current Controller

During this Smart sponsored Micro Project, Cox-Smith Consultants Ltd will design and build a hardware platform, based on programmable digital gate array technology, which will be used to develop a more digital current control algorithm.

East 35


http://www.copytag.com/


Dermaglia

Royston


Dr Peter Luebcke01763 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Inhibiting and Reversing Skin Ageing

Dermaglia will use the (Smart) funding to research and develop a novel treatment for ageing skin, especially skin deterioration that has been exacerbated by sunlight, or 'photo-ageing'.

Design Edge Cambridge Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mr Alasdair Barnett01223 [email protected]/A7487Not Given

Expandable Directory Holder

The objectives of this project are to test and prove the concept design of a unique and innovative Expandable Directory Holder, which has a number of desirable features.

Diboride Conductors Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Philip Sargent07884 [email protected] Study

Superconducting Electric Motors

This project is a technical and marketing feasibility study into producing super-conducting electric motors using magnesium diboride wire.

East 36

http://www.diboride.biz/




Diverse Technologies and Systems Limited

Cambridgeshire


John Anderson01223 844444johna@diverse-technologies.netwww.diverse-technologies.net3340Not Given

System for optimising coloured tints

Project Redeye is an extension of Optimise, a colour controlled lamp to help sufferers of visual dyslexia. The project aims to marry the colour of illumination to the colour of tinted spectacles to produce an instrument that can analyse the illumination, match it to a type of glass tint and to define the tint density. This will provide a prescription for coloured lenses based on quantitative measurement and will provide a simulation of the tinted glasses so that opticians can test the acceptability of the tints before the lenses are made.

Duodrive Limited

Suffolk


Graham Miller07801 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Counter-Rotating Shaft Drive Mechanism

The objective of Duodrive Ltd is to commercially exploit technology encompassed by a recent invention titled Counter-Rotating Shaft Drive Mechanism. Aimed at shaft-driven motorboats, this innovative concept promises customers faster acceleration, higher top speeds, better fuel consumption and less vibration. The feasibility study is an essential part of applying this technology.

East 37


http://www.diverse-technologies.net/


ECOSpray Limited

Norfolk


David Sadler-Bridge01760 [email protected]/A0141Feasibility Study

Nemguard

ECOSpray Ltd, a small company operating from facilities in Norfolk, carried out a series of experiments which showed that a refined plant extract gave efficacious results in controlling a soil borne pest. ECOSpray Ltd took their data and developed a project under the Smart Award Feasibility Study for the control of various soil borne pests. The project duration is planned to take 14 months by which time it is hoped a viable system will be available for field scale evaluation.

EEC (Europe) Limited

Royston


Mr Dennis Hunter01223 208001N/AN/A5114Not Given

New biological wastewater treatment package plant

EEC (Europe) Ltd was formed with the express purpose of producing a cost effective package plant with new innovative treatment processes giving a final effluent that would meet agreed performance criteria whilst proving the process performance.

East 38


E-Man Technologies Limited

Cambridgeshire


Matthew B Hagger01733 [email protected] Given

Net Sorcerer

The project will examine the technical and commercial feasibility of implementing Net Sorcerer within the UK marketplace, focusing upon special case studies within the sectors of Crime Prevention and Education, where Net Sorcerer will derive the greatest social impact from its evolution.

Engineering Solutions Limited

Leighton Buzzard


David Morris01525 [email protected] Given

Electrical Tester for Power Cable Crimp Connection

This project means that the company have the opportunity to break into a global market with a unique “high current crimp test” product that is not made anywhere else in the world.

East 39

http://www.cirris-solutions.co.uk/


http://www.e-man.co.uk/


Envisional Limited

Cambridgeshire


Ben Coppin01223 [email protected] Given

Sentiment Index Trading System (SITS)

The objective of the SITS trading system is to monitor current market sentiment quickly and accurately, and recognise changes immediately, so that Hedge Fund traders can improve their portfolio performance. SITS will examine the turning points in sentiment as a leading indicator of changes in stock prices.

ETAG Solutions Limited

Wheathampstead


Andy Boulton01727 [email protected] Given

Smart Keys

The ‘Smart Key’ project from eTag Solutions Limited will evaluate the feasibility of developing a control system that will provide a generic link to different key security hardware and integrate with existing back-end computer systems.

East 40

http://www.etagsolutions.com/


http://www.envisional.com/


Exartech Limited

Southend on Sea


Chris Hardstaff01494 [email protected]/A7487Not Given

I-Digital Project

The project’s aim is to produce a pre-production prototype digital flat-bed ink jet printer which prints images up to 2.2 metres wide at up to 250 square metres per hour totally free from any inherent pattern.

Exon Robotics Limited

Ongar


Scott Pleva01277 [email protected] Given

Desktop Bio-Technology Robot

The purpose of the Desktop Bio-Technology Robot project is to determine the technical and commercial feasibility for a multipurpose desktop sized precision robotic platform for use by Scientists during drug discovery and DNA research.

First Sensors Limited

Norfolk


Des Wenn01379 897387des.wenn@firstsensors.co.ukwww.firstsensors.co.uk3430Feasibility Study

Thermalock

The project will assess the commercial feasibility of a revolutionary temperature compensation technique for strain gauges in the motorsport market.

East 41

http://www.firstsensors.co.uk/


http://www.exonrobotics.com/



Flag Communication Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dave Potts01223 [email protected] Given

CSR Data Management Tool

Flag's web-enabled reporting tool is a new way to manage and publish CSR data. It overlays existing information systems and provides the digital dashboard required to manage targets, performance and reports. Raising the frequency and quality of CSR information provision across an organisation increases awareness, improves performance and assists with transformation.

Foldermail Limited

Cambridgeshire


Jane Aldridge01223 [email protected] GivenSmart Development Project

Foldermail Development Project

FolderMail software will enable files and whole directories containing nested subdirectories to be transmitted across any internet connection with high security and at low cost. FolderMail will be integrated with existing e-mail software clients including Outlook and Eudora, will run across a wide range of operating systems and will have a very simple user interface.

East 42

http://www.foldermail.com/


http://www.flag.co.uk/


Fuel/Energy Research Network Limited

Cambridgeshire


David Laughton079 560 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Biodiesel

This feasibility study will determine if it is feasible to turn our concept of an efficient process for the production of Bio-diesel, from waste and virgin vegetable oils, into a practical process. This could result in a system that uses less energy and is less labour intensive, with fuels being produced from any available type of vegetable oil, producing a high quality, low-emission fuel that will meet any envisaged EU legislation.

G B Innomech Limited

Cambridgeshire


David Beale01353 [email protected] Given

Automated Fine-Wire Welding

GB Innomech are using their expertise in wire handling and automated welding to advance the state-of-the-art in automated fine-wire welding and will build an experimental rig to demonstrate the feasibility of their ideas to produce wire bridges to tighter tolerances at reduced cost.

East 43

http://www.innomech.co.uk/



Haller Technology Limited

Suffolk


Nigel Bell01728 684095sales@haller-technology.co.ukwww.haller-technology.co.uk7222Feasibility Study

Wolf

Project Wolf considers the feasibility of creating an intelligent data processing architecture. The transfer of data from one system to another is the cause of many business related problems and is a major concern for many IT managers. It is particularly relevant to companies that are growing, either through merger or acquisition, and bodies, such as local government, that are now having to make existing information available to a wider audience through new media channels such as the Internet.

Haswell Moulding Technologies Limited

Thorpe Le Soken


Geoff Haswell01255 [email protected]/A3663Not Given

INVISIC

INVISIC has two main components, a patented battery-less Tyre Pressure Monitoring System and a novel oil level and oil quality-measuring system. INVISIC will be capable of being retrofitted as a “plug and play” system rather than being hard wired. There is nothing similar available on the market at present.

East 44


http://www.haller-technology.co.uk/


Head Porter Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Simon Strojan01223 [email protected] Given

TXT-Box

An electronic barrier, which when passing can detect whether a mobile phone is active, and if so send an instant SMS message. This provides a discreet non-confrontational method of reminding users that they are entering an environment where the use of mobile phones is actively discouraged. If used responsibly, in accordance with government guidelines and recommendations, this technology could also offer a vast advertising potential.

Helpertext Limited

Bedfordshire


Trevor Aylett01234 404124Trevor.Aylett@helpertext.comwww.helpertext.com9251Feasibility Study

Helpertext Feasibility Study

A system to identify the phrases and responses most commonly used in communication between travellers and service providers and build them into an interactive tool that would be simple to use, yet extremely effective.

East 45

http://www.helpertext.com/


http://www.headporter.com/


Hidalgo Limited

Cambridgeshire


Justin Pisani01954 [email protected] Given7210/7310

Equivital Lifemonitor

Hidalgo aims to show the feasibility of producing a compact, low cost, multi-parameter, intelligent physiological sensor to monitor the well being of users who are performing highly physical or hazardous tasks. The project also aims to demonstrate how such a sensor can be integrated easily into communications systems to allow remote monitoring.

Hunter Scientific Limited

Saffron Walden


Mark Rawe01799 [email protected] Given

Sperm Counting Device for Home Use

The aim of this project is to examine the feasibility of manufacturing a home self-testing kit to check the number of sperm in a semen sample. The device would enable men to see whether or not they were fertile by visually counting the healthy motile sperm according to World Health Organisation standards.

East 46

http://www.hunterscientific.com/


http://www.hidalgo.co.uk/


IPBiosciences Ltd t/a Immunoporation

Colchester


Mr Tom Hole01622 [email protected] Given

New Products for Cell Transfection

The company has developed a unique and novel type of transfection technology for human and animal cells called "Immunoporation". The Smart award will allow Immunoporation Limited to assess alternative bead matrices and component parts, with a view to developing a new range of products that maintain all the advantages from the current bead matrix.

Index Instruments Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Jennifer L Horn01487 [email protected] Given

Micro-sensor Development

The aim of the project is to develop and manufacture a micro-sensor that can be integrated into a refractometer to measure other physical properties of a liquid at the same time as measuring refractive index. Incorporation of a micro-sensor into this type of refractometer will provide the end user with a single, very small, compact instrument capable of measuring two or more parameters simultaneously whilst using a very small sample.

East 47

http://www.indexinstruments.com/


http://www.immunoporation.com/


Intelligent Personal Security Limited

Letchworth Garden City


Mr Leonard Steele01462 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Portable Intruder Alarm System

The aim of the project is to assess the feasibility of a portable Alarm System similar to a mobile phone that requires no external connections to either the user or the host product. The Alarm system will be personal to the user so that they can be made aware of situations happening around them at quite some considerable distance.

Io Limited

Cambridgeshire


Roger Kemp01638 [email protected]/A7220Feasibility Study

Low Emissions Power Supplies

Io Ltd.has conceived a Power Supply Module (PSM) scheme that has inherently low noise and should offer near ideal power factor over a wide range of power frequency. With the assistance of a Smart award Io Ltd will carry out a feasibility study leading to a technology demonstrator for this scheme.

East 48


http://www.euronetsecurityltd.com/


I S Global Limited

Cambridgeshire


Ian Thomson01480 [email protected]/A7487Not Given

Global Vehicle Security Device

To fit a load cell sensor on the coupling mechanism of freight vehicles linked to a digital control box located in the driver’s cab. Following activation of the device, any down force of more that 10kgs on any part of the trailer activates an audible alarm to alert the driver that there is an intruder or intruders inside the trailer. The control box can also be set to GPS mode and will send a signal to either a mobile pager or a dedicated receiver to alert the driver if he is away from the vehicle.

Katherine Fairey Creations Limited

Cambridgeshire


Katherine Fairey01223 [email protected]/A3614Smart Micro Project

Glass/Resin Coffee Tables

No project details submitted.

East 49



KeCrypt Limited

Stevenage


Mark Leddington01438 [email protected] Given

Biometric Signature Authentication

This feasibility study is into an innovative approach to Identity Management. Instead of a password or PIN (often classified as ‘what you know’) KeCrypt hopes to use a signature biometric to protect devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and subsequent access to computer networks.

Kherion Technology Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Marc Creus07887 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Novel disease antigen screening

Kherion Technology has identified a novel, rapid, high-throughput method for screening natural antibody targets that is complemented by a bioinformatics and data mining approach. The process is applicable to a plethora of diseases characterised by an immune response. Kherion Technology seeks to use bovine paratuberculosis (para-TB) as its first target and proof-of-principle.

East 50


http://www.kecrypt.com/


Lettergold Plastics Limited

Suffolk


Andy Drummond01638 [email protected] GivenDevelopment Project

Desiccant stopper project

The purpose of this development project will be to integrate laser equipment and control into the canister assembly machine that produces desiccant stoppers in order that the innovative Tyvek membrane designed by Lettergold can be easily cut and ultrasonically welded to the canisters.

Line-A-Pipe Limited

Bedford


Brian Chandler01234 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Rehabilitation of leaking pipes

The project is for a cost-effective solution to water main pipe rehabilitation addressing both water quality and leakage.

East 51


http://www.lettergold.co.uk/


Lobo International Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Andre Monteiro01223 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Smart Kettle

The study will test the concept of a new type of jug kettle which promises to offer very useful features to users as well as the environment. Such operation is achieved by elegantly separating the required amount of water to be heated from the filling jug, pumping it swiftly through a filter and heating only this amount. This will cut down the boil time (and electricity consumption which is proportional) dramatically from cold, making it very convenient. It boils a cup of water in significantly less time than it takes a conventional kettle. In doing so it saves a corresponding amount of energy while supplying filtered water.

Magnetic Design

Cambridgeshire


Mr Paul Brown01223 [email protected] www.magneticdesign.co.uk Not GivenNot Given

Particle Sensing Toaster

To evaluate the feasibility of using an ionising particle sensor as a sensing and switching device in a toaster to replace the electronic timer. This would guarantee perfect toast every time by actively sensing the complex chemical changes occurring during the toasting process, crucially looking for a narrow window whereby caramelised sugar particles are emitted that create the well known sweet smell and taste of toast.

East 52

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McBurr Limited

Sandy


Kevin McKenna01767 224945N/AN/ANot GivenNot Given

Refrigerator Recycling


Mecon Limited

Cambridgeshire


Martin Thompson01223 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Vibration Dosage Meter

The aim of this project is to consider viable means of providing the necessary monitoring of hand-arm vibration on a regular basis - such as may occur during the use of hand tools - that will satisfy the requirements of legislation while at the same time satisfying the industry requirements of being robust, cheap, unobtrusive and simple to use. The final device must be acceptable for use in practice by those who are at risk.

East 53

http://www.mecon.ltd.uk/


Medical Device Management Limited

BraintreeContact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Alan Wenman01376 324303alan@medicaldevicemanagement.comwww.medicaldevicemanagement.comNot GivenNot Given

Depth of Anaesthesia Monitor

A depth of anaesthesia monitor that utilises AEPs (auditory evoked potentials) to monitor the patients’ depth of an aesthesia and to prevent awareness during surgery.

Medi-Plinth Limited

Suffolk


Mr Chris Grove01473 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Bishops Chair Project

The aim of the Bishops Chair Project is to determine the feasibility of using an innovative principle to develop a pressure relief chair to aid recovery of immobile and disabled patients without the risk of pressure sores, where a sitting position is medically preferred to a lying position.

East 54


http://www.medicaldevicemanagement.com/

http://www.medicaldevicemanagement.com/



Melford Resolution Limited

Suffolk


Dr John Cochrane01787 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Reduction of atmospheric turbulence effects

Images recorded with ground-based telescopes are normally smeared out because of the phase irregularities introduced by the atmosphere. Novel methods using the new CCD technology have already significantly improved the performance of these instruments to such an extent that an entirely new method of achieving diffraction-limited imaging from the ground with telescopes similar in size to the Hubble Space Telescope has been developed and demonstrated. It is the intention of this feasibility study to extend these ideas from the ground-to-air case to the ground-to-ground case.

Microlaunch Systems Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mohan Ahad0776 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Microsatellite Launcher

A study of the commercial viability of building a dedicated, smaller, launch vehicle for microsatellites from mass-produced components to service this market. The technology is referred to as a ‘Dumb Booster’ and is a gas pressure fed rocket system. It is anticipated that the result will be an inexpensive but highly effective launch vehicle.

East 55



MicroTag Limited

Suffolk


Victor Lovedale01359 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Radio Frequency Identification Tags

The project's objectives are to evaluate the functionality of Mu chip technology in the target application, the design and methods of encapsulating the chip and inlet within suitable plastic tags, and evaluating methods of tag reading within the application’s harsh environment.

Midentity Limited

Suffolk


Simon Grice01473 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Mshell Platform Development

The creation of a central depository and exchange mechanism (an Mshell) in which all the information concerning an individual is either held or through which it is accessed in a controlled manner effectively giving the owner of the information control/knowledge over how it is used.

East 56

http://www.midentity.com/



Nayar Zahir

Cambridgeshire


Mr Nayar ZahirN/AN/AN/ANot GivenNot Given

£-Risk software development

The £-RISK software will give project stakeholders, the quantity surveyors, project managers, procurement managers, etc. the means to accurately cost project contingency requirements.

Novexin Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Daniel Jones01223 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Solving Bioprocessing Problems

Novexin is developing a new platform technology with the potential to solve a number of significant bioprocessing problems in the areas of protein purification, protein refolding and protein concentration, stability and storage. The fundamental nature of this technology will allow application at several stages in the processing chain enabling fast, effective and cost-advantageous bioprocessing.

East 57


Nutrilaw Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mark Law01760 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Fertiliser Manufacturing Technique

The Smart Award will enable Nutrilaw to develop fertiliser granulation and metering technology to incorporate precise levels of micronutrients evenly into fertilisers on a commercial scale.

Obducat CamScan Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Richard Paden01223 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Electron Microscope

The objectives of this project are to design and develop a new Thermal Field Emission source and associated optical elements including the critical power supplies to enable the column to operate over a greatly increased range of voltage and probe current parameters particularly with lower cost of manufacture and ownership.

East 58

http://www.camscan.com/



Pharmweigh Limited

Suffolk


Victor Lovedale01359 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Animal Weighing System

Our objective is to see if it is feasible to build a low cost animal weighing system which reduces stress on the animal to a minimum and provides farmers with an accurate means of weighing their animals in turn providing them with information which will enable them to improve their efficiency and reduce costs.

Posh Power Limited

Suffolk


Mr John Mullenger07814 583890N/AN/ANot GivenNot Given

Compression Vane Turbine

The production of a highly innovative vertical shaft wind turbine to help the country to reach its target of 10% power sourced by renewable energy by 2010. Our major consideration is not only the efficient production of energy from wind power, but to ensure that the turbine is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and will blend harmoniously with its surroundings. The turbine will be graceful and adaptable, quiet and efficient, easy to maintain, with no disturbing effects on radio waves or TV reception and flexible for many uses.

East 59


Quadro Healthcare Limited

Buckland


Prof Philip Gray01763 [email protected] GivenNot Given

SensU

Quadro Healthcare Limited is designing and developing a wireless vital signs monitoring system for the general public. The SensU system comprises an intelligent hub which receives wireless communications from a range of vital signs monitors; weigh scales with fat monitor, blood pressure/heart rate monitor and thermometer (other sensors will follow).

Quickmap Limited

Luton


Mr Andrew SuttonTel: 0207 274 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Research Project

The research project investigates the potential for partial automation of the preparation of public transport maps and diagrams in print and on the web with the experimental application of new transport databases.

East 60


http://www.quadro-healthcare.com/


RedBlocks Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mr Martin Poad07733 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Responsive Info Gathering for Mobile Communities

To investigate the feasibility of gathering business information from the whole range of mobile phones. It will address the inherent issues of such devices; small formats, low bandwidths, unreliable connections and differing communications protocols to hopefully produce a working prototype. The desire is to produce a platform technology from which future projects can be produced.

Sci-Tech Systems Limited

Maldon


Peter Hall01621 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

POB (Person Overboard) Alarm

The project will develop a Crew Overboard Alarm and Tracking System for the Marine Leisure market. The system will raise an alarm if the crew member falls overboard, and will use the boat’s existing equipment to accurately locate the person and generate detailed instructions to guide the helmsman back to the casualty.

East 61



Screen Technology Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Barbara Needham01223 [email protected] GivenSmart Exceptional Development

Pilot manufacturing line for ITrans arrays

Screen Technology has won a Smart Exceptional award to support development of a manufacturing process for the ITransTM arrays used to magnify the image of the display to cover the external framework. The project will deliver a pilot production process, proved through making a 68 inch prototype display. First products will be based on the modules used for this prototype.

SelecGen Limited

Norfolk


Dr Jiahui Zhu01603 45059201603 [email protected] Not GivenNot Given

Genome Partitioning Technology

This Smart award project in SelecGen is to test a genomic method for application in clinical genetics and pharmacogenomics. Our target is to establish effective services in these fields to find genes or markers related with diseases and treatment efficacy. Consequently, we shall help to develop better treatments and to tailor treatments to individual patients.

East 62


http://www.screentechnology.com/


Smart Card Solutions Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mr Martin Strauch01223 [email protected] GivenFeasibility Study

Configurable EMV

Smart Card Solutions has identified an opportunity for an independent, configurable EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) credit/debit solution. The project is to provide "Proof of Concept" for the development of the configurable system and its evaluation to Common Criteria EAL4+ (the secure smart card application standard), proving its suitability for card schemes.

H C Stapleton

Cambridgeshire


Howard StapletonN/AN/AN/ANot GivenNot Given

Construction site security

The proposed system is unique in its ability to reliably detect intrusion whilst being quick and easy to install and modify and thus will make it an invaluable security system for the construction industry.

Suitcase TV Limited

Suffolk


Mrs Rosalind Atkins01473 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Simultaneous Modulation of Multiple Video Streams


East 63

http://www.sc-solutions.co.uk/


Surgi-Call Limited

Suffolk


Mr Joe Kabukoba0121 321 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

The Loop and Clip Suturing System

The new laparoscopic (keyhole) suturing system is aimed at making one of the most difficult surgical tasks much simpler and safer. The system was invented by consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Mr Joe Kabukoba.

Syrris Limited

Royston


Richard Gray01763 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Prototype Micro-reactor Products

The process for discovering and launching a new drug is complex and time consuming, micro-reactors are a potential solution to the problem. In a micro-reactor, reactions take place in 100μm wide flow channels. At this scale, reactions take seconds rather than hours. No chemistry micro-reactor products yet exist and Syrris was established to achieve this goal.

East 64

http://www.syrris.com/



The Validation Centre (TVC) Limited

Norfolk


Kim Hastings01493 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Welding Bug and Slip Ring Deployment System

This project aims to provide a new sophisticated system capable of welding steel, stainless steel and other less common material pipes faster and with greater precision as demanded by today’s industry.

Timberbox Limited

Suffolk


Mr Stephen Field01394 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Toploader

The project is for a new type of freight container, designed with the timber industry in mind, using innovative methods of design and construction.

Torros Limited

Norfolk


Matt Payne01328 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Lifting Tower

This feasibility study project is to research and prototype a new mobile lifting machine for light duty applications.

East 65



http://www.tvcalx.co.uk/


Trackdale Limited

Suffolk


Dr Steve Kershaw01728 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Creative Quantum Dots

The materials and waveguide formation process developed during this project will form the foundations for a new optical semiconductor technology platform with wider applications beyond Optical Amplifiers.

Ubisense Limited

Cambridgeshire


Dr Paul Webster01223 [email protected] GivenFeasibility Study

Sensor Scalability Study

A Local Positioning System (LPS), in contrast to the more widely known Global Positioning System (GPS), is a new technology that allows people and objects to be located within a building to sub-metre accuracy. Our Smart feasibility award will enable us to investigate how to adapt our existing technology to allow entry to these additional markets. The outcome of the work will be proof that our sensor system can be scaled to cover arbitrarily large buildings, along with an appropriate strategy to implement the necessary modifications.

East 66

http://www.ubisense.net/



Vettit Solutions Limited

Colchester


Anthony Boyle07977 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Electronic Patient Record

A low cost system which provides a central information point for licensed users yet takes advantage of the spread of broadband to create a level of flexibility and scaleability which is currently not available. Each user will be able to design and input specific data to their exact, and possibly unique, requirements.

Vimpex Limited

Great Wakering


James Jones01702 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Voice Enhanced Sounders

Voice enhanced sounders for fire evacuation must be reliable and also work with battery backed power sources in the event of mains power failure. They also need optimum clarity when employing voice messages. The feasibility study aims to address many aspects of these problems and also make the proposed voice sounder capable of simply replacing existing alarm devices.

East 67

http://www.vimpex.co.uk/



Vision Integrated Security Solutions Limited

Cambridgeshire


Stefano Zicchi01480 [email protected] GivenFeasibility Study

Flight Recorder for Business

The project aims to determine the feasibility of producing a single, multifunctional security system incorporating all the components necessary for the total protection of the user at all levels. The system will be modular for ease of installation, service and maintenance thereby reducing both capital and operational costs.

Visus Limited

Cambridgeshire


Nick Saragher01223 [email protected]/visusNot GivenFeasibility Study

Beyond Audit

To investigate the feasibility of a software-based toolkit that will contribute to business valuations and performance reporting using a standard set of Non Financial Performance Indicators associated with customer management. The toolkit would provide a mechanism for regular reporting to external stakeholders and make the comparative evaluation of customer management strategies more scientific, explicit and more open to scrutiny (within commercial constraints).

East 68

http://www.visus.co.uk/visus


http://www.visioniss.com/


Vobo Limited

Cambridgeshire


Iain Chapman07710 [email protected] GivenNot Given

Virtual Reality Headset

Our technology allows image quality even higher than projection systems in the form of a head-mounted display. The headsets will be significantly cheaper to buy, house and maintain than projection systems and it is hoped therefore that they will drive virtual reality into new sectors without vast R&D budgets. The Smart feasibility project aims to prove the principles of our technology, with a view to having systems commercially available as early as 2005.

Wind Power Limited

Suffolk


Theodore Bird01728 [email protected] GivenFeasibility Study

Electricity Generation System

The study will look at the economics of building a 2000 MW off shore wind farm based on 100 x 20 MW vertical axis generators and compare that with the cost for a similar output wind farm using the current ‘conventional’ horizontal axis generators whose maximum size is considered to be circa 5 MW due to inherent limitations in their technology.

