Silicon Fen’s up and coming ‘smart technologies’ on show
At a 'Smart technology' Press Day in Cambridge last week, some early stage firms in the Cambridge high tech Cluster put their innovative technologies through their paces.
Silicon Fen Business Report lists the firms, their technologies and contact details below, in the firm belief that they will have business angels drooling for more.
Walter Herriot (pictured), managing director of event host St John's Innovation Centre, told more than 30 visiting journalists that previous Press Day participants had produced successful products. He cited:
· Hardfi, a CD juke box that enables output to mp3 players without a computer, which is now available through UK retailer Argos
· Reciva Internet radio, now commercially available
· Jagex - whose Runescape game is played by millions of people over the Internet every day.
· Reciva Internet radio, now commercially available
· Jagex - whose Runescape game is played by millions of people over the Internet every day.
The event was sponsored by i10 and was devised and coordinated by PR group Holdsworth Associates.
Firms demonstrating products included:
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences
A new food intolerance test - Food Detective - is set to revolutionise the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome by identifying within 40 minutes which foods may be an irritation to the body's digestive system.
Contact: Michael Walker www.food-detective.com
Creactive Design / Volo TV
In-train entertainment system. A working prototype has been trialled on First Great Western Trains to provide proof of concept. Large touch-screens installed in seat backs provide a superior system to in-flight entertainment.
Contact: Clare Roberts www.creactive-design.co.uk
Datanomic
DN:Director, is a new data quality management suite featuring an enhanced user interface and improved functionality to identify inaccurate or duplicated information.
Contact: Sophie Geering, www.datanomic.com
Infinite Bandwidth - AlertAvert
AlertAvert enables drivers in the same area to share messages, alerting motorists to congested routes and advising on better ones.
Contact: Marco Massenzio, www.infinitebw.com
MARGO Technologies Limited
A new way of improving mobile phone reception by up to 200%, without requiring any changes to the transmitting infrastructure or the way in which the signal was sent.
Contact: Han Lin, www.