East 69

http://www.windpower.ltd.uk/


http://www.vobo.co.uk/


Xennia Technology Limited

Royston


Mr Nicholas Balon01763 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Novel UV Cure Inkjet Ink Technology

The aim of the project is to develop highly novel inkjet technology and incorporate it into a desktop inkjet printer to create an extremely versatile low cost printing method for use by the visually impaired, affordable for widespread adoption.

Xiomed Limited

Cambridgeshire


Gerard Wimpenny07711 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

Remote Expert Assessment

The purpose of this project is to investigate the feasibility of developing a remote assessment system to test the suitability of hearts for transplant. The remote assessment system will allow a specialist in one of the UK heart transplant centres to guide an examination and view images from an echocardiograph located in a remote Intensive Care Unit.

East 70


Xynchron Limited

Cambridgeshire


Mark Emerson0771 476 [email protected] N/ANot GivenFeasibility Study

XML for Data Storage

The Smart feasibility study will produce a 'proof of concept' prototype for our basic data management software - the XynchroNet. The resulting system will allow users to share design data across different organisations, computer systems and locations. There are many practical benefits for engineering companies - eliminating time consuming and error-prone re-entry of data, enabling closer co-operation between organisations and preserving design information throughout the project lifecycle.

The Zap Corporation Limited

KnebworthContact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

John Johnson07802 783898enquiries@thezapcorporation.comwww.thezapcorporation.comNot GivenNot Given

Software Prism

The Zap Corporation’s commercial proposition is based on the imminent global explosion of broadband television. Zap is designing a software based targeting algorithm which will micro segment television audiences for advertisers using this new platform. This software ensures that advertising campaigns deliver their messages to genuine prospects for their products.

East 71

http://www.thezapcorporation.com/



Zinwave Limited

Cambridgeshire


Professor Ian White0791 905 [email protected]/ANot GivenNot Given

Cellular Project

The project aims to establish the technical and commercial feasibility of ZinWave technology for cellular radio distribution over multimode fibre. In particular, the project will include further research into the technology for cellular radio signal distribution over multimode fibre and the building of a cellular transmission prototype.

East 72


Advanced Expert Systems Limited

Derbyshire

Contact: Tel:e-mail: Website:SIC Code: Project Type:

Dr Mitch Grigoriu01332 383 [email protected]/A30.02Smart Exceptional

Intelligent Cancer Reporting Universal System

The project is to develop a unique intelligent software system called “Intelligent Cancer Reporting Universal System” (ICARUS) for cancer diagnosis and reporting, using new Artificial Intelligence techniques. If successful, ICARUS will be the world’s first intelligent system that incorporates all common cancers included in the Royal College of Pathologists “National Cancer Minimum Data Sets” publications.

Antoine Y Messiou

Leicestershire

Contact:Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code: Project Type:

Mr A MessiouN/AN/AN/A36.40Smart Feasibility

Ventilated Sports Shirts

The project will test the feasibility of a garment incorporating effective ventilating structures that are non-intrusive, and allow all normal features of a desirable and marketable garment. The physics of air flow around the torso and body will be looked at and results used in optimising the construction. Part of the investigation will test the benefits of concealed openings aimed at minimising UV exposure yet allowing air flow.

East Midlands 73

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Applied Multilayers Limited

Leicestershire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website;SIC Code: Project Type:

Dr D Gibson07711 985621N/Awww.applied-multilayers.com33.10Smart Development

New Process for Optical Coatings

This project will improve control of thin film thickness to sub-nanometre precision, enabling entry to the premium quality market in precision optics. The project supports a plan to grow sales to £12M in 5 years.

Atkinson Design Associates Limited

Leicestershire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code: Project Type:

Mr P Atkinson0116 [email protected]/A74.84Feasibility

Helical Wind Turbine

The helical wind turbine feasibility study is intended to test a new, patented construction method to establish that complex helical wind turbine structures can be successfully built from multiple small segments. This multiple small segment construction strategy, if successful, should considerably reduce both the capital costs and unit price of small-scale helical wind turbine assemblies available to the market.

East Midlands 74


http://www.applied-multilayers.com/

Autochair Limited

Derbyshire


Mr D Walker01629 814488N/Awww.autochair.co.uk28.52Smart Feasibility

Concealed Wheelchair Hoist

The project aims to study the feasibility of developing an advanced, hidden, in-vehicle hoist able to collect a folding wheelchair from the driver’s door, transport it along the side and store it in the rear. It must also be able to reverse the operation. The design must be extremely reliable, virtually hidden when not being used, affordable to the average disabled driver and able to fit a wide range of cars.

B & J Wilson (Chesterfield) Limited

Derbyshire


Mr B Wilson01246 451969N/AN/A26.70Smart Feasibility

Artificial Stone

Current mechanical techniques fail to give concrete a good likeness to stone. The company’s proprietary manual technique produces a more attractive product very much like York Stone. However, demand is outstripping their ability to supply. They are, therefore, proposing to develop a machine to create the required, randomly folded layers of coloured concrete. If they can do this, they will patent the machine and licence it to an established concrete machine manufacturer.

East Midlands 75

Cape Instruments Partnership

Leicestershire


Mr P Wise01455 [email protected]/A33.40Smart Feasibility

NewScope

Initial research has identified that by utilising new production techniques and unit designs, it is possible to produce a telescope at a higher specification to the current market leader, at an estimated 50% (to the consumer) of unit price. The project would consist of 2 research elements, a Production Study and a Market Study to provide a clear assessment of the domestic/overseas market potential for the product.

Centriquip Limited

Derbyshire


Mr J Ball01246 252600N/Awww.centriquip.com74.20Smart Development

Centrifugal Thickener

Before it can be stabilised by anaerobic digestion, sewage normally has to be thickened. We are proposing to develop a new centrifuge specifically designed to produce the sort of pumpable sludge needed for anaerobic digesters and other applications. The project would involve the adaptation of patented technology to a new area of application.

East Midlands 76


Prime Principle

Nottinghamshire


Mr C ScarthN/AN/AN/A72.20Smart Micro

QCRA

Project to improve assessment and reporting practices in Government controlled schools. This project will become the first software package available to schools that incorporates a year’s assessment and ‘end of year’ report writing into one simple ongoing process. The project will ensure that the simple user process that is central to the project will significantly ease the heavy administrative burden placed upon teachers.

Cinimod (IP) Limited

Derbyshire


Mr E Adamowicz07734 [email protected]/A33.10Smart Feasibility

Foetal Blood Collector

The aim of this project is to manufacture an easy to use, inexpensive, disposable, efficient method of collecting a quality blood sample from a baby's scalp, which is less sensitive to the experience of the user and will collect sufficient sample for normal blood gas analysis. This in turn should impact on the number of Caesarean sections performed within all developed nations.

East Midlands 77


C-Logic Limited

Northamptonshire


Mr J Standen01295 [email protected]/A34.30Smart Development

Truck-View Vision System

The development of an innovative safety vision system, which aims to eliminate blind spots to the side of heavy trucks by replacing the class 2 cab-side mirrors with servo controlled units which can change the field of view by more than ninety degrees. The system allows the mirrors to automatically adjust as an articulated truck turns, enabling the driver to always see the rear corner and wheels of the trailer.

Com-care Security Products Limited

Lincolnshire


Mr A Kingston01526 [email protected]/A31.62Smart Feasibility

Community Social Alarm System

The project is to research whether it is possible to develop a multi-channel two-way voice communication social alarm system, the size and shape of a wristwatch.

East Midlands 78



Controlstar Systems Limited

Lincolnshire


Mr R Smith01507 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Development

Integrated and cost-effective Fieldbus solution

Developing a low cost SCADA system to operate over a standard Field bus. It will have modular instrument interfaces and significant additional functionality over competitor’s products. The system should be self configuring, have self diagnostic capability, have plant condition monitoring and the ability to optimise electric power use.

Corrintec Limited

Derbyshire


Mr A Devereux01246 [email protected]/A28.11Smart Development

Cathodic Protection Technology

To develop an Advanced Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System (ICCP) for fisheries research, coast guard research and survey vessels. This system would provide corrosion suppression whilst enabling this type of vessel to operate with reduced electromagnetic signatures which would not interfere with on board listening equipment and provide a stealth capability so the vessel could not be located by sonar array.

East Midlands 79



D & J Potter

Leicestershire


Mr D PotterN/AN/AN/A45.21Smart Feasibility

Lightweight Brick Cladding

The aim of this project is to develop a ready-made brick wall effect by means of a lightweight panel approximately 2M x 1M in size. This panel would be easy to erect and easily modified on site, meaning no major structural or building works would be necessary on such an application, saving greatly on time and expense.

Diamond Anchor Company Limited

Derbyshire


Mr J Baron01246 452617 [email protected] Feasibility

Ladle Lip Modular Segment

The existing method for lining a ladle involves the use of refractory anchors which are either bolted or welded to the ladle wall. The project involves a technical and commercial feasibility study into the development of a modular ladle lip replacement system using novel refractory modules to support refractory linings.

East Midlands 80


Esprit Soutron Partnership Limited

Derbyshire


Mr J Burton01332 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Development

Structured Information Gateway

The overall goal is to create a "snap-on" software product that can be a component part of any information management/meta data application that easily connects to multiple legacy systems without programming effort for real time interrogation and update of data. The delivery of a software product that encompasses a proven methodology and conceptual approach to integration that is portable and extensible across different systems is the primary objective.

Excel Process Systems Limited

Derbyshire


Mr G Field01332 760300N/AN/A27.10Smart Feasibility

Food Weight Control Vacuum System

The project is about the design and manufacture of a vacuum control system for use on food packaging conveying lines, within the snack industry. The basic idea is to pass packaged products (like crisp products) under a finely tuned vacuum system, which will extract underweight products from fast flowing food lines.

East Midlands 81


FAW Electronics Limited

Derbyshire


Mr A Wilkinson01246 233632kerry@fawelectronics.co.ukwww.fawelectronics.co.uk33.20Smart Development

Development of Intelligent Controller

This project is looking to develop a range of products based on the Linux Operating System that will allow a generic, low cost, web enabled, internet & broadband communications, Intelligent Controller.

Fluid Power Design Limited

Lincolnshire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: WebsiteSIC Code:Project Type:

Mr J Thomas01476 [email protected] Feasibility

Rotodynamic Air Supply Module for Rail Vehicles

The project is to research a new type of mobile air supply module (ASM) that provides rail vehicles with a compressed air supply, and to investigate the issues of using a direct drive, rotodynamic (high rotational speed) compressor for pressurised, clean air production. The new ASM will provide a cheaper, low weight compact solution for rail vehicles that will provide a totally oil free air supply.

East Midlands 82



Focused_On Limited

Derbyshire


Mr B Wherry01629 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility

The Resource Allocation Model (RAM)

Focused_On will produce a powerful, easy to use tool that enables the Modernisation Agency’s advice to be tested for local circumstances by subjecting it to analysis using Event Driven Simulation methods. The outcome from this will enable investment to be effectively targeted to patient needs.

Greenbank Terotech Limited

Derbyshire


Mr C Conroy01283 817200 [email protected] DevelopmentNot Given

Particle Size Analyser

To develop an on-line Particle Size Analysis, Monitoring and Distribution Control system initially for use in fossil-fired power stations.

Hausherr (UK) Limited

Derbyshire


Mr M Nunn01246 252 [email protected]/A29.52Smart Feasibility

New Generation of Pneumatic Pick

To design a new pick, research will be needed in the areas of 3D modelling with Stress Finite Analysis, Gas Flow technology, specialist materials, and heat treatment processes with the relevant engineering machinery capabilities.

East Midlands 83




Haviland Limited

Derbyshire


Mr R Britton0115 944 [email protected]/A29.56Smart Feasibility

Thermochromic Powder Coatings

The current Smart Project is to develop a surface coating which will change in texture and appearance under normal environmental influences together with a method of application of this material on to surfaces which are inherently difficult to coat.

Hydrodyne Systems Limited

Derbyshire


Mr A Taylor01246 260 012N/AN/A25.13Smart Development

Chitin/Chitosan Technology

Research, Development and Construction of Prototype processing technologies and carrying out prolonged testing and field trials of chitosan and chitin surface treatments based on patented concepts and techniques.

Ideagen Software PLC

Derbyshire


Mr G Thomas01629 [email protected] Development

SME Document Management (SME doc)

The project entails developing a new web-based Document Management product, targeted at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that would not only provide unparalleled levels of flexibility and security to this sector but also enable seamless collaboration, communication and knowledge sharing amongst all organisational stakeholders.

East Midlands 84



ImageSound Limited

Derbyshire


Mr L Bowers01246 572990 [email protected] Development

Multi-media Satellite Digital Streaming System

Design and Development of a Digital Streaming Audio and Push file satellite service for retail store applications. This multi-media system will provide an in-store messaging capability as well as video facilities.

InfraRed Integrated Systems Limited

Northamptonshire


Mr D Clayson01327 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Development

Monitor

The development of a very low-power version of IRISYS array-based thermal detector technology. The specific objective is to develop the world’s first low cost, low resolution, micro-power array of thermal detectors, together with the associated low power signal processing, to enable use of this technology in applications requiring long-term battery operation.

East Midlands 85



Infra-red Systems International Limited

NottinghamshireContact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project Type:

Mr I Lewin0115 9787821ianlewin@infra-red-systems.comwww.infra-red-systems.com33.30Smart Feasibility

Security System

To investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of a novel radio monitoring and detection system for security of high value objects and equipment. The system will be flexible and able to be used for a variety of applications and include a number of innovative features.

Intamac Systems Limited

Northamptonshire


Mr S Meagher01604 [email protected] Feasibility

Social Alarm Monitoring Study

To test the feasibility of extending the current Intamac Home Manager Alarm Monitoring System into the area of Social Alarm Monitoring and thereby vastly expanding the capabilities of current systems.

Intelligent Distributed Controls Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Kevin Buckley01332 [email protected]/A72.60Smart Feasibility

Simplicon micro controller

The project is to research and develop a niche micro controller which will provide distributed control and offer major savings over standard off the shelf control products. Particular consideration will be given to enable the plant engineers to programme, install and commission without the need for complex set up procedures.

East Midlands 86





Intelligent Sensors PLC

Northamptonshire


Mr Jonathan Fish01327 810050jonathan@intelligentsensors.comwww.intelligentsensors.com73.10Smart Development

Long-run external perimeter sensor

Design, build and evaluation of a pre-production sensor for reliably detecting the presence of humans and other animals along external perimeters. Key design aim is that the long-run external perimeter sensor be capable of reliably detecting both stationary and dynamic bodies at a range of up to 3 metres anywhere along a span of up to 100 metres.

Isolated Systems Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Ian Kay01773 761 [email protected]/A45.25Smart Development

Next generation of Anti-Vibration Mount

Currently developing a new innovative range of Anti-Vibration Mounts using advanced materials that will revolutionise the market place. The new range will be lighter, corrosion free and very stable. A huge amount of design and development work will be needed and verification testing. Isolated Systems have all their vast experience of over 30 years in this industry to help make this become a reality.

East Midlands 87



Kingskraft Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Nigel Harrison01298 [email protected] Development

Disabled Persons Bathing System

The project is to develop a new bath which allows easy access for this user group, with the aid of adjustable and removable inserts and cushions and positions the bather securely and comfortably. Design of the bath is flexible, different versions can be produced to match the level of disability. The bath can, with the addition of a variable height option, be used for assisted bathing. In this form, the bath can be used as a dressing platform where space is limited in the bathroom for an additional unit.

M W Irwin Farm Consultancy Limited

DerbyshireContact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project Type:

Mr Mark Irwin01993 [email protected]/A01.41Smart Feasibility

Rapid Spawn Running

The main aim of the project is to reduce Spawn Running time in the production of mushroom compost to 12 days or less, which could increase the capacity of compost producers by 50%. Associated targets are to reduce energy requirements of the Spawn Running Process and improve hygiene of the compost.

East Midlands 88



Marine Production Technology Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Nigel Burt01455 [email protected]/A11.10Smart Feasibility

Improved Side Scan Sonar Towfish

To build and test a prototype of a novel self-contained buoyancy control system that can be patented. If successful, the system will have many commercial applications. The prototype will, wherever possible, be constructed using off-the shelf components. Initial testing will be at a depth of 6 metres in a diving tank. Final testing will be at 35 metres.

Metmachex Engineering Limited

Derbyshire


Mr William Ryde01773 836 241 [email protected] Feasibility

Adjustable Steering Head

Design, develop and test a new steering head assembly with fine and precise adjustment for motorcycles. The adjustable steering head allows for changes in rake, trail and wheelbase to improve rider safety and performance. The project involves an exploration into the most suitable technology for the purpose.

East Midlands 89



Nexor Limited

Nottinghamshire


Mr Stephen Kingan0115 [email protected] Development

Appliance Server

Generic hardware/software device that will provide electronic messaging and directory services. Device will be scalable so that new units may be added in a seamless way to allow for rapid growth of a messaging and directory infrastructure. It may run on a secure operating system to provide a level of security appropriate to critical messaging and directory services.

Nexsan Technologies Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Paul Coxon01332 [email protected] Development

ATA Storage Technology Development

To design a dual controller with Active/Active failover and follow this with Fibre Channel host port interfaces. Not only does this dramatically increase the data throughput, but also should one controller fail, the other automatically assumes its workload until it can be replaced.

East Midlands 90



Oxford Bee Company Limited

Leicestershire


Ms Rosie O’Toole01509 [email protected]/A51.90Smart Feasibility

Managed Pollination

To achieve sustainable levels of mass rearing to satisfy the pollination requirements of fruit farmers by providing occupied nests on a leaseback basis. The success of this enterprise is contingent on establishing quality control protocols based on screening over-wintering nests for nest parasites, developing ways of manipulating flight periods so as to coincide with flowering times of various target crops and comparing different ways of presenting nest arrays to ambient bee populations.

PDG Limited

Nottinghamshire


Mr John Foster0115 922 [email protected] Development

Product Development Project

The informer is a high tech replacement back cover for a mobile phone, adding a number of security features such as ·a panic facility which discreetly informs your whereabouts and status, a motion detector to inform when personal property is being tampered, and handset location-finder powered by GPS.

East Midlands 91



Philip Champion de Crespigny

Nottinghamshire


Mr Philip ChampionN/AN/AN/A28.62Smart Micro

PiNCHA Trim-n-Shaper

Design and develop a wearable cutting device attached to the thumb and a finger that can be used in a number of applications including: horticulture and gardening. Will look at the detailed design, ergonomics, manufacturing methods and tooling design, materials and component selection. Will involve field-testing and any subsequent design modifications to meet user requirements.

Power Jets Limited

Lincolnshire


Mr Geoffrey Lover01507 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Feasibility

Power Jets Development

To confirm that blades which are turned on their side, so producing a short blade but having a long “pitch”, can also be effective. This approach results in what is essentially an Archimedes Screw rotated at high speeds. A small working model has shown that the basic idea works. It is now necessary to test parameters more exactly.

East Midlands 92


Prysm Electrics Limited

Nottinghamshire


Mr Brian Umpleby0115 968 [email protected] Micro

Development of Commercial Braille Sign Technology

To manufacture "in house" a high quality Braille sign for use on public transport and in public buildings, fully compliant with RNIB specifications and the DDA Regulations (with written RNIB approval) which can be offered at a competitive price in the marketplace.

Hardwick Design & Developments

Derbyshire


Mr Richard HardwickN/AN/AN/A92.20Smart Micro

New Generation R/C Contest Glider

By transferring high-tech processes and materials technology used in motor-sport into the field of radio controlled contest gliders and the subsequent development of these technologies. They will manufacture and market a radio controlled contest glider that will have significantly better structural and aerodynamic properties than those currently available.

East Midlands 93


Rapid Manufacturing Systems Limited

Leicestershire

Contact: Tel: e-mail:

SIC Code:Project Type:

Dr Jonathan Hayes01509 [email protected] Feasibility

Additive Digital Manufacture

The system uses solid free form manufacturing, which is the construction of parts by the precise computer-controlled addition of materials, usually layer by layer. Until now it hasn’t been used to its full potential, because RP systems are too slow and costly for use in most production applications. The novel concurrent layer stack, registering, and parallel layer bonding methods used in these systems make this a possibility.

Richard Pearson Limited

Lincolnshire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: SIC Code:Project Type:

Mr Robert Fleet01205 [email protected] Development

Mechanical Brassica Harvester

The project is to develop the world’s first selective mechanical harvester for cauliflower and replace the current method of manual harvesting. The machine will record relative size/location of remaining plants by use of a GPS. This will reduce the time taken in subsequent harvesting and increase the percentage of good crop harvested. The machine will also automatically trim the cauliflower to supermarket standard ready for packing.

East Midlands 94

Rubber Band Limited

Northamptonshire


Mr Philip Todd01327 [email protected]/A72.10Smart Feasibility

Jaipur

To develop a new silicon chip ‘core’ for digital cameras – its target application is image compression. The design outputs data in a format compatible with the JPEG 2000 standard and can cope with full screen video in real time, or still images of up to 16 mega-pixels. Adding a microprocessor and some memory will be sufficient to form the brains of future digital cameras and Camcorders.

Saul Research

Northamptonshire


Mr Peter Saul01327 353720N/Awww.saulresearch.co.uk74.20Smart Feasibility

Precision Analogue IC Cells

This is the design of innovative, precision analogue integrated circuit cells for use in sensor and communications applications to achieve low power consumption, small size and ease of use plus low cost. This will result in re-useable cell designs which will be demonstrated in hardware, and licensable to manufacturers.

East Midlands 95


Scootabout International Limited T/A Bead Drive Techno

Lincolnshire


Mr David Wallace01491 651 [email protected] Feasibility

Intelligent Overhead Conveyor

Determine feasibility of low cost, automated, modular overhead conveyor system that provides intrinsic track/trace capability. Aims to provide solutions to the key technical issues in developing the conveyor and applying “Bead Drive” compression drive technology. Investigation of transfer and propulsion mechanisms, determination of suitable low cost construction materials and the key components for modularity.

Surface Generation Limited

Peterborough


Mr Ben Halford01572 747457ben.halford@surface-generation.comwww.surface-generation.com29.40Smart Feasibility

Re-configurable Tooling System

Demonstrate the feasibility of a high-speed, low cost, re-configurable surface generation system for the manufacture of prototype and short run tooling for the composite sector. This will be achieved by developing hardware and software systems to minimise the material required to produce a tool and enable seamless re-configuration from one tool to the next.

East Midlands 96




Tass Environmental Technology Limited

Lincolnshire


Mr Karl Hick01780 [email protected] Development

Waste Reduction Technology

Pioneers of a process called FIBRECYCLE, which provides an environmentally sound means by which mainstream waste can be reduced to the degree that only 15% need be sent to landfill. Main output that results from the process is a fibre with a high calorific value, which can be then used in a variety of markets.

Technological Business Solutions Limited

Derbyshire


Mr James Parkin01773 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Development

Field Force Mobiliser

Produce an innovative field force work management system that takes information from an organisation’s enterprise systems and delivers it via wireless networks to remote field operatives. It should be simple for the field worker to use, whilst delivering real business benefits to the customers.

East Midlands 97



Telstar Electronics Limited

Lincolnshire


Mr S Gray01780 752646N/AN/A72.10Smart Feasibility

Osteopathic thrustmeter

Design and build a fully operational prototype measuring device using hydraulic measurement techniques to measure the forces applied by an osteopath to the human body. This novel form of measurement technique has no known direct competition and combines hydraulics, electronics and software to achieve this goal.

The Spine Corporation Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Andrew Mills01246 455381a.mills@spinecorporation.comwww.spinecorporation.com33.10Smart Feasibility

Scoliosis Treatment Technology

Develop a more robust postural measurement system together with user-friendly software, to widen the commercial application of this highly advantageous treatment. Proposed new technology would allow fast, accurate and reliable measurement of posture in a clinical environment. Furthermore, the proposed software would be extremely user friendly, with voice prompts and voice recognition for data entry.

East Midlands 98


Topaz Computer Systems Limited

Nottinghamshire


Mr Geoff Griffiths01773 [email protected] Development

FlexLogix WMS

Developing a cost effective Warehouse Management System that will be easily implemented and include all the latest technologies to ensure that all possible efficiency savings are made. The product will be created to seamlessly integrate with existing ERP and supply chain systems, aimed at being a ‘best of breed product’ to the SME marketplace.

Triton Technology Limited

Nottinghamshire


Dr John Duncan01623 600625johnd@triton-technology.co.ukwww.triton-technology.co.uk33.20Smart Development

Plastics Analyser Development

Produce Plastics Analyser to satisfy quality control and recycling needs of the polymer industry which will identify polymers, check batch consistency, cost under £10,000 and be easy to use. Areas of study are further development of the mechanical measurement system and the material identification algorithms necessary to give the device the knowledge of an "expert system,” that can be marketed to the wider polymer industry.

East Midlands 99



VeriVide Limited

Leicestershire


Mr John Dakin0116 262 [email protected] Feasibility

Digital Imaging Evaluation of Textiles

To examine the feasibility of using non-contact digital technology for the assessment of colour and physical (surface) characteristics of textiles and digitally reproduce accurate representation for assessment at remote sources. Aim to vastly reduce the subjectivity involved in this process.

Winbond International Limited

Leicestershire


Mr Finn Sunde01455 [email protected]/A34.30Smart Micro

Stow-away Vehicle Mounted Canopy

To design and build an all-weather canopy, which is portable and will be mounted on a commercial vehicle that will, when extended, offer protection for operators/technicians when working on vehicles in poor weather conditions. The canopy will be roof mounted and will, when deployed, project from the back of the vehicle. Will be able to cover the front or rear of a vehicle which is being worked on.

East Midlands 100



Wordcraft International Limited

Derbyshire


Mr Greg Rice01283 [email protected] Development

Unified Messaging Manager

Objective is to produce an integrated and unified messaging system that enables leading email applications and Internet browsers to use multi-functional peripheral devices and other devices to send faxes, emails and Internet faxes from their standard front ends. If successful, it will deliver a unique single to unlimited user, scalable, fax and email, cross platform communications product, accessible from the Internet.

East Midlands 101


Aircradle Limited

London

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Paul Smith020 8852 [email protected]/A33.10Smart Micro

AirCradle Relaxation Device

The AirCradle is a device for promoting effortless rest and stress reduction. Using simple means, it aids comfort by accessing a number of relaxation reflexes, creating the same body/mind shifts that enable people to unwind enough to fall asleep.

Ansa2 Limited

London

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website: SIC Code: Project type:

David Stone020 8408 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Neural Network

The Smart Award will assist ansa2 to develop a prototype of an intelligent software product that will extract data from Enterprise wide systems so that the data can be homogenised and then used within the Enterprise to deliver effective knowledge management.

London 102

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Aspace Solutions Limited

London


Paul Ryder020 7744 [email protected] 72.60Smart Feasibility Study

4TRESS Security Application

Financial services providers have to deal with the very real issue of integrating different delivery channels to allow their customers seamless access. 4TRESS aims to be the first, leading edge, multi-channel authentication and authorisation product, making life easier for the customer and more efficient for the provider.

Asthma Alert Limited

Middlesex


Deryk Williams07802 [email protected] 33.10Smart Feasibility Study

New Sensor for Asthma

For the first time asthma sufferers will be able to accurately diagnose asthma thus reducing the possibility of an asthma attack. Asthmatic sufferers breathe into a miniature, inexpensive hand-held device that measures the lungs' performance and capacity - a technique known as capnography.

London 103


Axcess IT Limited

London


Shabbir Ahmed020 8986 [email protected] Micro Project

Clean Touch

‘Clean Touch’ is electronic point of sale technology (EPOS) for the retail dry cleaning industry. The aim of the project is to further develop the ‘Clean Touch’ product for larger chains, giving them remotely the management information for every branch.

Axion Recycling Limited

London


Keith Freegard 020 8579 2737 [email protected]/A24.16Smart Feasibility Study

Waste Plastics to Diesel Fuel

Axion Recycling Ltd is developing a novel chemical process for the conversion of waste plastics into diesel fuel. Axion’s new process will divert large volumes of co-mingled plastic waste away from landfill. Converting oil-based polymers back into automotive fuel will conserve valuable mineral resources.

London 104

BeCrypt Limited

London


Peter Jaco01189 [email protected] www.becrypt.com72.20Smart Development Project

PDA Security Technology

BeCrypt will provide software that will enable users of laptops, Tablet PCs, PDAs and Smartphones to fully encrypt their data storage cards and prevent unauthorised access in the event of loss or theft. This encryption will enable Government and corporate roll out of truly secure mobile computing.

BioBullets Limited

London


Dr Geoff Moggridge01223 [email protected]/A24.66Smart Micro Project

Novel Zebra Mussel Control

Zebra Mussels are an invasive species in Europe and USA that block pipes causing major problems to industrial raw water users, such as power stations and water treatment plants. BioBullets aims to provide an effective and environmentally friendly solution. The Smart award is funding field trials of their solution at a Thames Water Works.

London 105

Biophage Limited

Bedfordshire


Dr David Harper01234 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Feasibility Study

Bacteriophage Therapy

The project is to develop viruses that kill infecting bacteria (bacteriophages) as therapeutic agents to fight antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. The project team will use both existing and novel bacteriophages that will be tested for their therapeutic potential. The project is intended to form the basis for rapid progress to clinical trials.

Biox Systems Limited

London


Bob Imhof020 7815 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Portable Water Loss Instrument

The Smart project aims to develop new technology for self-powered, go-anywhere probes and attach-anywhere sensors. Application targets include the regulated medical market and industrial sectors such as food, packaging and textiles, where water vapour transport needs to be monitored and controlled.

London 106

BIW Technologies Limited

London


John Osborne020 7592 [email protected] Development Project

BIW Accelerator

As a business specialising in web-based collaboration applications, BIW is developing a technology that will speed up transmission of files via the internet and reduce storage requirements. The project will benefit anyone who has to repeatedly upload or download, edit, copy, store or retrieve perfect versions of original files.

Boardbug Limited

London


Frank Lawrenson07973 [email protected] Development Project

Boardbug Development Project

Boardbug specialise in creating wireless object-to-object communications devices using their unique wireless Radio Frequency technology. The Smart Project is to develop the first application, a security and asset or person protection system. The system consists of a master unit, carried by a person/persons, and a slave unit attached to the item/person being protected. Boardbug will launch the first product in the UK baby and toddler market at the end of 2003.

London 107

Brightblue Systems Limited

London


Christopher Fowler020 8964 [email protected]/A72.60Smart Development Project

Instant Estimating Tool for the Printing Industry

Brightblue Systems aim to develop automated print estimation software that will enable printers and their customers to calculate, in seconds, prices for hundreds of different printed products. The software will use intelligent algorithms which select the best press and the best layout, choosing the optimal production methodology for every print job.

BrowserAngel Limited

London


Mehmet Golhan07768 [email protected] Feasibility

Knowledge Management System

BrowserAngel is a software company that protects and strengthens brand equity, enhances relationships and builds trust by ensuring all stakeholders remain informed, in-touch and in-step. The project will test the feasibility of developing a collaborative knowledge management system that enables interested parties/communities (stakeholders) to see information surrounding issues without having to search for that information.

London 108

Capacitas Limited

London


Danny Quilton020 7514 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Network Planning Protocol

Large voice and computer networks are built using multiple network technologies where each technology performs a specific set of tasks. Capacitas has recognised a business need for a software tool to meet these challenges. The project is to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of a novel method that will eventually be used within software to plan networks.

C-Burn Systems Limited

London


Adam Smith020 7250 [email protected] 7220Smart Development Project

Music Systems for Bars and Clubs

The Smart project investigates implementation of a ‘network’ of PC style ‘jukeboxes’ capable of being loaded from a central music server. Investigations will also take place in selecting music to be played by mobile phone ‘texting’.

London 109

CEFIS Limited

London


Jasenka Rapajic020 8202 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Project ‘ICEBERG’ – Airline Cost Efficiency System

The project aims to investigate the possibility of developing an innovative cost efficiency improvement system for the airline/transport/logistics industries. The system will provide comprehensive corporate information and decision support on change in costs of operations caused by schedule changes, flight disruptions and delays.

Chaltel Limited

London


Salah Al-Chalabi020 7703 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

MEMS for Interferometers in Local Networks

Optical fibres have been widely adopted in the core of public communication networks, but not in local networks due to equipment and installation costs. The project will explore the technical and commercial feasibility of realising interferometric optical systems using Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (‘MEMS’) technology for this market.

London 110


Clarity Business Solutions Limited

London


Bill McLaughlin020 7432 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Advanced Document Exchange

The main objectives of the project are to research, design and test key software routines and protocols in order to overcome two key technical problems associated with internet-based document exchange; the requirement of a custom transmission and tracking protocol and the need for ’predictive mapping’ software to automate the conversion of standard business documents into machine readable formats.

Cognitive Limited

London


James Fox07944 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Reconfigurable Networking

The purpose of the project is to create technologies that can be used in new categories of data-networking devices. These devices will make data-networks, such as the Internet, more efficient, reliable and secure. They will also address the demand for solutions that combat network misuse, enhance the user experience and enable new services and applications.

London 111


CQR Data Limited

London


Steve Williams020 7602 [email protected] Development Project

XML-Based CAD Visual Modelling

The project will develop a CAD application which manages the data independent from the presentation to enable real-time manipulation of the data by multiple users in their unique context. The CQR/CAD product will provide a new way to generate visual modelling against datasets to enable better collaboration, life-cycle and life-long data management, and oversight.

Design Blue Limited

London


Richard Palmer07980 [email protected] Development Project

Rhe-Act Smart Composite Material

Commercial development for the Rhe-Act ‘smart’ composite material developed through a Smart Feasibility Study. The composite material is a reactive system that offers comfort in combination with exceptional properties in impact protection for the human body. The work will focus on the design and development of flexible protection systems for body, head and foot applications.

London 112

Diamatrix Limited

Middlesex


Dr Richard Palmer01753 [email protected]/A33.10Smart Feasibility Study

Solid State Diagnostic Devices

The aim of the project is to exploit the technology relating to the modification of absorbent material by impregnation with polymers to create novel (solid state) diagnostic test devices, ranging from ‘dipstick’ tests to biosensors. Two polymer processes are to be aligned with diagnostic test reagents to form a new generation of test formats.

Dsine Technology Limited

London


Jason Perkes020 7586 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Trailer Tracker Mirror System

Articulated HGVs have a dangerous blind zone on the left side when turning left, due in part to conventional static rear view mirrors. The Smart Award will assist Dsine Technology in the development a new system, mounted within its own mirror housing, which aims to remotely detect vehicle articulation and adjust a mirror in real time.

London 113


Dynamic Extractions Limited

Middlesex


Adrian Simon01895 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Feasibility Study

Counter Current Chromatography (CCC) Technology

The company is developing a range of DE Centrifuges specifically designed to meet the needs of separation applications in the pharmaceutical industry. A unique aspect of these products is that they are scaleable from the laboratory to production reducing the time taken for process development. This project is to investigate the feasibility of a new concept of medium ('Midi') bench-top DE Centrifuge for an industrial preparative environment.

Fableflow Limited

London


Paul Webber07753 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Multi Media Messaging (MMS) Templating

The project will investigate new methods of merging graphic rich content streams with predefined style templates, allowing the creation of personalised and consistently branded MMS messages. It aims to assess technology to allow for the formatting, encapsulation and transformation of MMS messages, built around a graphics repository, stylesheet library and a transformation engine.

London 114

Flexitek Limited

Middlesex


Mladen Jovasevic020 8797 [email protected]/A74.20Smart Feasibility Study

Control & Data Acquisition Station (CDA)

The Smart project will test the feasibility of building the CDA Station, to provide an interface between a PC and various industrial peripherals such as micro controllers, sensors and data acquisition units. The CDA Station will provide a simple and cost effective flexible multi-purpose platform to meet a wide variety of applications.

G H Zeal Limited

London


Gary Rogers020 8542 [email protected] Development Project

The Zeal Melanometer Project

The Smart Award will assist the company to develop an innovative medical device that will enable primary care physicians to more easily diagnose the serious skin cancer, melanoma. Zeal's melanometer will be an easy to use and non-invasive medical tool which holds the promise of improved cancer treatment.

London 115

http://www.zeal.co.uk/


GLO International Limited

London


Michael Tanaka020 7642 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Real Time & Embedded Systems

This project will investigate that the company’s proprietary technologies generate high quality software code directly from design specifications such as State Charts. Their innovation reduces time-to-market and enables rapid, continual improvements to existing products. Software engineers will benefit from the elegance, efficiency and ease of implementation; the business from the time/cost reductions and improved quality.

Handheld Tec Limited

Middlesex


Fred Diaz020 8350 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Handheld Compact Rugged Computer

The company intend to develop a small rugged handheld computer. Its aim is to substantially increase the efficiency of individuals and teams who need to keep in constant communication with their bases, as well as having their own computer power to analyse, read, write, calculate and visualise the data they need.

London 116

http://www.ruggedpro.com/


Ian Benson & Partners Limited

London


Ian Benson07000 [email protected] Micro Project

Child Tax Credit Service

The aim of the project is to deliver the first child tax credit service for broadcast deployment via SMS and internet portals into Java enabled mobile phones.

Immexis Limited

London


Professor Colin Howard020 7691 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Vaccines for Viral Diseases

Immexis is developing a microparticle-based DNA vaccine for the treatment of patients with chronic Hepatitis B. Immexis technology will result in an improved prognosis for the patients and provide a platform technology for the development of other persistent human infections, such as Hepatitis C and HIV.

London 117

http://www.immexis.com/


IN8 Limited

London


Tim Carpenter020 8567 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Parking Management using GPS

The project aims to obtain the proof of concept and bench-top model for a revolutionary means for locating a parking space, obtaining the regulations that apply and enabling cashless purchase, all from within a vehicle. It will also provide highly automated, objective enforcement of highways in terms of parking, stopping, loading and waiting, disabled and residents’ parking regulations by traffic wardens, parking attendants, Police and Transport Authorities.

iOptimiser Limited

Middlesex


Kulanathan Kularajan07956 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Private Portfolio

iOptimiser’s ‘Private Portfolio’ is a highly interactive web based platform giving measurable benefits to individual investors who wish to buy and sell financial assets such as stocks and shares, without going through the fund managers, for a cost effective subscription basis.

London 118

iPlato Limited

London


Tobias Alpsten07730 [email protected] Feasibility Study

NHS Patient Care Messaging

Carry out a feasibility study towards the commercial roll-out of Patient Care Messaging, an application aimed at reducing the level of patient absenteeism in healthcare, which is being piloted with the NHS. This will allow iPlato to look at scaling the current pilot application to a national level.

Isohelix Limited

London


Ernest Poku020 7739 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Automated DNA Collection Kit

Isohelix will design and manufacture development prototypes of plastic consumables that will reduce the manual steps in DNA isolation from buccal swabs and enable automation to be adopted by a wider range of laboratories at reduced cost to manual processes. The requirement to use blood samples to collect DNA will also be reduced for a range of applications.

London 119

Ixaris Systems Limited

London


William Lorenz0870 [email protected] Feasibility Study

On Line Convenience Software

Internet end-users face a number of problems relating to privacy, security and convenience when online. The company aims to solve these problems and make money for trusted brand owners online in the process. The Smart grant will help expand their solution in the areas of junk e-mail ("spam") protection and automatic form-filling and password generation.

Jura Technology Limited

London


Colin Dick020 8788 [email protected] Feasibility Study

MPEG Categorisation

Jura Technology’s project will investigate and develop cost-effective and scaleable software tools to manage business assets through automatic categorisation of their content. The result will be quicker and easier structured access to video information, alongside office documents and emails, to help employees write reports, share knowledge and make more informed business decisions.

London 120

http://www.jurakm.com/


Kay Media Technologies Limited

London


Roger Doddy020 7744 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Peer to Peer Technical Publishing

The project will focus on the creation of an interface which will help Scientific, Medical and Technical Publishers to provide researchers accessing vast databases with deeper and more meaningful answers to information requests. It will interact with the researcher, capture how they use the data, record what they find most useful and use this to inform each new enquiry.

KCS Management Systems Limited

Surrey


Alan Snell020 8660 [email protected] Development Project

B2E-Centrepoint-HR Solution

KCS's B2E-Centrepoint (Business to Employee) concept will enable the delivery of corporate and personal business information to employees through a single portal solution. Such a concept ensures greater information sharing, over and above any solution that is available today, delivered to static or roaming employees through an anyplace, anywhere philosophy via a number of everyday devices.

London 121

Klenzyme Limited

London


Professor Christine Evans020 7911 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Removal of Bird Droppings from Buildings

Unsightly bird droppings deface buildings and are serious health hazards to people. Klenzyme Limited will use the Smart award to develop an environmentally – friendly enzyme treatment to soften and degrade bird droppings, providing an easy removal process without damage to stone and brickwork.

Lennox Active Limited

London


Alastair Lennox020 7851 [email protected]/A33.10Smart Micro Project

The Safe Shoe

The project is to develop a new type of cost effective foot fracture/post operative surgery shoe. This safe shoe will replace plaster of Paris in most cases and speed up the recovery process while vastly reducing the cost. It will also increase patient comfort.

London 122

http://www.klenzyme.co.uk/


Levytator Limited

Middlesex


Professor Jack Levy020 8445 [email protected]/A29.22Smart Feasibility Study

Escalator to Negotiate Curves

The 'Levytator' is a new design of escalator which can follow ascending and descending paths of variable curvature. A one-tenth scale model will be built. Computer simulations will be used to assist presentations to possible partners and it is hoped that this will lead to a commercial agreement.

Lightload Services Limited t/a Multiload Technology

London


Brian Cuthbertson020 7794 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Analogue Bus Control

The Analogue Bus Control is envisaged as a revolutionary low cost, highly flexible analogue based lighting and building control system. It is intended to compete with European digital systems in terms of cost, giving ease of expansion and obviating the need for expensive software engineers for troubleshooting and re-programming.

London 123


Mac2 Software Limited

London


Andrew Macdonald020 7610 [email protected] Micro Project

Rotawise Staff Rota Software

Develop a software application that uses innovative algorithms to automate the generation of rotas for organisations whose staff work on twenty-four hour shift patterns. It will generate rotas that are fair for staff and effective for the workload.

Michael O’Doherty

London


Michael O’DohertyN/AN/AN/A32.20Smart Feasibility Study

CatEye Multimedia Services

This feasibility study will look at expanding multimedia service technologies to provide service platform technology and revenue generating turnkey services to telco operators and enterprises, allowing them to offer their customers and users full multimedia functionality without having to re-deploy existing networks.

Microbureau Limited

London


Jon Baldachin07714 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Micropayment System

MicroBureau is to test a combined Digital Rights Management (DRM) and payment collection system by developing a complete working prototype.

London 124

Microsens Biophage Limited

London


Roger Rosedale020 7736 [email protected] Development Project

Dual Phage for TSEs

Building on the success of the Smart Feasibility Study this project will further develop the Dual Phage technology to a prototype kit format for the detection of human Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in donated blood and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and bovine scrapie in pre-symptomatic animals.

Modelistic Software Limited

Middlesex


Paul Wells01279 [email protected] Micro Project

Modelistic Software

Modelistic was built to provide additional viewpoints of software under development. To exploit the opportunities for integration with other tools that have emerged in the mean time the project will enable Modelistic for use from inside other tools. This will significantly reduce the effort of switching between text-based and model-based editing of the same work.

London 125

Neanda Limited

Middlesex


John Rooney07879 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Modular Control Panel for Audio Production Software

The aim of the project is to research a new form of user interface for audio and video production software.

Paul Boyce-Mears & Mike Abbott t/a Mentor Telemetry Systems

LondonContact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Paul Boyce-Mears020 8524 [email protected] Micro Project

‘Proteus’ Car Mileage Management System

Proteus connects, via a Mentor designed interface, a point in a car engine management system where mileage is available, to a low cost satellite based tracking system. The aim of the project is to write an interface between the management system and the selected satellite tracing system, test it and finalise a product design to bring to market.

London 126

Peter Sinclair

London


Peter SinclairN/AN/AN/A35.30Smart Feasibility Study

Micro Aerial Vehicle

The aim of the project is to test the feasibility of a remotely controlled mechanism having a total wingspan of twelve inches. It should be able to take off vertically, hover, turn on a sixpence and achieve most of the flying characteristics of fast flying insects, before making a controlled vertical landing.

Pharmidex Pharmaceutical Services Limited

London


Dr Mohammad Alavijeh0870 [email protected] Feasibility Study

IDEAS Integrated Drug Evaluation & Analysis System

Central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery is slow, expensive and unproductive because of the difficulties of the science and the sequential nature of the process. IDEAS is a revolutionary platform technology that introduces vital new screens and integrates key studies to improve rigour, efficiency and speed in CNS medicines research.

London 127

Phoenix Photonics Limited

Surrey


Dr Ian Giles020 8669 8559ian.giles@phoenixphotonics.comwww.phoenixphotonics.com31.30Smart Feasibility Study

Integrated Optical All Fibre Cables

Increasing complexity of optical fibre networks, driven by the demand for more bandwidth at lower cost, places stringent requirements for increased functionality from components and modules. Utilising evanescent field technology and processing the fibre waveguide this project is targeted at assessing the feasibility of producing integrated all-fibre modules capable of meeting the performance, cost and size demands of telecommunications networks.

P I Vision Limited

Surrey


Geoff Thiel08700 [email protected] Development Project

PI Vision Ltd – Advanced Digital Video Recording System

PI Vision is developing a totally new CCTV Digital Video Recording (DVR) system called “Advanced Enterprise DVR System” (AEDS). Conceived firmly around extensive research into future market requirements, the innovative AEDS core design will produce a new paradigm within the Enterprise DVR sector in terms of quality, price, simplicity and reliability.

London 128

http://www.pi-vision.com/


Presidio Technology Group Limited

Middlesex


Zia Shlaimoun020 8350 [email protected]/A31.20Smart Feasibility Study

Voltage Capping Device

There is a growing recognition that power companies supply electricity at the higher end of the permitted voltage range. The PowerCap study aims to develop an active solid-state electronic solution that can be fitted to the incoming supply of a consumer site and will cap the mains voltage to any preset level regardless of input voltage.

P S Analytical Limited

Kent


Professor Peter Stockwell01689 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Mercury Continuous Emissions Monitor (CEM)

The Smart Award will allow PS Analytical to test the feasibility of using a dry based speciation system to continuously monitor the stack emission of coal- fired utilities for mercury levels. Apart from laboratory tests the feasibility programme will require extensive tests on prime sites and correlation into the accepted industry standard methods.

London 129

http://www.psanalytical.com/


Pulsar Design Limited

London


Nick Kemp020 8677 [email protected]/A31.50Smart Feasibility Study

Moulding of Carbon Fibre

The project is to test the concept of using radio frequency (RF) induction heating in combination with vacuum resin infusion techniques to facilitate batch production of tubular carbon fibre mouldings. The process will offer an alternative to injection moulding or metal machining of medium sized tubular components.

London 130

Rawflow Limited

London


Mikkel Dissing020 8699 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Intelligent Broadcasting

The Smart Award will assist Rawflow Ltd to radically reshape the Internet broadcasting infrastructure to deliver higher quality at lower cost and enable broadcasters to realise the potential of the Internet as a broadcasting medium. This will be achieved by using a mixture of existing technologies and new revolutionising peer-to-peer algorithms.

Rimex Metals (UK) Limited

Middlesex


Tim Childs020 8804 [email protected] Development Project

Coating Technology on Metals

Rimex is using its Smart Award to develop, through R & D, coating technology aimed at providing improved resistance to scratches and fingerprints on the surface of several types of metals and on different finishes applied to metals.

London 131

http://www.rimexmetals.com/


http://www.rawflow.com/


SABAS Limited

Essex


Lee Skinner01708 [email protected]/A25.24Smart Feasibility Study

New Polymer Processing Technology

The Smart project is to test the feasibility of extending and refining a fibre-reinforced composite moulding process for use in the lining of sewers. Whilst the moulding process has been proved on simple curved and flat sewer liner sections, the company wishes to extend it to cope with complex sections, such as pipe flanges.

Special Imaging Services

Essex


Scott Phelps-Fuller07905 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Project ‘Reficio’

The development of two forensic software toolsets (Fuzzy & DigiFace), written to extend the art of digital image enhancement and digital craniofacial reconstruction. On completion of the project, clients will have access to a 24/7 service capable of producing results within hours of receiving the encrypted material.

London 132


Screendragon Limited

London


Richard Newton020 7524 7776Richard.newton@screendragon.comwww.screendragon.com72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Innovative Multiformat File

Screendragon has developed the most enhanced video format in the world. Exploitation of the full commercial potential required further development, which, as a new business necessitated external support. The Smart Award scheme means Screendragon is now creating a file format that will allow for the simple distribution of complex multimedia information.

Seawater Greenhouse Limited

London


Charlie Paton020 7249 [email protected] www.seawatergreenhouse com 29.23Smart Feasibility Study

Watermaker Desalination Project

The Smart Grant will enable the development of the Watermaker - a novel, low-cost condenser for converting seawater to fresh water, integrated within the Seawater Greenhouse. Expected results will see widespread use of this sustainable desalination technology, enabling the cultivation of crops in hot, arid regions.

London 133

Sensox Limited

Middlesex


William Maskell020 8411 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Zirconia Oxygen Sensor Technology

The project concerns investigation of the feasibility of applying thick-film technology to the preparation of a zirconia oxygen sensor with new features. This novel sensor is expected to find application in domestic and small industrial/commercial gas boilers and will be substantially cheaper to produce than currently available devices of similar performance.

SmartMarket Technologies Limited

London


Kieran O’Keeffe020 7744 6338Kieran.okeeffe@thesmartmarket.netwww.thesmartmarket.net72.20Smart Development Project

Smart email Development Project

SmartAds and SmarteMail are intelligent online ads or emails, containing optimised data-capture and data-processing power, that seamlessly capture the information necessary to complete a transaction without having to leave the ‘host’ website or email and without the inconvenience or delays of multiple screen ‘refreshes’. SmartAds simplify and shorten online customer journeys to just 3 clicks - pay, order and confirm.

London 134

http://www.sensox.com/


Solcara Limited

Middlesex


Robert Martin0870 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Linguistics Analysis & Knowledge Management

Utilising unique research emanating from major UK universities, Solcara aim to develop products that will dramatically increase the productivity of users that need to access and share knowledge. Advanced text mining, document navigation and the application of linguistics will take Knowledge Management (KM) into a new league.

Solion Limited

London


Dr Loey Salam020 7815 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Solar Powered Unmanned Aerial Glider (SPUAG)

Solion intends to build a SPUAG utilising the unique expertise and products of the company. The glider will be built out of carbon fibre material and will be equipped with camera, Non-destructive Testing equipment and Global Positioning System. Potential applications are police and traffic surveillance, air sampling and search and rescue.

London 135

http://www.solcara.com/


Surfim Limited

Surrey


Laura Dekker07980 [email protected]/A33.40Smart Development Project

3D Camera System

Surfim Limited design and build very high-speed three-dimensional digital cameras for accurate surface imaging of the human form. The goals of this project are to build and field trial some new compact systems to support quantitative 3D analysis in healthcare. This essential feedback will ensure that the new systems meet the rigorous demands of portability, ease of use and high performance.

Symban Power Systems Limited

London


Dr Nikos Baltas020 8874 [email protected] Feasibility Study

GenIUS-Manikin

This feasibility study is to apply the techniques of 'Computational Fluid Dynamics' and 'grid computing' to a new market sector such as the 'design and virtual prototyping of clothing systems'. The GenIUS-Manikin, a predictive analysis software tool, will provide a means of investigating the performance of different clothing assembly configurations before physical prototypes are made.

London 136

http://www.flowgrid.com/


Systemwire Limited

London


Ramin Dilmaghanian07976 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Feasibility Study

Consistency Checking using XML

University College London have been researching the problems of managing the consistency of distributed data. Initial work has led to the creation of a prototype called “xlinkit”. Systemwire, the spin out company, aim to help create a product that will make it significantly less costly for organisations to manage the consistency and hence quality of their data.

The Acrobot Company Limited

London


Dr David Sarphie020 7594 [email protected] Development Project

Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot

The Smart Award will be used to develop precision software-driven instrumentation to facilitate minimally-invasive (“keyhole”) orthopaedic surgery, specifically in the area of joint replacement. The Acrobot system will facilitate an improved surgeon-friendly procedure to allow many more patients to benefit from “keyhole” surgery, thereby increasing throughput and patient satisfaction and reducing post-operative hospital stays and healthcare costs.

London 137

http://www.acrobot.co.uk/



Tracktones Limited

Middlesex


Steve Parkin07754 [email protected]/A32.30Smart Micro Project

Music Product for Health & Fitness Clubs

Develop a product to deliver music to wire-free receivers worn by health and fitness club members, allowing free movement around club facilities, whilst working-out or relaxing. Up to 16 different channels of music can be selected by the user and the choice will include scientifically researched motivational music to enhance physical performance.

Turbocompounding Limited

London


John Hammerbeck020 7589 [email protected]/A34.30Smart Feasibility Study

Transmission Device for Trucks

Company has received an award for applying the newly patented Periodic Drive to retrofitted turbo-compounding of trucks. The technology offers a 10% fuel saving and has the potential to be retrofitted to the world fleet of 60 million commercial vehicles. This new turbo-compounding technology can also be applied to diesel generators and to marine engines.

London 138

Utilyx Limited

London


Scott Bradley020 7462 [email protected] Development Project

NHH e-Procurement Enabler

Utilyx offer services designed to make energy buying cost-effective, resource efficient and effortless. Utilyx aim to build the first non half-hourly e-procurement system to make full use of the market domain data. Once complete, the system will provide buyers with the ability to run a real time reverse auction for the provision of non half-hourly electricity meters that accurately analyse pricing information.

Virtuser Business Communications Services Limited

London


Christian Borrman020 7689 [email protected] Feasibility Study

Mobile Voice & Data Services

Project ‘Virtuser’ is looking at the feasibility of using Bluetooth in combination with GSM service provision with the aim of providing in-building voice and data services to complement a GSM offering. Benefits will include improved time and resource efficiency and secure access to information for business.

London 139

Working Learning Limited

Middlesex


Mike Baxter020 8560 [email protected] Feasibility Study

The Decision Object

This Smart award will allow Working Learning to develop interactive web-based tools to support complex judgemental decision-making, incorporating ‘learning-by-doing’, adaptive models of the decision process and feedback mechanisms. In particular they will develop a technology platform, to allow them to re-deploy component parts of their decision support (the decision objects) to many different types of business decisions.

Xyph Limited

London


Robert Kaplan020 8209 [email protected]/A72.60Smart Feasibility Study

Cryptacard

Determine the feasibility and cost to size limitations of the data reader required for the installation of multipurpose and encryption software. The technology will enable direct server location access and a number of inexpensive secure payment options for the downloading or viewing of multimedia or any other files online, whilst also offering a fraud resistant government entitlement payment model and NHS prescription services solution.

London 140

http://www.workinglearning.com/


Applied Dataflow Research Limited

Northumberland


Mr W C Smith01665 510682enquiries@dataflow-research.co.ukwww.dataflow-research.co.ukNot GivenMicro

Computer Architecture Using Multi Processors

The purpose of the project is to mount prototype parallel processing devices onto a bespoke backplane, which will incorporate all of the necessary I/ O circuitry thus making it compact enough to fit into a PC case, removing cabling bottlenecks. The development project will also aim to show that the system can run on programs written in standard languages.

BioTransformations Limited

Northumberland


Professor Colin Self01661 871546colinself@biotransformation.comwww.biotransformations.comNot GivenFeasibility

Directing Immunity By Light

The ability to guide the immune response of the body to the region it is needed by a minimally invasive procedure, which would have widespread application in areas such as cancer therapy. The project aims to develop such a procedure using technology that enables the "cloaking" of an antibody such that it is inactive until uncloaked simply by exposure to light. When activated these antibodies will bind and trigger the T-cells to kill cells in their vicinity. The applicability of directing the immune system by light will be investigated by the current project.

North East 141

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Bond Technologies (Europe) Limited

County Durham


Mr Wayne RichardsonN/AN/Awww.bondtec.co.ukNot GivenFeasibility

Short Range Location Management

Bond Technologies (Europe) Ltd was established in 2002 to serve market niches for integrated low cost, user-friendly systems for locating people and items of property in electronically hostile, semi-controlled environments. The present project is intended to prove the technical feasibility of creating such a system based on the actual needs of a target market.

Concordia Diagnostic Sensors Limited

Newcastle upon Tyne


Dr S Roy/ Iain Strong0191 281 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility

Concrete Corrosion Diagnostic System

The project involves fabricating a novel system, CONCORDIA, which would be used for advance warning of corrosion in steel bars of reinforced concrete. The sensor system would consist of chemical and electrochemical measurements to provide information on the concrete environment and the possible state of the steel bar. The system is expected to be useful for scheduling repairs in ageing concrete structures.

North East 142

EMS Europe Limited

Sunderland


Mr Kym Norman0191 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Energy Improved Washing Machines

Domestic washing appliances consume large quantities of water and electrical energy for heating. The project involves determination of the feasibility of significantly reducing this usage for the purposes of recycling water and re-harnessing the energy in the heat content of the effluent that is normally disposed, whilst maintaining the conventional washing machine presentation package and format.

Fimtrac Training Technology Limited

Tyne and Wear


Mr Chris Brannigan01434 [email protected] GivenMicro

Knowledge Quest

The ambition of Knowledge Quest is to make it the dominant platform for comprehensive based learning process, a market segment that is completely un-served today. The intention is also to build world-leading competences in the mass-market development of immersive learning applications that will enable Fimtrac TT to expand into other application areas.

North East 143

FITT Systems Limited

Newcastle Upon Tyne


Mr Alistair Crooks0191 270 [email protected] GivenMicro

Automated Touch Screen Fitness Assessment System

The project involves the development of an Automated Touch Screen Fitness Assessment System which will allow individual members of fitness gyms to take tests themselves to find out about specific health and fitness information, purchase products and give feedback and request information from staff members.

Griersons Limited

Newcastle Upon Tyne


Mr John Dobie0191 215 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Office Manager Re-W

The project involves investigation into the feasibility of redeveloping existing legal case management software to take advantage of new dynamic web scripting languages, increasing versatility and allowing expansion into international markets through the Internet.

North East 144

Innoverce Engineering Limited

Newcastle Upon Tyne


Mr Julian Peck0191 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Paper Joining Device

The project is a feasibility study into the development of a patentable fastener for papers that offers the benefits both of the conventional staple and of the conventional paperclip, and into the development of a patentable device for applying these fasteners to paper. IEL will use CAD design software, computer analysis and prototyping to validate and develop the concept through a number of iterations.

IZEZI Limited

County Durham


Mr Dexter Grant0191 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Unified Power Design Architecture (UPDA)

The aim of the project is the creation of a unique, scaleable, and highly responsive digital power controller architecture (UPDA). It will significantly reduce the time to market for new, novel, and highly complex power devices due to the technology's ability to digitally and dynamically synthesise any power control topology, to any conceivable level of complexity, in moments. The realisation of the UPDA's feasibility will bring about a marked step-change in power conversion and management technology.

North East 145

Kommunik Limited

Co Durham


Dr Philip Aranzulla0845 108 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Intelligent ICT Monitoring

The project will seek to investigate the feasibility of an ICT monitoring and fault diagnosis tool for end-users. The envisaged future tool suite will be highly differentiated to existing ICT monitoring tools in a number of areas, and it is expected that these innovative aspects will be secured via patents. Once the feasibility study is successfully completed, these products will be developed.

Neptune Engineering Services Limited

Sunderland


Mr Owen Craggs0191 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Intelligent Tank Gauging System

The proposal is to investigate the possibility of sensing ship tank fluid height using pressure transducers. The proposal is to investigate converting into digital signals, converting from pressure to height and volume using a tank profile and display on a local digital display. The result can be transmitted onwards to a central computer via serial lines.

North East 146

http://www.neptuneengineering.co.uk/


NuGround Limited

Newcastle Upon Tyne


Dr John Lamont-Black0191 [email protected]/geo.eng/Not GivenFeasibility

Use Of ElectroKinetic Geosynthesis in Sports Turf

The NuGround proposal involves investigating the feasibility of using ElectroKinetic Geosynthesis (EKG) to automatically control the condition of sports turf. EKG is currently utilised in civil engineering applications and this project seeks to show that the techniques can be adapted to control a number of attributes of turf ensuring that it is better quality, more hard wearing and more resistant to climatic conditions.

Oil & Gas Installations Limited

Kent


Mr Keith Dixon-Roche01227 [email protected] GivenDevelopment

PipeFlex

The proposal is to complete the development of a rubber bonded high pressure - high temperature (HPHT) flexible pipe, which can be manufactured in long lengths. The product will be designed to meet the demanding characteristics required by the offshore industry, and will provide significant benefit to the oil & gas sector by introducing flexibility and cost savings.

North East 147

http://www.pipeflex.com/


http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geo.eng/


Ridge Media Limited

Newcastle upon Tyne


Mr Mike Hendy0191 350 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Generic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithm

The project involves research into the feasibility of developing a Generic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithm as a middleware product targeted at the computer games-development industry. The project will aim to establish a theory that models intelligence through a unified description of consciousness and quantum theory.

Safedrop (UK) Limited

Northumberland


Mr Stephen PriestN/[email protected] GivenMicro

Innovative 'One Time' Locking Mechanism

The Safedrop proposal involves the development of a 'one time' locking mechanism which will be attached to a secure container, which in phase one of the project will be situated outside retail outlets e.g. supermarkets and will allow customers to collect their on-line groceries at a time convenient to them.

North East 148

http://www.safedrop.co.uk/


http://www.ridgemedia.com/


Simulations Limited

County Durham


Mr Roger Vila0191 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility

Self-Forming Masonry Cavity Tray

Cavity Trays are used extensively in building works for new structures, and when an extension is being built onto an existing structure. When inserting vertical cavity trays it is traditional to saw a vertical slot and insert the tray. The project aims to establish whether such a method could be applied when needing to insert cavity trays parallel to the roof line via an inclined sawn slot, rather than by the traditional method of removing brickwork, inserting the tray and replacing the bricks.

Starpoint Adaptive Optics Limited

Durham


Dr Andrew Zadrozny0191 [email protected] GivenFeasibility

Investigation into Commercial Applications of Adaptive Optics

The proposal involves investigating the technical feasibility of enabling existing complex optical correction & enhancement technology to be extended to cover a wider range of uses, and to be available at an affordable cost, with increased ease of operation.

North East 149

http://www.starpointao.com/



Unique Sport Training Systems International Limited

Northumberland


Mr Brian Turner01434 [email protected] GivenMicro

Exercise Systems for the Disabled

The project will involve the development from scratch of two pieces of wheelchair accessible cardiovascular exercise equipment, one based upon the benefits of a treadmill and the other on the benefits of a cross trainer.

Viratom Limited

Newcastle Upon Tyne


Dr G L Toms0191 2227629/ 0191 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility

Anti-RSV Monoclonal Antibody

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is the most important cause of infections of the lung in infants and children, bringing one in every fifty newborns into hospital in the winter. This project will attempt to develop monoclonal antibodies which when injected, can be used to protect infants from infection.

North East 150


http://www.uniquesport.com/


12 Voltz Limited

Cumbria


Mr Errol Kerrone 01539 [email protected]

Vertical Wind Turbine & Ventilator

The feasibility study of utilising a vertical wind generation/air extraction system for the provision of deep cycle battery charging in both static and mobile applications whilst challenging the limitations and constraints of Belt's Law - the product being inconspicuous, compact and highly efficient (patent pending).

Advanced Bioprocess Development Limited

Greater Manchester


Dr M J Dempsey 0161 247 [email protected]/A90.00Feasibility

Expanded Bed Nitrification

The technology converts ammonia in sewage to non-toxic nitrate, by the natural process of nitrification. However, it is so effective that the supply of oxygen is limiting and the project investigates using oxygen-enriched air for energy-efficient commercial applications.

North West 151

NORTH WEST

Advanced Interconnection Technology Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Peter Moran 0161 787 [email protected]

New concept of Semiconductor packaging

Advanced Interconnection Technology is Europe's only company fabricating circuit boards by plating copper onto ceramic. It has recently been demonstrated that this process can be used to fabricate the structures used to produce the packages used for assembling semiconductor devices. This Feasibility project is to demonstrate that these structures are capable of performing the electrical and mechanical functions of such packages.

Amtri

Cheshire


Mr Brian Hardwick 01625 [email protected]

Chatter Mark Detector

The project involves a study of the feasibility of a device for the routine, objective, inspection of mill rolls for the presence of chatter marks introduced into their surface by vibration during grinding. Current inspection methods rely only on visual assessment by the machine operator, and are thus purely subjective in nature.

North West 152

Applied Corrosion Monitoring T/A ACM Instruments

Cumbria


Mr Raymond Gill 015395 [email protected]

Internet Control

Users of the system developed with this award, will be able to take measurements of corrosion at remote locations without actually having to go there in person. The system uses the internet to do this.

Aquamatic Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Peter J Smith 0161 777 6607N/Awww.aquamatic.ltd.uk33.20Feasibility

Multi-role Liquid Sampling System

Aquamatic visualise a new and innovative automatic sampling system able to extract samples of most water based liquids varying between clean water and heavy sewage sludge, from either a pipeline/vessel (pressurised or non-pressurised) or an open source. The samples would be subsequently deposited into one or a number of sample collection vessels to be stored for subsequent collection and analysis.

North West 153

Ariel Trust Limited

Merseyside


Paul Ainsworth0151 702 0730N/AN/A92.20Micro

On-Line University for Radio

Ariel is developing distance-learning technology in response to skill shortages in the radio industry. The number of radio stations in the Northwest has recently risen from 6 to 30, creating opportunities for companies providing service for that industry.

Associated Power Limited

Lancashire


Mr Alan Kenney 07946 569 [email protected]

Power From Dense Media

Theoretical arguments, backed by an independent report and experimental results indicate that it may be possible to devise a new electricity generating system, free of existing constraints and environmental problems. More details of this can be found on the website.

Aurelialight Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Giampaolo Paiutta 0161 236 [email protected]/A33.10Development

Optical System for Rapid Blood Analysis

To develop an optimum sample collection and measurement procedure and instrumentation.

North West 154

Avisius Research Limited

Cumbria


Mr Ian Peter Whelan 01228 [email protected]/A24.41Feasibility

Novel Headlice Medication

Avisius Research Limited, based in the prestigious Westlakes Science Park, are investigating a range of novel patented products for the treatment of insect infestations and other fields of pest management. This new technology is highly effective in treating insect vectors no longer controllable by current insecticides due to resistance.

Azimurth Networks Limited

Cheshire


Mr Stephen Hand 0161 975 [email protected]/A72.20Micro

Web Filter and Firewall

The goal of this project is to construct a working prototype of a computer network product that will incorporate an Internet Proxy, Network Firewall and a Web Filter. The Web filter will be based upon our proprietary neural network driven content analysis technology, which has already produced unprecedented accurate results given the task of recognising undesirable web content.

North West 155

Bells of Lazenby Limited

Cumbria


Mr Michael J Bell 01768 [email protected]/A70.12Development

Gluten Free Food Development

The latest innovation is a plan to develop a new range of bakery products for the special diet market that are wheat, gluten and dairy free. These products have, until recently, only been available on prescription, manufactured to clinical rather than good food criteria. What Bells of Lazenby aim to achieve with this development project is to prove that traditional baking can produce great tasting biscuits, cakes and snack bars on a commercial scale, without any compromise to clinical standards.

Big Torch

Lancashire


Mr Mike Phillips 01204 [email protected]/A72.20Feasibility

Feasibility of Research Facility

The project scope is to prove the feasibility and profitability of providing an Artificial Intelligence based, world-class business and academic research facility, as part of a comprehensive Internet management system that sells by licence into public and corporate enterprises.

North West 156

Bosus Limited

Merseyside


Mr Rob Eames 0151 236 [email protected]/A28.52Feasibility

Novel Ultrasonic Processor

The project is investigating the feasibility of exploiting new concepts in the generation and transfer of ultrasonic energy to develop innovative continuous high-energy transfer ultrasonic processors for industrial application. It seeks to exploit the phenomenon known as cavitation.

Braddahead Limited

Merseyside


Mr John Humphrey 01744 23727N/AN/A32.20Feasibility

Buffered Multiplexor

To research the feasibility of novel video technology to lead to the development of a higher performance and more reliable video multiplexer for use with multi- camera CCTV systems.

Carrig Electronics Limited

Lancashire


Mr David Clare 07747 [email protected]/A31.62Micro

The Flasher

The product is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) light configuration applied to an article of clothing. The lights can be programmed by the wearer (to their own specification) via a small display on the back of the unit.

North West 157

Clark Mactavish Limited

Cumbria


Mr Robert Webb 016973 21516robert@clark-mactavish.co.ukwww.clark-mactavish.co.uk74.20Feasibility

Foliage Extracts Production

Study of the possible integration of a novel tree foliage extraction technology for production of plant growth stimulant into modern commercial timber harvesting techniques. The assessment of UK prevalent conifer species for raw material feedstocks. Construction of an organically certified pilot scale production plant.

Compactcaddy Limited

Lancashire


Mr Pablo Engl 01524 [email protected]

Compactcaddy

Compactcaddy Ltd. has been designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative, stylish electric golf trolleys since 1998. Our products are highly innovative in terms of design, ease of use, compactness and materials used. Since inception we have continuously developed products in response to feedback from our customers.

North West 158

Controls4steam Limited

Lancashire


Mr Craig Holden 01254 279268craig.holden@controls4steam.comwww.controls4steam.com29.24Feasibility

Decompressive Stripping

Controls4Steam have conceptualised a new process for the cleaning of sophisticated, high-value filter elements. This project aims to determine the feasibility of our novel idea that allows the disruption of chemical bonds between filter elements and their contaminants.

Crime Management and Community Safety Systems (UK) Limited

MerseysideContact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Mr John McRae 0151 286 [email protected]/A74.84Exceptional

Perimeter Wall Security System

To research the feasibility of detecting a force of more than 15kg in any plane, on the top of a perimeter wall, to detect the pressure of an intruder attempting to climb over the perimeter wall.

North West 159

Croft Engineering Services

Cheshire


Ms Karen Austin 01925 [email protected]

Perforated Metal Tube Machine

Croft Engineering Services intends to manufacture an innovative machine that will automate the entire process of manufacturing perforated metal tubes. The machine will involve the development of five modules which will be incorporated innovatively to produce one continuous process that will turn sheet metal into perforated metal tubes with a longitudinally welded seamed.

Cumberland Electrochemical Limited

Merseyside


Mr D A Hughes 0151 922 [email protected]

Electrochemical Metal Recovery

Cumberland Electrochemical is a small engineering company specialising in water treatment equipment. It was established in 1912 shortly after the first patents were issued describing the use of cathodic protection to prevent corrosion. Since that time Cumberland have continued to exploit electrochemistry, a seemingly innocuous technique with immense power.

North West 160

Silent Whisper

Lancashire


Mr David MossN/AN/AN/A33.10Micro

Dental Drill Noise Suppression

Our aim is to produce a technology that will reduce or remove the whistle of a dental drill, by using sound modelling techniques, and thus create a less stressful environment in the dental office for both patients and dental staff.

D H-Budenberg Limited

Greater Manchester

Contact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code: Project type:

Mr John Hackney 0870 787 7370N/AN/A33.20Development

Advanced I. S. Portable Pressure Calibration

DH Budenberg is developing an intrinsically safe portable calibrator that will incorporate innovative features. It will have the ability to be accessed over the Internet and will have on board diagnostics that will allow remote calibration and servicing.

North West 161

Dailys UK Limited

Cheshire


Mr Ben Sallom 0161 904 8550N/AN/A18.21Development

News Media Communications System

The company aims to develop a novel, intelligent, remotely managed, news media data, electronic, communications system to transmit, receive and monitor news media data to meet the requirements of the newspaper industry worldwide.

dB Research Limited

Merseyside


Prof W J Mullarkey 0151 330 [email protected]

Safe Mooring

The proposed project will investigate the feasibility of a motor-yacht control system to assist in low-speed manoeuvring: otherwise a difficult task. The system should accept directional requests from the skipper, and translate them into engineering control signals for the engines and gearboxes.

North West 162

Dependable Real Time Systems Limited

Lancashire


Geoffrey Allan07939 227890N/AN/A74.20Feasibility

Highly Dependable Systems

Dependable Real Time Systems Ltd (DRTS Ltd) aims to achieve significant improvements to the operation and safety of Distributed Control Systems throughout the world by applying a novel clock synchronisation algorithm to the widely used Bosch industrial communication standard CAN.

DESCo Research Limited

Lancashire


Mr John Bradley 01942 261 600jbradley@descoresearch.comwww.descoresearch.com74.20Feasibility

Retro Fit Electronic Engine Control (REEC)

DESCo Research Ltd is developing a Retrofit Electronic Engine Control (REEC) system for vehicles using carburettors. This will reduce HC exhaust emission by 25% and urban fuel consumption by 20% and with a catalyst meet potential Euro 2 emission levels .The system is fail-safe and has only 2 main parts. The system can be fitted within 1 hour.

North West 163

Dibsa Structures Limited

Lancashire


Mrs Christine Oldroyd 01706 342 [email protected]

Dibsadeck

To design a 'self supporting' lightweight galvanised steel roofing system that will span up to 12 metres. To be applied either for roof conversions or new build and as an alternative to the 'dead load' application of dibsadeck®

North West 164

Dmist Technologies Limited

Greater Manchester


Prof Nigel Allinson 0161 200 [email protected]

Real-time Video Enhancement

To investigate real-time video enhancement for adverse weather conditions, Dmist Technologies is investigating developed practical and robust video enhancement techniques that eliminate this scattered light component and permit the recovery of the original scene as if it was a clear day.

Double R Controls Limited

Lancashire


Mr Neal Rothwell 01706 [email protected]

Space Spooling

The project involves the development of a Tether Tape Spooling Unit that will enable the propulsion of bodies in space without the use of fuel.

North West 165

Abacus Automation

Cheshire


Mr Douglas Florence N/AN/AN/A29.24Micro

Weight Display Prototype

Abacus Automation aims to develop an innovative weight display for use in industrial weighing processes. Conventional weight displays have a numeric display to indicate the weight to the operator. Abacus aims to develop a unit with a graphic screen, which will show the weight both as a number and a graphical representation such as a bar graph or speedometer display.

Dr Richard S Neville

Greater Manchester


Dr Richard Neville N/AN/AN/A72.60Feasibility

LCI-Microelectric Systems

Feasibility study into a new family of high-speed computer devices. The smart award will focus on developing prototype devices on silicon, patenting the technology and undertaking a detailed market assessment to establish the optimum route to market for the technology.

North West 166

Edit Technologies Limited

Manchester


Mr Richard Malczyk [email protected]/A52.45Feasibility

Digital TV Enhancement

Researching the feasibility of enhancing digital television programmes by segmenting into a programme events series, transmitting the events to a receiver and selectively viewing each programme event as required, then developing a novel, interactive digital television programme viewer editing system.

Electronic Product Supplies Limited

Merseyside


Mr John Porter 0151 648 [email protected]/A31.62Micro

Audible Messaging System

The project is to develop a voice messaging system for the hearing impaired. It allows pre-recorded messages, stored in non-volatile memory, to be played out into an existing deaf person’s appliance or directly into an induction loop in response to external stimuli.

North West 167

Energetix Laser Technologies Limited

Cheshire


Mr Russell Benstead 0151 348 2113russell.benstead@energetixgroup.comwww.energetixgroup.com73.10Feasibility

Laser De-foaming Technology

Energetix Laser Technologies has developed a low power laser technology that emits light at a frequency that ruptures the bubbles in aqueous foams. The Feasibility study will provide a market review and the design and testing of laser delivery systems for industrial applications.

Fingershield (UK) Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Paul O'Carroll 0161 272 5500info@fingershield.co.ukwww.fingershield.co.uk74.99Feasibility

Improved Finger Protector

Finger Shields could prevent 300,000 UK children a year from seriously crushing their fingers in doors. Our improved version will produce great rewards for us, the UK, and other manufacturers interested in licensing our international patents.

North West 168

Future Safety Limited

Merseyside


Mr Colin Holmes 01744 818838info@future-safety.comwww.future-safety.com74.99Feasibility

Multi Purpose Safety Helmet

The project is to investigate the feasibility of an innovative safety helmet for the protection of agricultural and forestry workers, while using All Terrain Vehicles (ATV's) in their activities. The helmet would incorporate face, eye and ear protection.

G K Bio Products Limited

Lancashire


Mr Peter Kerfoot 0161 764 [email protected]/A74.30Feasibility

Bacteriological References

Laboratories testing for microorganisms in food need to validate their procedures by analysing reference material. We are investigating the feasibility of replacing existing powdered reference materials with a modified format. The new format would be easier and less costly to produce.

North West 169

Graffian Manufacturing Limited

Lancashire


Mr John Stuart 01698 252 102N/AN/A25.11Feasibility

Tyre Debeader

To test the feasibility of a new innovative method of removing the steel bead simultaneously from both sides of a used tyre casing prior to its destruction by shredding / granulation, increasing substantially production throughput and considerably reducing plant maintenance costs.

GT Plus Limited

Merseyside


Mr Philip Leather 0151 653 [email protected]/A24.42Feasibility

Prophylactic Lozenge Against Influenza

In the UK alone, 150 million working days at a cost of £6.75 billion are lost as a result of influenza. GT Plus Ltd are investigating the use of the body's natural antioxidant, glutathione to reduce the risk of infection.

North West 170

H W Communications Limited

Lancashire


Professor Michael Darnell 01524 [email protected]

Radio Communication System

The project will develop a flexible RApidly DEployable Emergency Multimedia (RADEEM) communications demonstrator system for a wide range of disaster and rural communication scenarios. The system will be fully transportable and able to exploit different types of radio/IP bearer channels.

Hoverwing Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr John Coakley 01663 [email protected]/A35.30Feasibility

The Hoverwing Prototype

The "Hoverwing" is a radio-controlled flying platform for carrying either a stills or movie camera, capable of hovering as well as rapid flight forwards or backwards.

North West 171

Human Ecology Limited

Cheshire


Mr Simon Walker 01606 [email protected]/A74.14Micro

Online Psychological Monitor

An innovative online system to measure and monitor the development of individual candidates in key psychological constructs (such as, for example, those that make up an individual’s ‘emotional intelligence’).

Hylomar Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr David Leith 01942 [email protected]

Automotive Engine Sealants

The aim of the project is to determine the feasibility of the commercial production of an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, non-corrosive and odourless single part alkoxy based RTV silicone sealant. The sealant should have a high resistance to engine and gear oil, and to transmission and cooling fluids.

North West 172

Image Metrics plc

Cheshire


Ms Lydia Meyer-Turkson 0161 476 8220Lydia.Meyer@image-metrics.comwww.image-metrics.com33.10Exceptional

Software Development

This project will develop a software technology platform that will allow the rapid development of a series of computer-aided detection solutions for the medical community. These software solutions will provide improved functionality to clinicians offering greater objectivity in clinical diagnosis using images.

North West 173

In Touch Limited

Lancashire


Mr John Walden 01524 [email protected]

GPS & Computerised Workstation

Creation of a programming platform to allow linking of portable workstations to GPS and office computer. Increased efficiency, elimination of up to five levels of duplication, reduction of errors, increased cash flow and creation of a simple audit trail. By using one computer programme to raise orders, produce invoices, produce reports and allocate work.

Independent Computer Systems Limited

Manchester


Mr Christian Smyth 0161 929 [email protected]

Customer Service Focused CRM

The Project involves the production of a software product that will enable organisations across a broad range of industries to adopt "Total Relationship Management" through an integrated help desk, contact/relationship and knowledge management solution.

North West 174

Infosar Limited

Merseyside


Professor Chris Oliver 0151 709 5065N/AN/A33.20Feasibility

SAR Image Interpretation System

The company aims to research the feasibility of using novel algorithms and implementation techniques to interpret image data of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) airborne and satellite instruments to deliver high quality information quickly.

Innergoal Limited

Lancashire


Mr Fred Holme 01695 [email protected]/A45.21Feasibility

Domestic Building Lintel

The project is designed to evaluate the feasibility of producing a new lightweight material predominately from fibre reinforced re-cycled PVCu. The material must be designed for current manufacturing processes and display sufficient structural strength to be used in a variety of structural building components i.e. lintels.

North West 175

Instrumentation Design Limited

Cheshire


Mr Mark Johnson 0161 941 [email protected]. markjohnsonconsulting.co.uk74.84Feasibility

Optical Detection for Membranes

Opto-electronic techniques will be developed for in-situ measurement of liquid and particulate microbiological samples captured on membrane filters. This will lead to improved equipment for clinical diagnostics in the GP's surgery, in-the-field chemical testing and laboratory analysis.

Integrated Reservoir Solutions Limited

Cheshire


Mr Glynn Carter 0151 356 [email protected]/A74.20Development

Geostratigraphy System

The company aims to develop a novel, automatic, Geostratigraphy system, to meet the requirements of the oil exploration industry worldwide.

IRS Surfacing Technologies Limited

Lancashire


Mr John Berry 01704 [email protected]

Bonded Coating System

The company aims to research the feasibility of pump rotors coated with a thermally applied mechanically bonded coating, to pump oil drilling "mud" continuously without failure.

North West 176

Frank Smith Skip Hire & Waste Disposal

Lancashire


Mr J A Park N/AN/AN/A37.20Feasibility

Improved Skip Waste Separation

The company have undertaken to sort all of the various waste streams collected via skips, with a design of auto separation, to overcome the health hazard exposure currently to personnel, whilst achieving greater recycling results.

Jeftex Limited

Lancashire


Mr Jim Freeman 01706 [email protected]/A17.30Development

Yarn Package Building System

The use of electronically controlled actuators to wind textile yarn packages used in subsequent processes, in a "smart" manner. The object being to 'tailor' the yarn package produced to the materials and conditions applying in winding and at subsequent processes.

North West 177

Deva Biotechnology

Cheshire


Mr John Cummins N/AN/AN/A73.10Micro

Drug Discovery

The project involves early stage drug discovery. Assays will be carried out on an already identified natural product to ascertain whether it contains molecules that have anti-adhesive potency, with potential for development as human and/or veterinary therapeutics.

Kaiku Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Richard Dowdeswell 0161 227 [email protected]

Foreign Body Detection

Kaiku’s unique technology revolves around making measurements of the electrical properties of liquids as they pass through a special pipe. By measuring these changes it is possible to monitor if for example a drink has become contaminated during its production.

North West 178

KIS (Keep It Simple Solutions)

Greater Manchester


Mr John Evans 0161 336 [email protected]/A32.10Feasibility

The Shock Stopper

The project will support the development and testing of a prototype all plastic 'Electrical Connector'. This will replace existing models that include metal screws, and will be easier to handle for electricians. It will also potentially reduce production costs.

Lamination Technologies Limited

Lancashire

Contact: Tel: e-mail:

Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Ms Mary Morrison 01706 231041marymorrison@lamination-technologies.co.ukwww.lamination-technologies.co.uk74.84Micro

Flame Retardant P.S. Tape

Lamination Technologies Limited are consultants to users of textile laminations. They produce low volume, high-tech fabric laminates and have been awarded a Smart Micro grant to develop a product used in the application of flame retardant fabrics to aircraft interiors.

North West 179

Lynton Lasers Limited

Cheshire


Dr Andrew John Berry 01477 [email protected]

Smart Delivery Systems

Flashlamp systems for cosmetic dermatology have no "intelligence" and rely on the training of their operator. "Smart delivery systems" will incorporate treatment monitoring and feedback into the systems to make them safer. Pre-production prototypes will be developed and submitted to clinical trials.

M2 Consultancy Limited

Lancashire


Mr Jonathon McCoy 01257 451901info@m2consultancy.comwww.m2consultancy.com64.20Feasibility

Real Time Global Intelligence

The aim of the feasibility study is to examine and produce a prototype web based technology system, which can provide intelligence to a user on a number of subject areas applicable to them, based on location. The prototype system will provide real-time intelligence information to a user on demand, utilising the Global Positioning System (GPS), Satellite and Communication Technology and the Software Prototype.

North West 180

Maintenance Engineering & Measuring Services Limited

Lancashire


Mr David Duerden 01254 [email protected]/A28.52Development

Portable Electro-Chemical Machining Device

To undertake a technical and commercial feasibility study for the development of a portable machine (based on the electro chemical machining process) for the removal of damaged studs, bolts, taps, dies etc in work pieces or equipment. It is envisaged that the developed process and equipment would have a wide range of applications particularly in the onsite construction, repair and maintenance industries where the removal of equipment is either impracticable or prohibitive due to cost.

Martin Mulligan (UK) Limited

Merseyside


Mr Martin Mulligan 01744 [email protected]

Service Maintenance System

The company aims to develop a novel, automated, remotely managed, computerised service maintenance system, to meet the data access, recording and management requirements of equipment service and maintenance companies.

North West 181

ME & D Morris t/a Moreton Alarm Supplies

Merseyside


Mr Mark Morris 0151 630 [email protected]/A31.62Development

Visibell

This project is designed to develop our patented Visibell covert camera mounted doorbell, and make it the centre of a “caller management system”. This would send pictures of visitors pressing the doorbell to the householder’s mobile phone, or Internet device.

Meaburn Limited

Cheshire


Mr David Egerton 0161 612 [email protected]/A24.14Feasibility

Lightweight Charcoal Maker

The project is for a device to produce charcoal more easily in waste wood environments. This is lightweight and based on fireproof fabric. It offers the potential to convert waste wood cheaply in the UK to the benefit of the environment and the Balance of Trade.

North West 182

Micap PLC

Merseyside


Dr Gordon Nelson 01925 664200gordon@fluidtechnologiesplc.comwww.micap.biz74.15Feasibility

Yeast Cells for Drug Delivery

The project will demonstrate the efficacy of using yeast based micro-encapsulation technology in drug delivery. High concentrations of flavour are known to release directly on contact with mucous membranes, which if replicated for pharmaceuticals will have the potential to significantly improve drug bioavailability.

Mineral Solutions Limited

Greater Manchester


Dr Colin Hughes 0161 275 [email protected]/A93.05Feasibility

Bioremediation Technology

Mineral Solutions are developing an in situ bioremediation technology that aims to stimulate the biomineralisation of contaminated land, to produce a subsurface reactive barrier that will degrade and immobilise pollutants.

North West 183

MK-V Modular Systems Limited

Cheshire


Mr Howard Smith 0161 480 [email protected]

LW Camera Stabilisation

The project concerns the film industry. Its aim is to assess the feasibility of developing a new fully modular lightweight camera stabilisation system, worn by the cameraman. The equipment currently on the market is very expensive, awkward to use and capable of considerable innovative development.

Morgan Doyle Limited

Greater Manchester


Dr Dennis Doyle 0161 761 7976dennis.doyle@morgandoyle.co.ukwww.morgandoyle.co.uk72.20Micro - R & D Grant

Active Directory Tool Prototype

ADDA provides a generic framework to rapidly create a decision tree from expert knowledge without software development. The prototype solves the problem of designing complex computer network directories based on Microsoft’s Active Directory.

North West 184

Motion Microwave Limited

Cheshire


Mr Brian Cunningham 0161 436 5087briancunningham@totalise.co.ukwww.motionmicrowave.co.uk32.10Micro

Microwave Test Station

The project gives Motion Microwave Limited the ability to design-in 24GHz Doppler module transceivers into the large end user market for automatic door sensors and traffic management systems.

Geonic

Greater Manchester


Mr Nicholas Georgiou N/AN/AN/A29.24Micro

Geonic Joint

The Geonic joint is a unique innovative ball joint with a wide technical application, particularly useful in directional electronic devices. Geonic Ltd aims to establish the design as a standard fitting for a new generation of industrial and domestic equipment.

North West 185

North West Manufacturing Technologies Limited

Lancashire


Mr Steve Basnett 01942 [email protected]

Robot Vibrator Attachment

We are looking at the feasibility of producing a vibrator attachment for a commercially available, low-cost industrial robot arm. This would be incorporated into a standard manufacturing cell for the casting of concrete blocks.

Novus Food Holdings Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr K. J. Pickford 0161 736 [email protected]/A73.10Development

Preserving Crispness in Foods

Thawing frozen foods by microwave renders conventional batters and crumb coatings soft and unpalatable. This development grant will allow us to bring our system for preventing such degradation to market. We are therefore considering licence applications from manufacturers of frozen fish and coated meat and vegetable products.

North West 186

Oleotec Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Christopher Bradley 0151 357 [email protected]/A24.66Feasibility

Wave Energy Harvester

The feasibility of extracting renewable energy from ocean waves using a floating array of flexible compartments will be investigated. Scale models will be built and tested to optimise performance, simplify the design and reduce production costs.

North West 187

Orangery Software Limited

Lancashire


Mr Guy Farley 07966 [email protected]

Eden

Orangery's product, Eden, is a software tool for the development and running of new business applications that integrate and leverage the systems already in use by the business, without the need for new code to be written or deployed.

Oxley Developments Company Limited

Cumbria


Mr Richard Norrie 01229 [email protected]/A32.10Development

Datalox

The “Datalox” project will integrate e-tag technology with active utilisation and equipment condition monitoring. Through this project, Oxley will develop a miniaturised device to measure and record the status, condition and history of a wide range of information critical equipment and systems. It will combine many of the attributes found in static data memory devices, elapsed time indicators and electronic sensors, such as data recording and diagnostics, into one unique device that is highly functional, small and inexpensive. It will be user configurable to suit a variety of requirements relevant to different market sectors.

North West 188

Ozone Concentrator Limited

Cheshire


Professor R Mann 0161 200 [email protected]/A24.13Feasibility

R & D for Ozone Concentrator

The project will research the safe control and operation of a permeable membrane separator producing pure gaseous ozone at 100% yield from pure oxygen. The concentrator will radically widen applications in water treatment and chemical synthesis.

P&C Communications Limited

Lancashire


Mr Mick Craddock 01695 576 [email protected]

IP/IP Encryption

P&C Communications Ltd aim to provide an economic managed data network encryption service. It will suit any organisation with a need to secure their mission critical local and wide area networks from external and internal un-authorised intrusions, and protect and secure information and data of a private or personal nature.

North West 189

Pixel Fountain

Cheshire


Mr Paul Ladley 01625 610 [email protected]

Sustainable Business

This project will develop a learning game and blended workshop aimed at businesses. The game will simulate the implementation of Sustainable Development (SD) into a supply chain, so providing the learner with the knowledge to do it for real.

Plastic For Industry

Merseyside


Mr John Thorpe 01704 509888jt@pfigroup.co.ukwww.plasticforindustry.co.uk74.99Development

Balustrading System

The company aims to develop a novel, multi-purpose, corrosion and vandal proof balustrading system, to meet the requirements of the construction industry worldwide, for use in all barrier-required environments.

North West 190

Prelude Electronics Limited

Lancashire


Ms Lorraine Patience 01772 [email protected]/A33.30Development

Digital Drug Dispensing Unit

The company aims to develop a novel and innovative automated programmable digital drug dispensing system, allowing the controlled and secure dispensing of drug dependence treatment to drug addicts worldwide.

Q Plasma Technologies Limited

Merseyside


Mr Jacques Protic 0151 231 [email protected]

Penetrative Plasma Steriliser

QPT is currently embarking upon a feasibility study to assess the system capability of penetrating long lumen devices within a 'wrapped' format, to enable the effective sterilisation of instruments used in microsurgery. The innovative process developed by OPT has been proven to be effective in the destruction of a wide range of bacteria, with substantive validation work having been undertaken on the Company's behalf by leading UK Universities.

North West 191

Q-Technologies Limited

Merseyside


Dr S Taylor 0151 794 [email protected]/A33.20Feasibility

The Microquad

The prospect of a low power, portable mass spectrometer operating at higher pressures than conventional instruments offers many advantages, including universal gas detection at low cost. This project assesses the feasibility of such a novel, miniature electronic 'nose': the MicroQuad.

North West 192

Quantum IDS Limited

Lancashire


Mr Jim Mercer 01257 [email protected]/A72.20Feasibility

Business Software Development

Systems designed to reconcile operational uncertainty with statutory accounting requirements unwittingly exacerbate business inefficiency, and inhibit productivity improvement. QuIDs turns operational uncertainty to advantage, and provides the basis for more effective management control and corporate wide continuous improvement.

Quantum Lighting Limited

Merseyside


Mr Peter Byrne 0151 639 0118N/AN/A31.50Development

Art Gallery Exhibit Illumination

The company aims to develop a novel, intelligent, art gallery exhibit luminaire and security system, to meet the requirements of art galleries worldwide. The system will be based on an individual art gallery exhibit’s safe illumination, physical protection and security.

North West 193

Radal Technology Limited

Lancashire


Mr Brent Dunleavey 01282 430017brent.dunleavey@radaltechnology.comwww.radaltechnology.com31.62Feasibility

Cigarette Smoke Detector A feasibility study is to be carried out into the use of new sensor technology to detect low concentrations of tobacco smoke in the environment. The study will hopefully culminate in a commercially viable product to protect employers against new passive smoking legislation.

Rawwater Engineeering Company Limited

Cheshire


Dr Robert Eden 01925 [email protected]

'Icarus' - Reaction Initiator for Oil Well Plugs

An expanding metal alloy plug could be used to prevent environmental damage from leakage through abandoned wells. This feasibility study will develop an electrical reaction initiator for a pyrotechnic charge that melts the alloy at the time of deployment.

Redten Computers Limited

Merseyside


Mr Howard Matthews 0151 243 [email protected]

Personal Education Computer

The company aims to develop a novel, lightweight, portable personal education computer, to meet the study ,data access and recording requirements of educational students.

North West 194

Riverside Composites Limited

Lancashire


Mr Mike Longworth 01204 [email protected]/A29.56Feasibility

Long-lasting Composite Fencing

Red cedar fencing needs replacing every ten years or so. Each replacement is expensive, requiring materials, labour, and possibly negotiation with neighbours. This project would therefore look at the feasibility of manufacturing attractive composite fencing panels at such a price as to make them the preferred alternative to wood.

Clearaway Engineering Services

Greater Manchester


Mr Robert Lisles N/AN/AN/A29.24Feasibility

Refrigerant Media Separation

The objective of the project is to bring to the market a portable de-gassing unit that not only removes the gas vapours but also removes the oil from fridges and freezers.

North West 195

Robin Wolfendale

LancashireContact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Mr Robin Wolfendale N/AN/AN/A35.20Feasibility

Assembled Embedded Rail Study

In assembled Embedded Rail each of the running rails is encased in a high performance polymeric coating to provide resilient suspension for the train wheels and to reduce noise and vibration radiated from the rails.

Rowan Technologies Limited

Greater Manchester


Dr David Farrell 0161 748 3644mail@rowantechnologies.co.ukwww.rowantechnologies.co.uk30.02Development

Development of a Portable Corrosion Scanner

The project is to develop a portable Corrosion and thermal Scanner for refineries, chemical plant and oil installations. Current scanners are fixed installations but there is a requirement for a portable system for intermittent monitoring of plant, possibly under a ‘hot work permit’.

North West 196

RSVP Dialogue Limited

Lancashire


Mr David Burns 01254 246 [email protected]

Pre-Production Prototype of RSVP Dialogue System

RSVP Dialogue is building a pre-production prototype of its intelligent dialogue/transaction system. The system will be capable of connecting to a prospective client's transaction data, answering the telephone and entering into dialogue with the caller to complete a transaction.

RxTxTech

Greater Manchester


Mr Jonathan Bale 0161 227 [email protected]

ISAAC

RxTxTech Limited have been awarded a Smart Feasibility Grant to investigate the feasibility of using commodity PC hardware and the Linux operating system to provide a secure, network-level conditional access solution for content providers wishing to offer chargeable Internet services.

North West 197

Sabili Limited (Formerly Super Midlets Limited)

Greater Manchester


Graham Whistance0161 276 8344graham.whistance@sabili.co.ukwww.sabili.co.uk72.20Feasibility

Mobile Phone DevelopmentSuper Midlet's MX Engine resides on mobile devices allowing companies to develop applications in a fraction of the time currently available. The engine removes the constraints of memory and processor so that developers can concentrate on delivering functional applications.

Safeshred Limited

Merseyside


Mr Mike Jones 0151 647 0099sales@safeshredN/A51.57Feasibility

Cardboard/plastic Composite

The company aims to research the feasibility of creating a cardboard/plastic composite building material for cardboard and plastic material currently going to landfill.

Safety & Survival Technology Limited

Merseyside


Mr Peter Gordon 0151 428 [email protected]@aol.com18.24Feasibility

Inflatable Head and Neck Protector

The project will study the feasibility of developing a rapidly inflating helmet and neck-protecting device. Its purpose will be to improve protection in sports activities where risks of head, and particularly neck injury (and "broken neck") are possible.

North West 198

ServicePower Business Solutions Limited

Cheshire


Mr Julian Winder 0161 476 [email protected]/A72.20Development

Unified Service Delivery Model

The “fulcrum” project will deliver corporate systems and processes to the small service company and independent contractor. ServicePower will utilise the Internet to offer applications and services at a low transaction price that deliver efficiency benefits to the contractor and better service to the general public.

Smartcap Limited

Merseyside


Mr Lee Parkinson 0151 632 2577N/AN/A25.22Development

Smartcap Closure Cap

The company aims to develop a novel closure cap (Smartcap) with an audible warning that sounds when it is removed from its container, to meet the health and safety requirements of poisonous container manufacturers throughout the World.

North West 199

Special Blend Limited

Lancashire


Mr Alec Latham 01204 366399N/AN/A17.72Feasibility

Geotextile Fabric

The purpose of this project is to develop the machinery capable of producing fabric with the necessary properties to give the construction industry a Bio-Degradable option when faced with problems of soil erosion on construction sites where earth stability for landscaping etc is an important factor. A typical example is a motorway embankment, though there will be many cases in construction, agriculture, market gardening etc where a relatively short period of time is required before natural vegetation becomes established.

Speleo Technics Limited

Lancashire


Mr Keith Lewis 01995 [email protected]

Nova Light

5 Watt LED’s are becoming available. A head torch is to be developed to exploit this new bright light with lightweight, simple, robust and waterproof design. Sophisticated electronics will allow the use of a wide range of power sources.

North West 200

Spiratech Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Steve Hodgson 0161 776 [email protected]

CY Development (Software)

Spiratech develop, sell and support Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products. Spiratech have developed a proprietary software product, named CY, which significantly reduces the cost of designing electronic devices. CY is used to model and continuously monitor design quality throughout the development process.

Steve Goodhand

Greater Manchester


Mr Steve Goodhand N/AN/AN/A36.40Feasibility

Back Exercise Machine

At any time, approximately 1% of the able bodied population is suffering from back problems. This project is to build prototypes of a bed for taking the load off the spines of people who suffer acute back pain yet allowing and promoting movement.

North West 201

Supreme Visors Limited

Merseyside


Mr Paul Ferguson 0151 327 [email protected]

Shot Blasting Helmet

An industrial safety device to protect the user from the high impact of shot blasting grit ricochet also to protect the lungs from the grit and the often harmful effects of the paint and rust being removed during the blasting process.

Synaxis Data Services Limited

Lancashire


Mr Arthur Kay 01204 396496N/AN/A72.20Micro

EnvisionIT Data Engine

Our product, EnvisionlT, is a powerful software tool, enabling the extraction, transformation and loading of data from disparate operational systems into a central system. Our project is to add strategic functionality to EnvisionlT that will give it a wider market appeal.

North West 202

T J Corbishley (Developments) Limited

Cumbria


Prof Terry Corbishley 01229 [email protected]/A74.84Feasibility

Thermal Insulation for Pipelines

The study relates to the feasibility of a high performance thermal insulation system for application to submarine pipelines, as utilised in the recovery offshore of oil and gas from beneath the seabed. The aim of the system is to achieve overall heat loss performance equal to that presently only possible with competitive pipe-in-pipe arrangements.

Technical Service Consultants Limited

Lancashire


Mr Roger Kinsella 01706 620 [email protected]/A74.99Feasibility

Urine Collection Device

The objectives of this Smart Feasibility project are to examine the manufacturing feasibility and market potential of this new and original idea for urine collection. This new innovative design allows discrete and easy collections of these urine samples. It will hopefully increase patient compliance and accuracy of analysis, make it simpler for laboratories to work with the sample, and have a positive environmental effect.

North West 203

Technijet Limited

Lancashire


Mr David MacFarlane 015242 [email protected]

Fabric Cleaning System

Technijet specialises in the manufacture of complex wash systems to many industrial sectors. Products are manufactured for manual or automatic formats to suit individual requirements. Also offered are high-quality CIP systems and a full range of fixed pressure washers.

Technology Store Limited

Cumbria


Mr David Heron 01900 [email protected]/A30.02Exceptional

Remote Interview Software

The TellyTalk Central project will integrate the company’s TellyTalk remote video interview software with current server based technologies in order to create an intelligent network and handle a large volume of remote video interviews within a Call Centre based environment.

North West 204

The Adrenalin Network Limited

Cumbria


Mr Chris Hillman 015394 [email protected]. corporate-adrenalin.com72.20Feasibility

Corporate Campus Virtual Learning

The Corporate Campus is a virtual learning environment that has the look and feel of a real university campus. It’s a place where you go to learn and afterwards meet up with colleagues in the student bar for a beer, a game of pool or just a chat, all in a virtual world.

The Newton Instrument Company

Merseyside


Mr John Haworth 0151 632 4780N/[email protected]

Oxygenation of Sewage by CDC

This project aims to prove the feasibility of a newly patented process of oxygenating liquids. This process is based on the natural water aeration process observed when water flows over a waterfall or weir and potentially offers significant economic advantages.

North West 205

The POS Store Limited

Cheshire


Mr Kevin Murphy 0161 926 [email protected]/A72.20Feasibility

Point of Sale Promotions

Using mature internet technologies allied with custom print, design and artwork software, MyPOS eliminates conventional printing of materials and the need for bulk runs to gain economies of scale. It also eliminates conventional POS distribution methods. With MYPOS it is perfectly feasible for extremely high quality precisely targeted in-store posters, cards, displays and other materials to be produced one at a time, personalised by a single Retailer for his own use, containing his own messages without affecting the integrity of the featured brand or its image.

Thermonex Limited

Lancashire


Mr David Aulton 01204 [email protected]

Thermonex Building Panels

Thermonex will introduce an innovative pre-cast concrete brick clad full wall system into the UK for housing and multi-dwelling flats that will allow significant improvements in efficiency without any reduction in design specification or quality.

North West 206

Trans Spectra Limited

Cheshire


Mr Clive Workman 01270 [email protected]

Body Water Analyser

Assessment of the feasibility of developing a small instrument for the real time measurement of the deuterium content of breath in the clinical environment and hence the rapid measurement of TBW with all the benefits that brings.

Trantor Vehicles Limited

Greater Manchester


Mr Graham Edwards01942 897121N/Awww.trantortractors.com28.52Development

Farm Vehicle Development

HST's Smart feasibility study indicated that a new, more advanced technical specification of lightweight, higher speed farm vehicle is now needed to improve the efficiency of farming worldwide and be more acceptable, in health and safety terms, to tractor drivers. The Smart development project involves developing the pre-production prototype of such a vehicle defined in the feasibility study.

North West 207

Trevor Farrington Limited

Cheshire


Mr Trevor Farrington 01565 722151N/AN/A34.10Micro

The Farrington Sports 1000

The philosophy behind the project is to create an affordable to buy and run racecar with innovative use of existing technology and knowledge.

Vantage Systems Limited

Cheshire


Mr Kevin Burgess 01625 [email protected]/A35.30Micro

Validate Core Device Technology

Vantage Systems Ltd is producing a system to enhance the safety of air travel worldwide. A Smart Micro Award has been offered toward the cost of the research into validation of the suitability of the technology used for the system.

Viafon Limited

Merseyside


Mr John Smallthwaite 0151 647 [email protected]/A64.20Development

Voice/Video Communication System

The company aims to develop a novel, integrated voice and video communication system to allow simultaneous voice and video communication by individual internet users worldwide using the home telephone and PC or TV.

North West 208

Walker Cameras

Merseyside


Mr Mike Walker 0151 647 [email protected]. walkercameras.com33.40Development

Medium Format Film/Digital Camera

To research the feasibility of automatically changing picture size within a single format film / digital camera without changing either the film or digital back, leading to the development of a novel, automatic, multi picture-size medium format film / digital camera.

Webaspx Limited

Cheshire


Mr Calum Forsyth 01928 [email protected]

'Roundbuilder' Prototype

Roundbuilder is a novel, web enabled, software application that uses advanced optimisation technologies to design refuse collection rounds. The efficiency improvements gained over manual round design are typically 10%. This is vital since collection cost is a major element in the total cost of waste management, which runs at around £1Bn per year in the UK.

North West 209

White Friars (UK) Limited

Cheshire


Mr Don Parry-Jones 01829 [email protected]/A51.16Feasibility

Textile Analysis Study

Development of a comprehensive archive storage and display system capable of analysis to determine the weaving used to create the cloth. The system will be designed to enable interested parties access to archive material for study purposes whilst safeguarding the material.

Wholey International Limited

Lancashire


Mr Les Underwood 07734 938964N/AN/A35.50Feasibility

Cargo-Pod Project

Wholey International is developing a slash-proof covering for airline cargo-pods. The covering will protect the cargo during loading and reduce the weight of the pod thereby allowing the airline to carry more cargo per flight.

North West 210

YYY Systems Limited

Cheshire


Mr Josh Speed [email protected]

Real-Time National HGV Planning

YYY Systems provide workforce management tools for the grocery industry. Our state of the art solutions dramatically reduce the cost of delivering goods particularly goods purchased on the internet or by telephone.

North West 211

Abington Partners

Bath & North East Somerset


David Crellin01225 [email protected]&D - Micro

Design and Development of a Novel Distance Sensor

The project will develop an electronic distance sensor based on a novel approach to utilising an ultrasonic signal. The system can most easily be understood as an electronic tape measure where the distance between a transmitter and a receiver is updated on the output up to 20,000 times per second. A resolution of better than 0.01mm is achievable over a range of 8m.

Avenca Limited

Dorset


Dr. Neil Baines01308 [email protected], 7220, 7260Smart Feasibility

Voyage Operations QA (VOQA)

This project researches the feasibility of routine automated analysis of data from ships’ "black box" voyage data recorders to monitor the quality and safety of vessel operations.

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Bryan Rawlings Design


Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website: SIC Code:Project type:

Mr Bryan Rawlings0117 9867894bryan@bryanrawlings.co.ukwww.bryanrawlings.co.uk74.84Smart Micro

Pedal Propelled Skates

This project is to produce a prototype of a compact device that can be worn like skates, but can be pedalled with a motion and efficiency comparable to that of a conventional bicycle. A basic model has proved that the principle works, and the project is on track to produce a wearable, rideable prototype.

Clean Water Systems Limited

Devon

Contact: Tel: e-mail: Website:SIC Code: Project type:

Jonathan Miles01884 [email protected]/A7420Development

Advanced Oxidation Process

Development of a process of using Advanced Oxidation to remove both dissolved and dispersed hydrocarbons from produced water offshore.

South West 213



Datatrac Limited

Devon

Contact: Tel: e-mail:Website: SIC Code: Project type:

John Colson01404 [email protected] Feasibility

Handheld Electronic Tag Reader

To design and construct a pre-production version of a handheld electronic tag reader for use in hostile or high risk environments. The reader will be used to prove that checking or maintenance regimes of equipment located in hazardous areas has been carried out correctly.

Dispersed Music & Merchandising Systems Limited

Cornwall


Toby Parkins01872 [email protected]/A9234Smart Feasibility

The Source

There is a demand in the digital jukebox market for a real time remote delivery system that is not addressed by existing technology. Having conceived a solution, the company wish to investigate a more radical approach and explore the market potential for their idea.

South West 214


http://www.datatrac.com/


Douglas C Clarke

Gloucestershire


Doug ClarkeN/AN/AN/ANot GivenNot Given

Smart Automatic Irrigation System

The Smart Automatic Irrigation System replicates the conscientious gardener. Increasing the watering of plants during hot dry spells, and reducing or stopping during wet periods, to provide the moisture conditions required for optimum growth, unlike water timers that continue to dispense a fixed amount of water at a pre-set time irrespective of the weather.

South West 215

EvanesCo Limited

Devon


Professor J H Slater01823 [email protected]/A7310Smart Feasibility

Characterisation of Novel Analytical System

To evaluate a business based on a novel insulin detection technology and establish the potential to become the next generation of chemical and biological sensors.

Exeter Antioxidant Therapeutics Limited

Devon


Professor J H Slater01823 430052 [email protected]/A7310Smart Feasibility

Characterisation of Novel Therapeutic Compounds

To evaluate a business based on characterisation of novel therapeutic compounds.

Exeter Electronics Limited

Devon


Ray Kirby01392 204036N/AN/A7310Smart Micro

Trolleyguard

The 'TrolleyGuard' concept is a simple preventative, using induction loop technology to generate an electronic barrier around the periphery of a site. Trolleys approaching the boundary of legitimate customer use will first emit a warning tone, which will cease if the trolley is pulled back, those crossing the boundary will lock on to an aggressive alarm tone.

South West 216



Exeter Nanobacteria Limited

Devon

Contact: Tel: e-mail Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Professor J H Slater01823 [email protected]/A7310Smart Feasibility

Detection of Nanobacteria

To carry out a project to evaluate a business based on the novel detection of nanobacteria and to establish the potential to develop a rapid detection kit.

Golfspeed International Limited

Dorset


Mike Ramsay08707 [email protected], 3990Smart Development

Ballfinder

The Smart development grant aims to bring Ballfinder from proved feasibility study to market. The Ballfinder product is a small, hand held, TV remote style device that will locate any standard unmodified golf ball within 10 metres. The product will be available in 2004 and potential distributors worldwide should contact the above.

South West 217


Growtex Limited

Devon


Roger Davey01395 [email protected]/A7310Smart Feasibility

Calf Haematology and Growth Study

Investigation of the relationship between certain parameters of the haematological profile of blood and eventual growth route. Once data have been collected and analysed, it should be possible to produce a scoring system related to the results of a blood test, taken soon after birth, which will accurately predict the animal's susceptibility to disease and subsequent growth rate.

Integral Mobile Data Limited

Wiltshire


Philip Neame0870 080 1808enquiries@integralmobiledata.co.ukwww.integralmobiledata.co.uk7221Smart Micro

mForms Software Development

The initial mForms project developed an ‘off-the-shelf’ user-configurable suite of software to enable seamless electronic transfer of data between mobile worker and any back-office database. The aim is to bring the benefits of this technology to a new range of business processes and industry sectors by positioning it within the financial and competence reach of all.

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http://www.integralmobiledata.co.uk/

J & F J Baker & Co Limited

Devon


Andrew Parr01297 552282N/AN/A1754Smart Feasibility

Laser Treatment of Leather

The aim is to develop a computer scanning system capable of generating a map of imperfections on the surface of leather material, enabling a diagnostic action plan to be generated which could be used to operate a Laser beam capable of vaporising the faults identified whilst treating the overall material surface with beam which would have the effect of buffing the surface.

John Griffiths

Wiltshire


John GriffithsN/AN/AN/A8512Smart Micro

Oral Hygiene Treatment Device

This project offers a new thinking in oral hygiene which emphasises the need to clean all of the mouth, not just the teeth. This quality, disposable item is convenient, requires no water and has a huge market potential i.e. NHS, Armed forces, airlines, general public. It has passed university testing and is approved by dental professionals.

South West 219

Kirby Devon Limited

Devon


Ray Kirby01752 [email protected]/A3320Micro

KBC7 Batch Counter Project

To design and make a prototype batch counting machine for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

K L Scott

Cornwall


Ken ScottN/AN/AN/A7310Micro

Collapsible Toilet/Septic Tank

Portable toilet/septic tank designed for use in remote areas to avoid the effects of bad sanitation, which is the main cause of death after major disasters. The unit can be biodegradable, to last 10 people for approx. 2 years or the more permanent, up to 30 years. The toilet is stackable at 22 units per pallet.

Marxman Limited

Cornwall


Graham Lawrence01566 782207N/AN/A7310Micro

Marxman Trap Development

The Marxman Trap is a clay shooting delivery system. The Marxman trap has been developed to launch the targets in a different direction and at a different speed every time.

South West 220


Medilarv Limited

Devon


Professor J H Slater01823 [email protected]/A7310Feasibility

Use of Insect Larvae in Wound Treatment

To investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of modern improved larval therapies.

Merlin Systems Corporation Limited

Devon

Contact: Tel:e-mail:Website:SIC Code: Project type:

Dr Mark Norman01752 764205marknorman@merlinsystemscorp.co.ukwww.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk2922Development

Soft Robotic Arm (SRA)

A Novel Soft Robot Arm (SRA) with artificial muscles and unique mechanical structure designed to operate in the vicinity of people for service and personal robotics applications.

South West 221

http://www.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk/




Micromac Engineering Limited

Devon


David Avery01237 [email protected]/A2912Feasibility

Polo Filter Project

The aim of the project is to test the feasibility of using a new sand filter with much improved backwash. The project will be threefold:-To research use of componentsTo build a test rig with simultaneous air and water backwash and to test Evaluate the performance of the filter using a range of effluent.

Accessapet

Devon


Diane BeedleN/AN/AN/A7310Micro

Accessapet

A pet access control system that will ensure that only authorised pets can gain access to the owner’s property. This will enable the owners of small domestic pets to restrict the control access.

South West 222


Orblite Limited

Dorset


Richard Knight07813 322 841/01202 513 375 [email protected]/A3150Smart Feasibility

The Eye

Recent lumens advances in LED technology have made an additive approach to creating coloured light viable. The Feasibility Study was to prove an Eye could more efficiently produce a wider range of colours than conventional filtering techniques. The carefully chosen wavelengths of the multiple LED sources had to form as small a footprint as possible. Controlling the relative intensities was essential as were sophisticated techniques to dissipate the heat generated at the crucial p-n junctions; and the resultant light had to have its output directed into a usable beam.

South West 223


PipingHot Networks Limited t/a Orthogon Systems

Devon

Contact: Tel: e-mailWebsite: SIC Code: Project type:

Grant Grafton01364 655575grant.grafton@orthogonsystems.comwww.orthogonsystems.com32.20Development

Development of Additional Features for Wireless Ethernet

This project is to develop additional features for Orthogon's Wireless Ethernet Bridge Product. The features will allow them to improve the suitability of the product to address their market and increase its attractiveness to customers allowing a larger market to be addressed.

Plymouth Marine Applications Limited

Devon

Contact: Tel:e-mail:Website: SIC Code: Project type:

Dave Robins01752 [email protected] 7310Feasibility

Characterising and Exploiting UV Sunscreen Compounds from Micro Algae

This project will develop analytical methods to separate and characterise a range of UV absorbing sunscreen compounds naturally present in marine micro-algae. Once suitable methods have been established, microalgal cultures will be grown and screened using chromatography and mass spectrometry. The work will identify the most suitable candidate natural extracts to take forward to the healthcare market in an innovative range of marine natural product skincare compositions.

South West 224

Quigley Associates

Dorset


Dr.M.B.C.Quigley01425 [email protected]/ANot GivenR&D Micro

Development of a powder sorter

Quigley Associates have designed and patented an injector for use in thermal spraying which automatically separates powder particles into fine and coarse sizes. In this way the heavier particles would be injected into the thermal spraying jet at a position close to the end of the nozzle and thus be in the jet for the longest period and conversely the smaller particles will be injected into the plasma at a position much further away from the torch nozzle and therefore receive less heating than before and oxidation will be prevented. With this system it will be possible to add onto an existing powder spray system by replacing the current powder injector with this device.

Rigibore Limited

Cornwall


Paul Bamford01736 [email protected]

Remotely Adjusting Boring Bar

To develop a prototype boring bar system which can be adjusted remotely to achieve close tolerance bore diameters. The system will comprise of a micro adjustable boring unit fitted into a purpose built boring bar. The unit can be positioned with the aid of a novel actuator device controlled by a remote hand held unit.

South West 225

http://www.rigibore.com/


Silvertree Engineering Limited

Cornwall


Chris Fearnley01872 [email protected]

Low-Power Radio Network

Development of hardware and software to enable data transmission between a number of network nodes, each node being capable of repeating signals to adjacent nodes and running on a small battery for up to 10 years. The network will be employed in data logging applications where the data throughput is relatively small, thus allowing maximum radio range from a low-power system.

Staplethorne Limited

Devon


Dr Keith M Barfoot01404 [email protected]

CardioClock

The aim of project “ CardioClock “ is to develop electronic modules and basic software that will provide information on the timing of the cardiac cycle of patients. This will be used in the interpretation by physicians of heart sound recordings made with Staplethorne's digital electronic stethoscope (“ HeartSound ”).

South West 226

http://www.staplethorne.co.uk/


http://www.icespy.com/


Sustainable Composites Limited

Cornwall


Norman Frost01209 [email protected]/A3720Feasibility

Sustainable Recyclable Natural Composites

Investigation into the feasibility of producing a totally natural composite material from sustainable sources which can be biologically decomposed and recycled into the environment, possibly as a soil dressing for further growth of the natural plant or in an anaerobic digester / composter.

Synectix Limited

Gloucestershire


Rod Craig01242 [email protected] Feasibility

Dual Spinner Internal Drum

We measured the relative position of two beams to ±0.1 μm in two axes using a low cost CCD camera. A dual-servo locked air-bearing spinners to 1 PPM. We developed a means of positioning two beam-producing units with respect to each other to 0.5 μm. These technologies integrate to produce a dual spinner internal drum recorder.

South West 227


The Original Tri-Level Limited

Cornwall


Kelvin Gay01566 [email protected]/A2862Micro

Tri-level Professional Spirit Level

The tri-level is a spirit level, which incorporates tried and tested technology configured to provide the construction industry and others with a solution to any identified levelling problems. It is stable and falls easy to hand when in use. It accurately extends levelling options.

The Poppitt Company Limited

Dorset


Michael Reynolds01425 617181admin@ poppitts.comwww.poppitts.com2524Smart Micro

The Poppitt Device

A specialist professional pharmaceutical electro-mechanical low voltage device, which fits neatly on any worktop, which removes tablets and capsules from their blister packaging in a simple and easy way. Designed by a pharmacist to seriously address the problem of repetitive strain injuries being experienced by pharmacy technicians currently undertaking the task by manual dexterity.

South West 228


TrixSRT Limited



Richard Sweet0117 [email protected]/A72.60Feasibility

Spectrum Representation Technology

Spectrum Representation Technology (SRT) is a hardware compression technique designed to increase – by multiple factors – the capacity and performance of hard disk and magnetic tape data storage devices. It does so by recording multiple units of binary notation in a similar sized magnetic domain as previously used by a single data bit.

Vaughan Industries Limited

Cornwall


Dr Simon Vaughan01872 [email protected]/ANot GivenFeasibility

Increased Efficiency of Fuels

To research the required magnetic waveforms, electric fields and application techniques required to increase the efficiency on a range of hydrocarbon based fuels including mains gas, LPG, Calor gas and heating oils specifically for use in central heating appliances, commercial/industrial boilers and burners/furnaces. To apply this new technology to their current range of electromagnetic water descalers producing a product that will reduce consumption and emissions of the above fuels.

South West 229



Vero International Software UK Limited

Gloucestershire


Gerard O’Driscoll01453 [email protected] Project

Virtual Modelling (VISI-VM)

This project will provide an intuitive interface to conceptual design by allowing the designer to create solid models using a natural approach. By moving his hand in 3D space the designer will receive feedback from a virtual solid in terms of surface texture, density and position, which will then enable him to modify the model in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

Wind Dam Ltd

Devon


Julie Trevithick01803 [email protected]/A7310Micro

Urban Wind Power

The project is to develop a novel vertical axis wind-turbine system that can be integrated into everyday structures and to make use of the wasted wind resource in the urban environment, either as retrofit to existing buildings or fully integrated into new buildings.

South West 230


Zoptic Limited

Cornwall


Anne Perisic01208 [email protected]

Wide Screen Configuration of Z3D System in 35mm cine format

The aim of this project is to develop a 35mm 4 perforation (cine) version of the Z3D system for recording stereoscopic images for cinematography as well as an effective presentation method for viewing these images.

South West 231

http://www.zoptic.com/


Acedag Limited

Staffordshire


Mr P A Hadley0889 586141N/AN/A25.24Smart Development

To Develop Equipment & Process to Blow PVA Film

The nature of the project is to design the necessary equipment to plasticise crystallised PVA to be able to extrude 100% bio-degradable / water soluble films. The advantage of the development will be that the capital cost of equipment to produce such film and the operational costs will be dramatically reduced.

Bernard Hooper Engineering Limited

Coventry


Mr Peter Hooper01384 221 [email protected]/A73.10Smart Feasibility

Eco-Friendly Scooter Engine

The aim of this project is to design and build a single cylinder stepped piston engine, suitable for motorcycles and scooters. This new engine design will consume less oil, and will be low cost to run.

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Brandenburg (UK) Limited

West Midlands


Mr Nick Geoghegan01384 [email protected] & 2875Smart Development

Clean Catch Mouse Trap

To develop a new improved rodent catching device, which will provide a ‘total solution’ for the pest control industry and be far more hygienic than current devices.

Business Direct Limited

Staffordshire

Contact: Tel: e-mail: WebsiteSIC Code:Project type:

Mr T Houston01785 250 [email protected]/A35.69Smart Development

Parcel Exchange

The project aims to design secure, intelligent drop boxes. These will provide a convenient point for both delivery and collection of consignments without the expense of manned locations.

C.D. Bissel Engineering Services Limited

Staffordshire


Mr M G Hallsworth01782 207 [email protected]/A28.52Smart Feasibility

Sludge De-Watering Machine

To design and develop a new and innovative dewatering machine to solve the problems of sewage sludge.

West Midlands 233

Charador Environmental Services

Warwickshire


Mr S Orchard01789 [email protected]/A74.87Smart Feasibility

Cable Pipe Installation

The project is to investigate the possibility of installing high voltage cable pipes underground by a means of a ‘trenchless’ technique.

Sterling Power Products

Worcester


Mr C Sterling01905 [email protected] Feasibility

Wind Generator Control System

The aim of the project is to prove the feasibility of electronically controlling the RMP of a wind generator using data from batteries or power user units. This would lead to development of a small wind generator that is mechanically less complex.

Clearwater Industrial Limited

Warwickshire

Contact: Tel:e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Mr Roger Allen01926 402070N/Awww.clearwatergroup.co.uk74.84Smart Feasibility

Feasibility of Effluent System

This project is to study, design and prototype a system capable of reducing (by up to 90%) and disposing of most industrial effluent. We will establish the feasibility of upsizing and downsizing system production whilst still delivering technological advantage to the end user.

West Midlands 234

Osprey Aviation

Shropshire


Mr David GibsonN/AN/AN/AN/ASmart Development

Altimeter for Landing Seaplane

The project is to develop and test pre production prototype ultrasonic altimeters which are intended for use as landing aids for sea planes. It is difficult to judge altitude in the final stages of landing on calm water. This device will give visible and audible height readout to the pilot during the approach to landing.

Daconi Limited

Coventry


Mr Keith Jones02476 236 [email protected] Feasibility

Wireless Medical Data Security

This project is to investigate the security and reliability of a hand-held device, capable of allowing hospital staff to remotely update patient’s computerised medical records.

West Midlands 235

DCA Design International Limited

Warwick


Mr Michael Groves01926 499 [email protected] Feasibility

Food Waste Disposal System

The project aims to examine the feasibility of producing a combustible gas from food waste, by using a form of pyrolysis and gasification. This gas will then be used to provide the energy required to dry the food waste.

Elite Design and Manufacturing

Staffordshire


Mr Mark [email protected]/A28.52Smart Development

Light Weight Sequential Gear Box

The project aims to develop a five speed sequential gear change with dog type box designed to fit in line, with ability to rapidly change gears or ratios and to be dismantled quickly without separating the gearbox from the engine.

West Midlands 236


Henry Squire & Sons Limited

West Midlands


Mr S Watson01922 [email protected] Development

Electronic Lock System

Development of a low cost electronic lock mechanism and key to replace the traditional mechanical locking mechanism in high security applications. A feasibility study has already been carried out. This product will enable full evaluation of the product operability / durability and development of product for high volume production.

Mr K J Mullally

Warwickshire

Contact: Tel:e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Mr K J MullallyN/AN/AN/A85.12Smart Development

Spinal Alignment Clinical Table

The project will develop a clinical table allowing a patent to hang at 45o to stretch the spine and incorporating a roller working mechanism to treat spinal injuries. This treatment will not use spinal epidural injections, hence reducing costs and also helping to cut the amount of sessions patients need.

West Midlands 237

http://www.squirelocks.co.uk/

L & J Lonsdale Metal Merchants (Walsall) Limited

Black Country


Mr J Lonsdale01922 [email protected]/A51.57Smart Feasibility

To increase Battery Scrap Values

The project aims to explore the feasibility of making better use of scrap batteries by building a new system that would fortify old battery acid so that it could be sold back to battery wholesalers and increase their values.

Linear Heading Tools

Birmingham


Mr Roy Owen0121 333 4984N/AN/A28.74Smart Feasibility

Sea-Going Wake-Boarding Tower

This project is to develop a wake-boarding tower capable of being fitted to a range of coastal craft. This tower will provide the wake-boarder with additional lift.

Machine Craft Limited

Birmingham


Mr D Nickolls0121 333 4969N/AN/A29.40Smart Feasibility

Improved Autogas Conversions

The aim of this project is to explore the LPG conversions. The rate of conversion is being impeded by the loss of luggage space resulting in the need to accommodate an added gas tank. The problem is to be eliminated by placing the gas tank inside the petrol tank.

West Midlands 238

Malvern Boilers Limited

Worcestershire


Mr C Perry01684 893777clivep@malvernboilers.co.ukwww.malvernboilers.co.uk28.52Smart Development

Polyboiler

To develop up to production launch a gas-condensing boiler featuring a plastic combustion chamber, whereby the combustion chamber would also become the unit casing. This boiler will initially be marketed as a heater for domestic swimming pools and spas.

Molecular Technology Limited

Wolverhampton


Mr A Parker01902 797 [email protected]/A24.30Smart Feasibility

Low Temperature Curing Coatings

The project aims to produce organic coatings for electroplated components. These coatings will be capable of curing at lower temperatures than those currently in use.

West Midlands 239

Ocuity Limited

Wolverhampton


Mr Jonathon Harold01865 748 176N/Awww.ocuity.co.uk30.02Smart Feasibility

Reflective Photonic Component

The project is to achieve a brighter screen for mobile phone handsets and other mobile colour display screens. This is to be achieved by focusing the pixel aperture towards the viewer’s eye line using Ocutiy’s polarisation activated microlens.

Photo Etch Consultants Limited

West Midlands


Mr C Stockton01543 [email protected]/A22.22Smart Development

Etching of Cupro/Nickel Cladding

The purpose of the project is to establish the development of an automated, mass-produced, etched, cupro/nickel marine cladding, of high quality and low waste that is easy to apply. It will be a cost-competitive substitute for the current anti-fouling, TBT paints, which are to be phased out for environmental reasons.

West Midlands 240

Piltec Rubber and Plastics Limited

Warwickshire


Mr A Pileci01789 778 [email protected]/A25.21Smart Feasibility

Flexible Reinforced Control Cable Liner System

The project is to study the feasibility of manufacturing a cable liner in which wear resistance and dimensional tolerance are substantially increased whilst the cost of the product is reduced.

West Midlands 241

Proteus Software Limited

Birmingham


Mr T Pearson0121 717 [email protected]/A72.20Smart Development

Nautilus

To develop an integrated management system to provide centralised control and a common view of all stock and warehouse operations given a situation of multiple satellite warehouses in different geographical sites which may continue to be managed by different stock management systems.

Tactile Touch Limited

Coventry


Mr Tony Hitchin07817 193 [email protected] Feasibility

Tactile Probe

The aim of this project is to test a hand held, portable hardness testing machine that, unlike usual testing methods, does not produce any surface damage or indentation. This will allow testing of actual working components, rather than test samples.

West Midlands 242

Transport Design International Limited

Warwickshire


Mr M Pemberton01789 490 [email protected]/A22.09Smart Feasibility

Safeguide

A study into achieving a design for a failsafe electronic control system to automatically steer passenger vehicles.

West Midlands 243

Active Recycling Ltd

Otley


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenFeasibility

Recell

Project details not available.

ADD Power Technologies Ltd

Harrogate


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenDevelopment

Capacitor Electrode Enhancement

Project details not available

Adrianic Ltd

Leeds


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenFeasibilty

Composite for Sharps Container


Yorkshire & The Humber 244

YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER

Ai Martial Arts Training Service

Layburn


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenMicro

A Non Injurous All Body Restraint


Alan J Hurst

Bradford



Extruded Concrete Piles


Allgrind

Huddersfield



Magnetic Lock/Cable Immobiliser



Alpha Moisture Systems

Sheffield



Analysis


Andrea Hall T/A Anglo American Paper

Sheffield



Eco Beneficial Recycled Paperboard


Applied Analysis Ltd

Harrogate



Conversion Of Artemisinin to beta-artemether



Atomic Programming Ltd

Sheffield



Programmer with USB


Baldwin & Francis

Sheffield



FLS VSD


Bar Graphic Machinery

Barton-on-Humber



Zero Waste Label Production



Barry JamesYork



TeleMed Communicator


Blueprint Innovation Ltd

Shipley



MicroPress


Bradwell IT Solutions Ltd

Bradford



Japanese Knotweed Control



Capsolutions Ltd

Leeds



Meter for Induction Sealing


Capture Projects Ltd

Rotherham



Universal Access Portal


Castings Technology International

Sheffield



Expert System for Titanium Alloy Casting



Catchpoint Ltd

Barnsley



Self Adhesive Label


Cengar Universal Tool Company Ltd

York



Handheld Power Saw Development


Class Panel Ltd T/A QM Architectural Systems

Dewsbury



Aluminium Architectural Systems



Coastform Systems Ltd

Sheffield



Automatic Electronic Roller Shutter Locking


COE Ltd

Sheffield



Flexible DSP Codec Platform


Coex Ltd

Sheffield



Hazardous Area CCTV Camera



Colt Industrial Services Ltd

Hull



Portable Decontamination System


Controlled Speed Engineering Ltd

Sheffield



Controls, Mobility Products


Craftsman Tools Ltd

Bradford



Toolholders – The Next Generation



CTM UK Ltd

Pickering



Variable Output Mixing Head


Daco Solutions Ltd

Beverley



Bench Top Diecutting Machine


Daytronics Systems (Yorkshire) Ltd

Bradford



Development of Athletes’ Timer



dB Technology Ltd

Bradford



Intelligent Video Surveillance


DRFP Holdings Ltd

Whitgift



New Machinery


ECASS Technologies

Holmfirth



Electronic Controlled Shadows



Endocrine Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Didcot



Micrin Hormone Characterisation


Engel Europa International Ltd

Huddersfield



Integral Duct Flange


Epitomy Solutions Ltd

Leeds



Engine



Fallers International Ltd

Helmsley



Textile Combs


Fantastak Ltd

Sheffield



Glue Dot Hand Dispenser


Focus Product Development Ltd

Brighouse



Agti-gel



Garnet Controls Ltd

Sheffield



Retrofit Crosslapper Control


Glass Industry Solutions Ltd

Leeds


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenDevelopment – R & D Grant

Fogger Cooling System


Glo

Leeds



Wheelchair Innovation



Gourmet Woodland Mushroom Ltd

Bramham



Fridge Mushrooms


Green Circle Recycling Ltd

Doncaster



Onshore River Bank Barriers & Other Products


Greenfactory Productions Ltd

Sheffield



Turf Management Software



Greenhouse Industries Ltd

Heningbrough



Polycarbonate Fully Opening Greenhouse


Gripple Ltd

York



Loadhog


Home Technologies Ltd T/A Voicepower

Sheffield



Voice Enabled Recorder



HP Technical Ceramics

Sheffield



Nanostore


Institute of Spring Technology

Hull



Measurement of Non Axial Forces


Integrams Ltd

Wykeham



Cyber3D



J Hillam Trailers Ltd T/A Hillam Farm Machinery

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Multi-purpose Manure Spreader


J Muscroft (Engineering) Ltd

Sheffield



Cover Lifter


Jaco Tooling Company Ltd

Otley



Coated High Chrome Machine Knife.



James Bailey (Engineers)Ltd

Halifax



Developing a New Shearing Machine


Jennic Ltd

Sheffield



Transceiver Development


Johnson & Allen Ltd

Rotherham


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenDevelopment – R & D Grant

Integrated Fluorescent Dye Penetrant System



Keith Barraclough

York



Restrictive Access Barrier


Kevin Jarman

York



Anti Impact Propeller Protector


Latebridge Ltd

Sheffield



Domestic Glass Bottle Crusher



Lexical Systems Ltd

Halifax



Lexical Cataloguing System


LG01 Ltd

Sheffield



Digital Map Creation from Point Data


Link2 Energy Ltd

Brigg



Development of Comfort Controller



LocalBiz Ltd

Beverley


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenMicro- R & D

Online Business Services Directories


Lorialda Ltd T/A Kingston Caster Grips

Driffield



Domestic Caster Grip with Rise/Fall Facility


Marine Rescue Technologies Ltd

Barnsley



Hand-Held Direction Finder



Mformatic

York



Personalised Mobile Computing


Michael Eric Flanagan

Doncaster



CAM Stopper


Michael H Bingham

Brough



Improved Concrete Protection



Midas Golf Ltd

York



New Tools for the Game of Golf


NavisWorks Ltd

Sheffield



Web Streaming for 3D CAD Models


Nik Baumann

Leeds



Optical Sensor



Oasis Marquees

Halifax



Rigid Collapsible Mitred Joint


PCT Automotive Ltd

IIkley



Non-Invasive Connector Technology


Pentatherm Ltd

Bradford



Patient Cooling System



Pepik Ltd

Goole



Passive Real-Time CRM Using RF


P J H Partnership Ltd

Barnsley



Bioavailability Probe


Procon Systems

Bradford



BeamDrill IMS



Pryde Precision Ltd

Sheffield


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenMicro – R & D Grant

Hopper Feed


Pulsonic Technologies Ltd

York



A Low Power Remote CSO Monitor


R B T Window Cleaning

Sheffield



Top Ladder Stabiliser



R J Mobility Ltd

Sheffield



Lightweight Wheelchair


Red Ledge Limited

Huddersfield



Genus


Refund Exchange Ltd

Elland



Refund Exchange



Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd

Bradford



Concertina Home Assembly Kit


Richard Ashby T/A The Works Design Studio

Sheffield



Foldable Electric Golf Car


Richard Fenwick

Leeds



Sterile Non-Toxic Weeds Suppressant



Rope Technical Site Services Ltd

Doncaster



Flare-stack Robot


Ryeburn Ice Cream

Leeds



Chocolate Moulded Ice Cream


S & S Electronics

Sheffield



Integrated Conveyor Monitor



Safe-t-trim Ltd

Sheffield



Safe Wallpaper Cutting System


Schools & Homes Energy Education Project

Bradford



PV Catamaran Development


Seagen Ltd

Huddersfield



Seagen Wave Pod



Select Property Ltd

Brigg


Not AvailableNot Available N/AN/ANot GivenMicro – R & D Grant

Cooking Presentation Cone


Selestial Ltd

York



Internet Opinion


Sheperds Purse Cheeses Limited

Sheffield



Automatic Cheese Spiking Machine



Sheppee International Ltd

Wakefield



Development of low cost 3-Axis Lehr Loader


Single Use Surgical Ltd

York



Single Use Suction Irrigator


SkyLINC Ltd

York



A Tethered Areostat to Ground Data Com System



Soft Solutions Limited

Sheffield



Rapid Multi-Level Service Deployment


Solar GB Ltd

Layburn



RetroLed Street Lighting


Specialised Engineering Services

Rotherham



Productivity Improvements



Staine-Brite Ltd

Sheffield



K-Polish


Stuart Hepworth

Wakefield



Racing Tyre Warmers


Summitglow Ltd

Sheffield



Heat Treatment Process



T B G Solutions Ltd

Sheffield



Auto Fatigue Cracking Monitor


The Coolbox Worldwide Ltd

Sheffield



Orototype Pharmaceutical Casing


The Natural Engineering Company Ltd

Sheffield



Biomas Conversion Technology



The Salamander Organisation Ltd

Cleckheaton



Knowledge Map Performance Activation


Versatile Delivery Systems Ltd

Sheffield



ShowStream


Vox Software Limited

Thirsk



Weblog Integrated News Reader



W T Johnson & Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd

Huddersfield



Open Width Washing/Milling M/C


Weldtite Products Limited

Sheffield



21st Century Tool Kit


Wilson Benesch Ltd

Sheffield



Novel Dynamic Drive Unit



Wolstenholm Machine Knives Ltd

Hull



Horizontal Cutting and Crimping


Yorkshire Machine Tools

Halifax



3 in 1 Grinding Machine Tool


Yorkfest Laboratories Ltd

Middlesborough



Allergy Microarray



Z Cars Limited

Hull



Computerise Powertrain Management System


Zoo Digital Group plc

Sheffield



DVDx



4i2i Communications Limited

Aberdeen


Martyn Riley01224 [email protected]

ADSL Powerline Router IP Core

4i2i will use their SMART award to develop a product that unites two of their key technologies - ADSL and Powerline modems. The Award will enable 4i2i to further develop its ADSL and Powerline networking technology and produce an Integrated Circuit design targeted at the cost-effective implementation of a home/small office ADSL to Powerline router product.

Abergene Limited

AberdeenContact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Stuart Ralston01224 [email protected]/A7310SMART

Developing Novel Genetic Markers Of Osteoporosis

The SMART award will enable Abergene Ltd to develop and validate a range of genetic markers for Osteoporosis. It is likely that the markers will be used alone, and in combination with established technologies such as bone density scans to improve identification of patients at risk of the disease, bringing advantages to health providers in terms of cost-effectiveness and advantages to patients in avoiding unnecessary treatments.

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Alba Ultrasound Limited

Glasgow


Victor Murray0141 548 [email protected]

Ultrasound Multi Frequency Developments

SMART support will allow Alba to investigate the feasibility of manufacture of multi-layer, multi-frequency, stacked piezoelectric composite transducer assemblies. This work is of great importance to Alba, as a successful outcome would give the business a world leading technological position not only in underwater sonar applications but also in biomedical and industrial inspection applications which promise to be substantial markets for ultrasound products.

Alpha Data Parallel Systems Limited

Edinburgh


Keith Baker0131 555 [email protected]

FPGA Partial Re-Configuration Platform

The SMART award will enable Alpha Data to develop hardware and software for a new FPGA re-configurable computing reference platform providing partial reconfigurablity features based on the Virtex II Pro FPGA from Xilinx. This platform will provide a new environment for the re-programming of FPGA designs in real time allowing leading edge techniques and methods to be used by Alpha Data and its customers.

Scotland 285


Applied Generics Limited

Midlothian


Joe Dixon0870 240 3694joe.dixon@appliedgenerics.comwww.appliedgenerics.com7220SMART Stage 2

Urban Traffic Analysis

A system that processes data on the location of mobile telephones in urban areas to determine traffic movements, and from this estimate delays in the road network. This technology will eliminate the need for new infrastructure at the roadside or in vehicles. The project will build on the Urban Traffic Analysis algorithms developed under the SMART feasibility project.

Applied Sweepers Limited

Falkirk


Gordon Fleming01324 676218gordon.fleming@appliedsweepers.co.ukwww.appliedsweepers.com5165SPUR

To Develop A Novel Cyclonic Separation Suction Sweeper

This project will tackle the problem of how to remove dust particles from the incoming suction air stream before the air is discharged to the atmosphere, without using a huge volume of water with its inherent weight. The project will design a machine using swirl plates and cyclones to suppress fine dust particles in the suction air stream, which would become the unique selling point due to the sweeper’s reduced weight.

Scotland 286

http://www.appliedsweepers.com/



Aros Developments Limited

Inverness


Ross Maxwell01463 [email protected]/A7220SMART

Wireless Medical Instrumentation

The SMART award will enable Aros Developments Ltd to develop the emerging technology of digital wireless communications and apply it to medical instrumentation. The technology will enable a new generation of cordless instrumentation to be developed for use in hospitals and clinics, improving safety, adding new functions and making operation more convenient.

Arrayjet Limited

Dalkeith


Howard Manning0131 654 [email protected]

An Advanced Machine For Making Microarrays Using Ink Jet Printheads

The project is the development of an advanced machine using inkjet printheads to transfer biological samples from well-plates onto microarrays, for highly parallel testing. The overall aim is to achieve very high throughput with the quality required for DNA and other biological testing.

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Auvation Limited

Aberdeen


William T Melvin01224 [email protected] Stage 2

To Develop An HTS Assay For Fibrin E Receptor

The proposed programme aims to exploit Auvation’s proprietary fibrin E technology to identify drugs that accelerate the healing process by mimicking the natural wound-healing action of fibrin. A diverse array of methodologies will be employed to confirm the identity of the putative fibrin fragment E receptor isolated by the SMART project. Once confirmed, the receptor will be used in the construction of a high throughput assay designed to identify stimulatory ligands.

Beat Systems Limited

Glasgow


Roy Hawes0141 946 [email protected] Stage 2

To Develop A Secure Information Gateway Multiple Access (SIGMA) Prototype For Mobile Access

This project aims to develop a system that would give UK operational police officers real-time access to information recorded on multiple Crime File systems across the country. At present there is no generic access to these systems as they have been developed by individual forces independently of each other and by various suppliers. The project builds on the feasibility work undertaken in a SMART project.

Scotland 288


Biopta Limited

Glasgow


Chris Hillier 0141 631 4888 [email protected]/site/7220SMART

Novel Instrumentation For Drug Discovery

By utilising the latest developments in optics and optoelectronics the SMART project will allow testing and integration of different types of components, each requiring individual assessment and, if successful, optimisation in Biopta’s current Perf-Exion apparatus for the automatic analysis of tissues following drug application. The resulting new technology will significantly reduce production costs and greatly enhance the commercial attractiveness of the Perf-Exion instrument range.

Calico Jack Limited

Dundee


Paul Sergeant 01667 [email protected]

Agent-Based Software For Interaction With Mobile Services

The SMART award will enable Calico Jack in developing “Jackdaw” – a software technology to enable efficient interaction with mobile services. The design of this system takes into account the need to provide both minimal and fully multi-modal interactions with increasingly complex services. The technology will accommodate all major current and forthcoming mobile platforms and handset technologies including Smart Messaging, WAP, J2ME, Symbian, PalmOS and Windows CE.

Scotland 289


CardioDigital Limited

East Lothian


Brendan McGuckin0131 455 2398b.mcguckin@cardiodigital.comwww.cardiodigital.com8514SPURPLUS

Medical Signal Interpretation

This SPURPLUS project will enable CardioDigital to undertake the next stage development of proprietary medical signal analysis algorithms for use in four products in globally distributed healthcare markets. These algorithms reveal information in time varying medical signals, which cannot be found by existing methods. It is recognised as potentially the software of choice for medical devices in the fields of pulse oximetry, defibrillation, the analysis of atrial fibrillation and remote monitoring neonatal phonocardiography.

Critical Blue Limited

Edinburgh


Ben Hounsell0131 650 7459 / [email protected]

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools Creating Dedicated Programmable Processors.

This SMART Award will enable Critical Blue Ltd to develop technology that will dramatically reduce the risk, cost and development time of designing to today’s demanding electronic applications by providing high performance, flexible electronic devices that are embedded within system on chip applications such as MP3 players, mobile phones and personal digital assistants. This will enable customers to de-risk development projects, achieve faster time to market and to differentiate their products.

Scotland 290


Critical Blue Limited

Edinburgh


Ben Hounsell0131 650 7459 / [email protected]

Automated Software Translation For Accelerating System-on-Chip (SOC) Design

The purpose of this project is to implement the techniques identified during the SMART feasibility project. This will allow compiled representations of software to be automatically translated to execute on a specially optimised processor. The result of the project will be a prototype system that will be capable of translation for a number of test cases.

Cult Hill Innovation Limited

Dollar


Peter McClelland07946 [email protected]

New Operations Support Software Builder For Telecommunications

Cult Hill Innovation Ltd (CHIL) will develop software products to meet the growing crisis in operations support systems (OSS) for telecomms service providers. Its mission is to transform its users’ competitiveness and responsiveness by creating new billing products that are cheaper, quicker and simpler. The SMART Award will enable CHIL to test a new method for building process based software applications, using a specially formulated application definition language that is executed on an ‘application virtual machine’.

Scotland 291

D-TACQ Solutions Limited

East Kilbride


John McLean01355-272511John.McLean@d-tacq.co.ukwww.data-acquisitions.co.uk3210SMART

Advanced Plasma Control Platform

A major market for D-TACQ is in research into Plasma Fusion. The main aim of this research is the generation of cheap and clean electricity, free from environmental hazards such as green house gas emission or heavy element radioactive waste. The SMART award will enable D-TACQ to develop and pilot an innovative new platform suitable for Plasma Control systems. D-TACQ's project will make a significant performance advance in this field.

Diagnostic Potentials Limited

Glasgow


Kerry Kilborn0141 951 3455k.kilborn@diagnostic-potentials.comwww.diagnostic-potentials.co.uk7220SPUR

Development Of A Diagnostic Tool Kit For The Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease

This project will follow on from the work undertaken on the SMART feasibility stage of this development. The project aims to undertake further software development and develop a kit that will comply with medical device standards. This will involve a structured field evaluation and clinical trials programme.

Scotland 292


W & J Dunlop Limited

Dumfries


James Davidson01387 274924 [email protected]

Mobile Phone Interface To The Veterinary Practice Management System

The aim of this project is to design, test and develop a process which would enable vets and the company to trace and record all drug applications given to an individual animal from manufacture right through the entire chain. This would effectively create a mobile consulting room, giving the vet access to COSHH information, medical notes and late account details.

Envirogene Systems Limited

Helensburgh


Rob Sleat029 [email protected]/A2416SMART

Development Of “Intelligent” Tracers For Use In The Environmental Sector

The SMART award will assist THK to develop a range of tracer technologies based on fully quantitative molecular, analytical and microbial technologies. These developed tracers will find use in a variety of environmental applications, particularly measuring and monitoring the dispersion of solid and liquid wastes discharged into the environment, determining the sources of faecal bacteria impacting on bathing beaches and assessing the sources and residence times of potable water in a distribution network.

Scotland 293


http://www.dunlops.com/

ePOINT Limited

Clackmannanshire


Gordon Venters01259 727 [email protected]

To Develop A Touch-Interactive Photo Terminal

This SPURPLUS Award will enable ePOINT to create a cost effective, advanced touch interactive photo terminal. This will provide end users with the ability to upload digital images from sources such as digital cameras, select and edit images and obtain high quality prints from local or remote photographic printing systems.

Exterity Limited

Fife


Colin Farquhar01383 427624 / 07867 [email protected]

Synchronisation Of AV Media Streams Distributed Over IP Networks

Exterity develops AV networking technologies and products aimed at accelerating the use of IP networks to deliver high-quality audio and video content. The SMART award will enable Exterity to test the feasibility of schemes to synchronise streamed AV output from co-located and collaborating IP network media clients. By overcoming the problem of AV synchronisation in non-deterministic IP networking environments, Exterity will replace large bespoke analogue AV installations with a modular, scalable and flexible digital alternative.

Scotland 294


Fluid Transfer Technology Limited

Aberdeen


Nigel Barnes01224 869500 / 07860 [email protected]/A2912SMART

Fluid Transfer Technology – Research and Design

Fluid Transfer Technology Ltd aims to develop new and innovative products in the field of fluid handling to be applied to industry processes associated with transfer. The principal goal of the SMART project is to prove the concept that fluid dynamic characteristics can be changed as a fluid flows through a specially designed and patented ‘fluid transportation device’ in well production tubing.

Formedix Limited

Paisley


Mark Wheeldon0141 561 [email protected] Stage 2

Clinical Trial Production Suite

The objective of the project is to apply advanced XML technologies and program-generative techniques to specify a complete trial framework and convert that specification automatically into a full “Formedix Express” clinical trial database. A successful outcome could yield a solution, which would be significantly innovative and address several key constraints for the management of the clinical trials process.

Scotland 295


Fortkey Limited

East Lothian


Vanessa Dawson01875 408044 /07966 [email protected]

Underwater Hull Inspection System

The SMART Award will enable Fortkey to develop an automated system for inspecting hulls of ships entering or leaving a port for the purpose of anti-terrorism and anti-smuggling, and also to determine the extent of any damage to a ship. This system gives the potential to vastly increase port security in a cost effective way without the knowledge or intervention of the crew on board the vessel, while reducing the need for divers to become involved in dangerous manual tasks.

Haptogen Limited

Aberdeen


Andy Porter01224 555870 / 07968 175 [email protected]

Novel Agents For The Treatment Of Obesity And CNS Disease

This SMART award will enable Haptogen to carry out an innovative research programme to isolate, for the first time, a panel of novel ligand binding agents that have the potential to directly block the actions of signalling molecules present in neural tissue. Successful blocking of these molecules may have application in a range of medical conditions including degenerative cognitive diseases, depression, obesity and chronic pain.

Scotland 296


Highland Geology Limited

Helensburgh


John Nicholson01436 [email protected]

Intelligent Interpretation Software For Oil And Gas Exploration And Development

The first step in this project is to write a sophisticated tracer, which will identify important line segments in seismic data and overlay them on the bitmap image. The second key step is to write a genetic algorithm program which can take these data as input and use them to detect and draw the significant geological boundaries in the image. The program will cut the time taken to interpret a seismic survey by a factor of ten or more, and greatly boost the performance and productivity of the interpreter.

Hydrosense Limited

West Lothian


Neil Polwart 01506 84 33 28 / 07905 [email protected]

Real-time Pathogen Detection

Hydrosense will use the SMART Award to develop innovative technology for the real-time detection and enumeration of pathogens in water. Drinking water and industrial systems must be regularly monitored for pathogens, however the current technology generally involves a microbiology laboratory culturing bacteria, which introduces lengthy delays. Hydrosense is developing an instrument that will enable measurement to be made, on-site, in less than one hour.

Scotland 297


IceRobotics Limited

Edinburgh


Robert Boyce0131 650 [email protected] 2852SMART

Biomimetic Continuum Actuator

The SMART award will enable IceRobotics to test the feasibility of using the continuum actuator as the basis for the compliant manipulation of live biological objects. The company will develop a specific set of engineering design rules, appropriate position and orientation sensors as well as an integrated control system for the whole actuator system. The benefits of the biomimetic (mimicking biology) continuum actuator are derived through its ability for natural motion and gentle handling of delicate objects.

Ingenza Limited

Edinburgh


Robert Speight0131 650 [email protected]

A New Generation of Industrial Biocatalysts

This SMART award will enable Ingenza to discover and develop a new family of enzymes, which will be used as industrial biocatalysts to prepare a broad range of chiral amines for the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and fine chemical industries worldwide. The advantages of this new technology will be numerous, including improved yields, reduced costs and the removal of waste streams from a broad range of existing and new industrial chemical processes.

Scotland 298


Kelvin Connect Limited

Glasgow


Meurig Sage0141 339 8855 ext [email protected]

Mobile Data Capture For Clinical Trials

The SMART award will enable Kelvin Connect to develop a system to support Electronic Data Capture (EDC) during Clinical Trials, thus lowering the cost of these trials. Many current EDC systems are cumbersome to use and are not mobile, meaning they are not available when staff require them. Kelvin Connect's offering will enable clinical staff to rapidly and easily capture clinical trial data at the point of care.

Librae Limited

Aberdeen


Brian Burnett01224 [email protected] www.librae.co.uk7220SMART Stage 2

Body Doubles For People With Diabetes

This project will enable Librae to model a person’s lifestyle and eating habits, then, using computer software, allow people with diabetes to improve management and control of their blood sugar level. Forecasts will be given on how this control will behave in the future and allow the person to view how the changes to diet, exercise or medication could be made in order to improve control of their blood sugar level.

Scotland 299


LinearB Technologies Limited

Edinburgh


Chris Callison-Burch0131 557 [email protected] 7220SMART

Innovative Software For High Volume, Rapid Translation Between Any Language Pair

The SMART award will enable LinearB to implement and evaluate a handful of novel techniques for using low-cost machine learning technology to produce high-quality translation software. These techniques will greatly reduce the time and costs associated with producing such software, whilst hopefully producing significantly more natural translations. LinearB are using efficient machine-learning techniques to produce their software and will be able to improve on the "one size fits all" approach of existing suppliers, by adapting their product to suit the different arenas of deployment.

LUX Biotechnology Limited

Edinburgh


Patrick C. Hickey0131 472 4824 / 07974 920 [email protected]

Novel Biosensors Based On Living Fungal Cells

LUX Biotechnology is developing novel biosensors using genetically engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) fungi. The SMART project has two main objectives. (1) Genetically engineer a portfolio of bioluminescent fungal biosensors. (2) Build and test prototype disposable kits containing the biosensors. Following completion of the project, it is envisaged that LUX will form partnerships with clients in the pharmaceutical, environmental and agrochemical industries to develop custom-designed biosensors for specific applications.

Scotland 300


MACOM Technologies (UK) Limited

Renfrewshire


Bob Morrow0141 849 [email protected]

On-Line Sensors And Communications Protocols For The Analysis Of Wear Debris In Machinery Lubrication Systems

MACOM Technologies Ltd offers an online sensor which can detect ferrous and non-ferrous wear debris in lubrication circuits. The SMART award will enable MACOM to become a world leader after further developing the instrument to distinguish between different types of metal debris, thus pinpointing the exact defective bearing/ gear and improving the sensitivity of the instrument to detect particles down to 30 microns in size for ferrous and 150 for non ferrous particles.

MicroScience Technologies Limited

Edinburgh


Andrew Pollard0131 445 6214andrew_pollard@btinternet.comwww.microsciencetechnologies.co.uk2662SMART Stage 2

Micro-emulsion Remediation Of Drill CuttingsThe aim of this project is to construct a pilot plant capable of quantitatively extracting oils from drill cuttings, a waste product of oil exploration. The process utilises a novel detergent that was developed during a SMART feasibility project.

Scotland 301

http://www.macomtech.net/


OptoSci Limited

Glasgow


Douglas Walsh0141 552 [email protected] Stage 2

Continuous Optical Monitoring Of Landfill Gas

This project aims to further develop the methane and carbon dioxide sensing system developed under the SMART project into a pre-production prototype, which offers the full required functionality and reliability in a cost effective package and to verify the system in a field trial environment. In addition, the direct detection of oxygen will be investigated with a view to integration into the existing monitoring system.

P.A.C.T. Engineering (Scotland) Limited

Aberdeen


Tim Derval or Bijan Bahari01224 355388 / 07973 [email protected] N/A4521SPUR

“PIGASYS” Prototype Project

The PIGASYS™ Project is about the development traction unit for pipelines capable of travelling against and with the flow of product without any external power supplied. Autonomy will enhance the range of such a tool when deployed to operate as a maintenance- or inspection tool. The tool is capable of powering its own traction by drawing power from the fluid flow and will incorporate fail-safe mechanisms to return to its point of launch or a safe site in case of any hazard to its operations.

Scotland 302



Pentland Systems Limited

West Lothian


John Walker01506 [email protected]

To Develop The Signal Acquisition And Digital Processing Technologies For Software Defined Radio

This Award will enable Pentland Systems to develop the signal acquisition and digital processing technologies for software defined radio. These radical new technologies will result in the integration of multiple software applications on generic platforms to reduce design and production costs, elimination of errors inherent in traditional implementations to improve system performance, and significant reduction in size and weight to make software Radio attractive to mobile applications.

PetroData Limited

Aberdeen


Paul Watkins01224 357 [email protected]

Intelligent Production Monitoring & Control Technology

The SMART Award will enable PetroData to research and develop their production data cleaning and analysing product. PetroData have been investigating how intelligent computing techniques might be used to automate production data analyses. This technology allows huge potential savings to operating companies, and will ultimately reduce production downtime, optimise production and provide production teams worldwide with a valuable asset that helps their role.

Scotland 303


Photonic Materials Limited

Lanarkshire


J William Buckie01698 573810jwbuckie@photonicmaterials.comwww.photonicmaterials.com3310SPURPLUS

Development of Novel Scintillator Crystals For Medical Imaging

This project aims to develop new high performance scintillator materials for PET medical imaging which will enable superior diagnostic tools for clinicians. This promises earlier diagnosis and improved treatment monitoring in diseases such as cancer. The SPURPLUS Award will enable Photonic Materials to establish scaleable prototype growth processes for large crystals of several new scintillator crystal products, including HDS and LuAP.

PhotoSynergy Limited

Dundee


Donald Walker01334 [email protected]

The Development Of A “Ruggedised” Neodymium Vanadate Laser Operating In The Infrared And Green Regions Of The Spectrum

The SMART Award will support the engineering of a basic laser design originally developed at the Photonics Innovation Centre of the University of St Andrews. The output from the project will be a production methodology and design documentation package for use in the manufacture of lasers. The laser products will have a wide range of industrial applications including spectroscopy, industrial materials processing, lighting, the print industry and the medical sector.

Scotland 304



F J Pirie & Co Limited

Ayrshire


Iain Pirie01563 850325iain.pirie@piriesystems.co.ukwww.piriesystems.co.uk0141SMART Stage 2

DRAM In-Liner Drier

This project will build upon the results of the SMART feasibility project and develop a system which will include a bespoke wet product presentation system that will present a flow of vegetables in a suitable and prescribed way to the drying system. The whole engineered assembly will be capable of exceeding the current state of the art performance standards and will be dimensionally compatible with current commercial vegetable packaging and processing installations.

Purple Patch Wireless

Glasgow


Steve Higgins0141 314 3528shiggins@purplepatchwireless.comwww.purplepatchwireless.com3220SMART

High Density Wireless Antennae Array System

This project is concerned with establishing the technical feasibility of a proprietary 2.4GHz antenna array to support high-density call volumes in areas with complex electromagnetic propagation and noise interference characteristics (e.g. airports, railway stations and shopping centres). Using a mixture of theoretical and empirical methods the project aims to assess the proposed array system architecture, determine the optimised system configuration and produce detailed procurement specifications.

Scotland 305


Renewable Devices Limited

Edinburgh


Charles Silverton0131 535 [email protected]

Novel Silent Wind Powered Rooftop Heating System

The SMART Award will support development of a rooftop wind heating system for residential and small business customers that will reduce energy costs. The system will be powered by a novel silent rooftop wind turbine and will augment existing hot water and central heating systems. The technology will eliminate the noise and vibrations associated with existing installations by using a novel rotor design and a new turbine regulation device, ensuring silent operation and constant water temperature over a wide range of wind velocities.

Rhetorical Systems Limited

Edinburgh


Marc Moens0131 525 6800 / 07979 596 770)[email protected]

Development Of High-Quality Speech Synthesis Software

Rhetorical’s core technology is rVoice™. Apart from its high quality, rVoice is unique in the range of voices it offers in different regional accents and different speaking styles. The SPURPLUS funding will enable us to carry out higher risk research work, focusing on improvements on the processing speed and footprint of the system and increased flexibility through the development of different speaking voices and styles.

Scotland 306



Salent Technologies Limited

Nr. Linlithgow


Mike Heinrich 01506 834419 / 07812 113408)[email protected]

Automated Image Tracking Project

The SMART award will allow the Salent to develop the technology required to track a target object using multiple CCTV cameras in a crowded area, with the system automatically ‘handing over’ the target from one camera to the next. Individuals controlling the surveillance system will be able to monitor many sites simultaneously, replay any tracked events, view live video footage and take any action considered necessary, through our web enabled software, from any worldwide location.

Sciencesoft Limited

Motherwell


Lindsay Wood01698 [email protected]

History Matching Using Streamline Simulators

Sciencesoft Ltd was formed to develop windows based data analysis software to assist petroleum reservoir engineers to analyse the results from computer models of oil and gas fields. The SMART Award will enable Sciencesoft to evaluate new methods of history matching of oil and gas fields based on the emerging technology of streamline simulation. Sciencesoft propose to investigate techniques that would allow streamline simulators to be included as a routine part of the optimisation workflow of petroleum engineers.

Scotland 307




SeeByte Limited

Edinburgh


Kelvin Hamilton0131 447 [email protected]

Intelligent Diagnostics

This SMART project will develop an automated fault detection and diagnosis demonstrator, RECOVERY, applicable and illustrated across a range of domains. The system will outperform current technology using advanced techniques to predict failures, address any lack of reliable diagnostic sensor data, provide conclusions within known time limitations, and assist with the overall design process. The result will be a substantial improvement in the fidelity and flexibility of automated diagnosis, thus reducing costs and liabilities.

Target Well Control Limited

Aberdeen


Paul McClure01224 783999paul.mcclure@target-energy.comwww.target-energy.com1120SPUR

Instrumented Sub Assembly (I Sub) for Collection of Well Placement Information

This SPUR award will enable Target Well Control to design, develop and commercialise an instrumented sub assembly (I-Sub) that will collect formation evaluation, inclination and drilling dynamics data within a few feet of a drill bit. The advantage of the I-Sub will be that it can be used in conjunction with the various drilling systems such as drilling turbines, positive displacement mud motors, rotary steerable systems or conventional rotary drilling assemblies.

Scotland 308

http://www.target-energy.com/


Tayside Flow Technologies Limited

Dundee


Keith Scott01382 [email protected]

Synthetic Coronary Bypass Graft

Blocked coronary arteries are treated by surgical bypass operations. Current grafts are biological – arterial, venous – because no synthetic graft has been successful. These biologicals are not always available – e.g. for repeat surgery. The company has designed a number of graft prototypes and further testing, development of a pre-production prototype and testing is now required. This project is to take this new graft to human clinical trials.

teleIT Limited

Glasgow


Peter Mowforth0141 204 5297 / 0797 146 [email protected]

Automating Marketing Using Target Market User Profiling.

TeleIT has pioneered the production of Target Market User Profiling as a mechanism for capturing and representing linguistic information that optimises the link between a supplier of goods and services and their target customers. The system makes use of the databases of queries that are typed into the major search engines so as to identify what people search for on the Internet combined with systems that “hunt down” top competing websites within niche markets. The purpose of the SMART project is to look at the feasibility of totally automating the production of Target Market User Profiles and to create a prototype automatic system.

Scotland 309



TerraVista Limited

Outer HebridesContact: Tel: e-mail:Website:SIC Code:Project type:

Fraser MacLeod01851 621425 / 07810 095018)[email protected]/A7220SMART

Location-Sensitive Information System

The SMART Award will enable TerraVista Ltd to address the fundamental challenges involved in proving the technical feasibility of its new location-sensitive information system. TerraVista’s pioneering approach to the delivery of location-related information is based on real-time computer modelling of the geographic area enclosed by the changing horizon of a user. The system will deliver, via mobile devices, information on points of interest visible from the user’s current position.

Thin Film Innovations Limited

Coatbridge


Michael Hitchman01236 702 141 / 0141 553 4189 [email protected]/A7310SMART

High Precision Optical Coatings

The SMART award will enable Thin Film Innovations to develop processes that can deposit uniform, multilayer optical coatings onto 3-dimensional substrates; something that cannot be achieved by currently used Physical Vapour Deposition technology. Overall, the project will lead to a new generation of precision optical coatings with improved quality, better performance, and at a highly competitive price.

Scotland 310




Thinkanalytics Limited

Glasgow


Eddie Young0141 572 [email protected]

Development Of Real-Time Data Mining And Personalisation

The SPUR award will allow Think Analytics Ltd to establish a lead to exploit one of the fastest growing sectors of the IT industry. The current uses of data mining techniques are batch mode on static data and then applying those results later through hard-coded rules engines or static definitions to show certain types of user. The next generation of data mining will be the real-time application of up-to-date data mining models that are in-sync with an up to date view of the customer and business environments.

TopoSphere Limited

Edinburgh


David Mincher0131 455 [email protected]/A7310SMART

Synthesis And Development Of Novel Anti-Cancer Drugs

This SMART Award will enable TopoSphere to synthesise and develop novel anti-cancer drugs, prepared in latent form, that exploit a key difference between cancer tissue and normal tissue. This technology offers the opportunity to target specific cancer cell types by confining the release of the drug to the site of the tumour. Advantages include delivery of more drug to the tumour, selectivity of tumour versus normal cells and reduced toxicity and side effects.

Scotland 311



Troyanys Limited

Peebles


Juraj Petrik01721 722 [email protected]/A8512SMART

New Therapeutic Approach to Genetically Variable Pathogens

Troyanys Ltd aims to develop a new therapeutic approach against genetically variable pathogens, primarily viruses. The SMART award provides a vital support for the proof of concept R&D work, necessary to confirm the viability of this approach for targeting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The aim of this approach is to re-target an existing immunity against a genetically stable virus, such as Measles virus, towards a new, difficult to treat virus such as HIV.

Virtual Clones Limited

Glasgow


Colin Urquhart0141 585 6480 / 07753 610 [email protected]

3D Capture Of Animated Virtual Characters

Virtual Clones specialises in turning real people into virtual characters using novel 3D capture technology. This SMART Award will allow Virtual Clones to extend its “virtual cloning” technology to quickly derive high definition animation information from real life people. This will dramatically reduce the time and skill required to create realistic virtual character animation and also allow animation to reflect much more accurately that of an actual real-life person.

Scotland 312



VIS entertainment plc

Dundee


Laura Calder01382 341015laura.calder@visentertainment.comwww.visentertainment.com7260SPUR

Project House – Real-Time Animated Broadcast Platform

The project will design, build and deploy the world’s first 24-hour, persistent-world, and 100% digitally generated interactive TV channel. The channel will show high-quality computer generated horse races real-time on cable and satellite systems, allowing the player to interact with the channel through either owning, training or racing a stable of horses. This could lead to a suite of products which could have unlimited uses with varying content.

Scotland 313



A K Rainbow Limited

Penarth


Dr S Matthews02920 [email protected]

Rainbow Proteins

Further development of Rainbow Proteins - genetically engineered bioluminescent proteins that change colour when they react with a substance of biomedical importance. The key problem is to engineer and test a protein that will change from red to green on stimulation. The project will allow the concept to be taken to a prototype application stage.

Andico Design Limited

Tintern


Mr A Francis01291 [email protected]/A3110SMART

Inflatable Staging for Outdoor Events

Design and develop a staging system for outdoor venues.

Wales 314

WALES


http://www.akrainbow.co.uk/



Andrew Reason Limited

Castlemorris


Mr A Reason01348 [email protected] GivenSMART

Sliding Access Washing Machine

A sliding drum washing machine with unique load and unload properties, making it an improvement on existing front loading machines. The innovation has a larger drum capacity making it more energy efficient and more consumer-friendly. The automatic unloading mechanism means you do not have to bend down to unload. In addition the water ballasting system makes for a lighter machine as the water can be pumped out when the machine is moved.

Aqwan Limited

Swansea


Mr M Jones01792 [email protected]

Optical Wireless Networks

To investigate the key enabling technology for ‘optical wireless networks’. The technology that this project would deliver will enable optical wireless networks to operate at 155-622 mBit/s offering a significant step improvement over existing wireless system which are based on radio frequency technology and currently operate at 11mBit/s. Future products built using optical devices will give a 10x speed improvement for the same cost.

Wales 315

http://www.aqwan.com/


http://www.andrewreasonltd.co.uk/



ATL Telecom Limited

Mid Glamorgan


Mr N Harrison029 2050 0797N/Awww.atltelecom.com6420SPURPLUS

3G Transmission Technology

Further development of ATL’s core technology – high speed data transfer over copper telephone pairs.

Avantis Limited

Mid Glamorgan


Mr M Pearce0870 873 4800N/Awww.avantisworld.com3002, 7260SPUR

Albion CD/DVD Content Delivery System

The Albion project aims to develop a system enabling new CD and DVD content to be delivered electronically over the internet to Avantis’ subscribers. This approach overcomes the limitations, such as bandwidth and responsiveness, of accessing content directly from web sites, particularly for ‘video rich’ content as used in education. Initially targeting the UK Education market in which Avantis is already well established, this project will allow the company to explore new sales models and markets.

Wales 316

http://www.avantisworld.com/

http://www.atltelecom.com/


Biotrace Limited

Bridgend


Mr G Jones01656 [email protected], 3663SPUR

New Generation Luminometer

Develop a new generation, hand-held luminometer instrument for the hygiene testing market. It will include the best features of the existing model plus some recently developed ‘colour detection’ techniques (patent pending),an automatic swab recognition system for the various swab tests used and built-in calibration. The new unit will be half the size of its predecessor and will use the latest electronic design and manufacture technologies to complete.

Cell Engineering Limited

Swansea

Contact:Tel: e-mail: Website: SIC Code: Project type:

Dr M Hallett01792 315460info@cellengineering.co.ukwww.cellengineering.co.uk2613SMART

Extending SLAM Technology to Bio-Medical Applications

ICSI is an important strategy for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). However the technique of micro-injection is prone to failure, probably caused by excessive damage to the egg. A more reliable, gentler micro-injection approach such as SLAM may therefore be beneficial. We therefore propose a three stage feasibility study. The first stage is to optimise the formation of the lipid bilayer across the wider bore micro-pipettes needed for ICSI. The second stage will be to optimise the survival of the SLAM Coating as the micro-pipette is inserted through the Zona Pellucida before contact with the plasma membrane. The third stage will be to establish whether the survival and in vitro development of mouse eggs which have been SLAM injected is improved. Successful completion of these stages of the project will permit application for ethical approval to extend the study of human eggs.

Wales 317

http://www.cellengineering.co.uk/


http://www.biotrace.com/



Cobra Automotive Products Limited

Welshpool


Mr G Seale01938 [email protected]/A3663SMART

New Multifunction Screen Visor for the Automotive Industry

This project involves the design of a new visor made from innovative materials, manufactured in a reliable well established process. The project goes into new components that may be embedded in the visor such as energy efficient LEDs for the vanity mirror and the possibility of using solar powered rechargeable cells for the power source.

Comtec Europe Limited

Gwent


Mr S Powell01633 627500N/Awww.comtec-europe.co.uk7220SPURPLUS

Dynamic Holiday Project

The design and development of computer software capable of accessing a multitude of travel databases to provide clients with information to search, choose, book and pay for holidays. The product is being developed to allow travellers to design and personalise their own travel arrangements. The product is geared to those travellers who make their own travel plans to go on holidays or business travel.

Wales 318

http://www.comtec-europe.co.uk/



Compton Developments Limited

Swansea


Mr P Ballard01792 [email protected]

Pollution Free Anti-fouling Paint

Earlier research undertaken in conjunction with Cardiff University has identified certain African plants, extracts of which are effective in a terrestrial environment, as molluscide and/or mollusc repellent. Compton now wish to investigate whether any of the African plant extracts are effective in a marine environment. There is a strong market demand for an anti-fouling paint to be used on boat hulls or on the side of docks. What is currently available is tin-based paint, which is not environmentally friendly.

Cultech Limited

Port Talbot


Ms S Plummer01639 [email protected]/A9305SPUR

Probiotic Infection Protection

Surgical patients frequently become infected with opportunistic intestinal pathogenic bacteria as a side effect of antibiotic therapy. Research suggests that probiotics may provide an effective natural prophylactic treatment for this costly problem. Currently there is no commercially available product using this technique. The proposed project is therefore to develop, formulate and clinically test a suitable product for this purpose.

Wales 319


http://www.comptongroup.com/



Dentron Limited

Clynderwen


Rev J Copus01994 419792N/Awww.dentron.co.uk3310, 7310, 9220, 9231SMART

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment

To assess the feasibility of developing an active dressing for diabetic foot ulcers, which currently hospitalise around 1,500 people a year in the UK. The dressing would use electronic micro-biocidal techniques to kill micro-organisms inhibiting healing.

Dragon Baits Limited

Port Talbot


Mr Smith01639 894111N/AN/A7484SPUR

Polychaetes for Aquaculture Feeds

Using a patented cold extrusion technology for polychaetes (rag worms), Dragon Baits intend to develop a range of natural fish feed products as a substitute for the current environmentally unfriendly artificial fishmeals which use fish oil and de-naturised hot extrusion methods. A range of feed mixes and pellet sizes will have to be developed and tested to satisfy the broad market for artificially ‘farmed’ fish and prawn stocks.

Wales 320

http://www.dentron.co.uk/


Electronica Products Limited

South Glamorgan


Dr N Shirazee02920 [email protected]

Feasibility Study for 5-phase Motor

A feasibility study of five phase brushless DC motors with sensorless variable speed drive electronics. This will include temperature and magnetics analysis of the motors as well as electronic motor control design using digital signal processors and microcontrollers for sensorless operations. Cost analysis of the motor and the variable speed electronic control systems will also be carried out for small to medium sized motors.

Enfis Limited

Swansea


Mr S Oxenham01792 [email protected]/ASPUR

Stage 2 Development

Complete the development of a semi-conductor light source module for acne treatment following the development of an initial prototype using RIN funding. Additionally, it will allow Enfis to commence development on other applications including rosacea.

Wales 321

http://www.enfis.com/


http://www.ElectronicaUK.com/



Engineering Services (Bridgend) Limited

Mid Glamorgan


Mr M Sterio01656 [email protected]

ELV Vacuum De-pollution

Design and develop a static system of modular bays to enable rapid de-pollution of end of life vehicles in accordance with EU directive 2000/53/E using a centralised vacuum system concept.

ETL Solutions Limited

Blaenau Ffestiniog


Mr J Biggerstaff01766 [email protected] www.etlsolutions.com7220SPUR

W3C Standards Transformation Product

To undertake further development of a W3C standards data transformation product by addressing three relevant standards recently developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium, namely:XSLTXSDXML QUERY

Wales 322

http://www.etlsolutions.com/


http://www.engserve.com/



First Numerics Limited

South Glamorgan


Mr G Limbert02920 [email protected], 7310SMART

Computer Modelling of Skin

To undertake a feasibility study into the development of a novel mathematical/ numerical constitutive model of human skin for potential use on biomedical engineering, human body dynamics and forensic engineering applications.

Goppa Fireplaces Limited

Flintshire


Mrs S Everton01352 [email protected]

Improved Solid Surface

Once the melamine surface of most plastic laminates is scratched or wears out, the wood chip or phenolic base material becomes exposed. This ruins the effect of attempts to grain or pattern the laminate, and can lead to it having to be replaced. The project will develop an improved solid surface material which, since it would be essentially the same material throughout its thickness, would be less vulnerable to such damage.

Wales 323

http://www.goppa.co.uk/


http://www.firstnumerics.com/



Igloo

Porthmadog


Mr P Thompson01766 512652N/Awww.igloo.uk.comNot GivenSMART

Single Piece Glass Bath

Investigate the feasibility of producing a bath from a single sheet of glass using the gravity slumping technique.

Kerndale Limited

Caerphilly


Mr Humphries02920 [email protected]/A2710SPUR

Lining Machine Development

The development of a dedicated low volume lining machine which can be enhanced to perform as a case maker for the bookbinding on-demand and related industries.

Wales 324



http://www.igloo.uk.com/


Magnacol Research

Powys


Mr A Meredith-Jones01686 [email protected]/ANot GivenSPUR

Development of Ferrofluids

Ferrofluids are liquids which are attracted to magnets. They have many uses but are difficult to produce and very expensive, which restricts usage. We are developing a new process to make these liquids cheaply and easily, opening up new applications. With a SMART funded feasibility study successfully completed, we now have SPUR grant funding to take the process to pilot stage, to develop an ISO quality system and to prepare for commercial phase.

Menai Organics Limited

Bangor


Mr D Potter01248 354103N/AN/A2414SPUR

Catalysts for Combinatorial Synthesis

To develop catalytic processes with either organometallic complexes or enzymes acting as catalysts for use in combinatorial synthesis. These catalysts will also be used to produce a range of heterocyclic and chiral small molecules to target the same markets.

Wales 325



Micro-Oncology Limited

Gwynedd


Dr S Chaudry01248 [email protected]/A7310SMART

Microwave Cancer Treatment System

Development of a system that uses new microwave techniques and solid state power technology to enable a controlled beam of energy to be locally focused into tissue, causing the destruction of cancerous cells, whilst leaving adjacent healthy cells unadulterated. Initially the work will be targeted towards the treatment of breast cancer.

Wales 326



Micropharm Limited

Llandysul


Dr Geoff Shellswell01239 [email protected] GivenSMART

Treatment of Oleander Toxicity

The two most common causes of plant-induced toxicity are toadstool and oleander poisoning and there is no specific treatment for either. Oleander poisoning is due to a number of cardiac glycosides which progressively slow the heart, leading to death. These glycosides will be extracted, purified and used to prepare immunogens with which to raise specific antibodies in sheep. The antibodies will then be used to manufacture safe, highly effective products to treat victims of oleander poisoning.

Mid Wales Yarns Limited

Powys


Mr R Collinge01597 822713N/AN/A1712SPUR

Woollen Spun Wool Rich Single Yarns

Traditional low grade wool rich tufted yarns are produced ecru in oil, in 2 or 3 ply, then dyed in yarn form. The project is designed to produce yarns of greater quality with higher appearance retention properties and at lower unit costs. The objective is to utilise a 10% element of special meltbond polyester introduced at blending that will melt during heat setting to produce a scaffold capable of supporting the single strand of fibres.

Wales 327

http://www.micropharm.co.uk/



Nulife Glass Limited

Flint


Mr S Greer01663 [email protected]

CRT Dissolution & Recycling

The aim of this project is to develop a commercially viable alternative to sending cathode ray tubes to land fill. Experiments have already shown that high temperature and a reducing atmosphere can be used to extract the lead in the glass used to screen the television tubes & computer monitors from the silicon and other elements. This proposal is designed to test a pilot plant furnace prior to international franchising.

Proact International Limited

Denbighshire


Mr G Parker01745 [email protected]

Supply Chain Enterprise Execution Strategy

To extend supply chain functionality to enhance full and total supply chain requirements for global logistics operations and provide system management and support for the new trend into fourth generation or asset less/light supply chains. In this environment a web based approach is critical.

Wales 328

http://www.proact.net/


http://www.nulifeglass.com/



Quantum Prospecting Limited

Swansea


Dr Rassi01792 295418N/AN/A1110SPUR

Electro Magnetic Prospecting for Oil and Gas

Over the last two years Quantum has carried out extensive research and development of a new EMP (Electro magnetic prospecting) technique for use in the oil and gas industry. The technique combines leading edge technology for ultra sensitive magnetic measurements with an innovative approach to generating primary electromagnetic waves which can penetrate the earth down to typical hydrocarbon reservoirs. In this project we propose to build a commercial prototype EMP system capable of detecting and mapping deep underground mineral and hydrocarbon deposits.

Rockfield Software Limited

Swansea


Dr J Rance01792 [email protected]

Virtual Reality Tools for Finite Element/Discrete Element Problems

The aim of the proposed work is to develop a VR environment operating on low cost hardware to view and interrogate the results of industrial scale finite element/ discrete element (FE/DE) problems. The principal objective is to develop the necessary computational tools to represent events for dynamically changing worlds, with a requirement to interrogate partial results as the analysis progresses. Visualisation of problems up to 1 million variables involving either progressive multi-fracturing or distant particle flows will be considered.

Wales 329

http://www.rockfield.co.uk/


Sparkling Armada

Swansea


Mr R Parker01792 295812N/Awww.sparkling-armada.co.uk7220SPUR

Code Buyer

Development to pre-production stage of a wireless/internet remote data capture system using bar code/DECT/TCP-IP technologies.

Spectrum Technologies

Bridgend


Mr P Dickinson01656 655437sales@spectrum-technologies.co.ukwww.spectrum-technologies.co.uk3162SPUR

4th Generation Laser Wire Markers

Spectrum Technologies has pioneered the introduction of UK laser wire marking as the new international aerospace industry standard for wire marking and has developed a range of equipment which meets the demands of high intermediate and low volume users. Spectrum is the global leader in its market and to maintain this position it now wishes to develop the next generation of UV laser wire making systems. This will involve the development of an in house capability for the manufacture and support of solid state lasers, and the development of a new range of solid state laser based wire markers.

Wales 330

http://www.spectrum-technologies.co.uk/


http://www.sparkling-armada.co.uk/


Starbridge Systems Limited

Swansea


Mr K Smith01792 513541N/Awww.labstar.co.ukNot GivenSMART

Lab Star

Development of novel micro fluidic devices and systems.

Sutton Goldsmith Associates

Pembrokeshire


Mr G Goldsmith01646 697707N/AN/A3162, 3663SPUR

Electronic Lock Enhancements

This project aims to enhance the capabilities of the keywriter and lock processor developed under RIN and SMART. This will be achieved by upgrading the user interface and functions available on the keywriter. Doubling the memory and facilities available within the lock processor will allow the introduction of an IR audit key and an enhanced time key with timed access, timed out access and multi key capabilities. IR Communications will allow data transfer between the keywriter, palm PC’s and personal computers and allow access to the MS windows environment.

Wales 331

http://www.labstar.co.uk/


Adaptive Communication Systems Ltd

Belfast


Dr Sakir Sezer028 9029 [email protected]

Software Tools and Intellectual Property Cores

The aim of the project is to build a prototype set of software tools and intellectual property (IP) cores to help companies integrate advanced test, verification and debug features into their electronic products. These tools will be invaluable to designers and manufactures of advanced electronics products, as they remove the complex nature of design for testability from the product development cycle, subsequently reducing time-to-market for new electronic products.

Hamilton Erskine

Co. Down


Mr Jim Erskine028 9752 [email protected]/A24.66Feasibility

Transparent Composite Development

Hamilton Erskine are developing a range of transparent composites for ballistic and blast protection for commercial use in the specialist construction industry.


NORTHERN IRELAND


http://www.acs-tc.com/


InspecVision Ltd

Belfast


Dr Jan Antonis028 9028 [email protected]/A28.52Feasibility

Automated Inspection System

This project aims to develop an automatic inspection system for measuring the dimensional accuracy of flat opaque materials at high speed. A high-resolution digital camera captures an image that will be used to create a 3D representation of the component. Complex 3D mathematics, calibration and image processing algorithms will be used to achieve the required accuracy, irrespective of material type, or thickness. This will provide a more cost effective and accurate service for companies and consumers.

Memsis Ltd

Belfast


Mr Mark Glover028 9080 [email protected]/A72.20Feasibility

Development of Modular Software System

This project seeks to develop a modular software system for small and medium manufacturing/assembly businesses. The system will enhance resource planning using dedicated data and process devices and will include integrated customer relationship management (CRM) modules. This will provide information both to company staff and customers via the internet.





John Milliken

Co Antrim


Mr John MillikenN/AN/AN/A29.53Micro

Device to Measure Fat Content of Meat

Mr Milliken is designing and developing a low cost device that shall determine the fat content of meat. This product will be hygienic, portable and robust to withstand the harsh environment in which it will be used. It is aimed at a niche market and will be marketed to UK and other EU butchers and meat processors, in particular supermarket butcheries, larger independent butchers and SME meat processors.



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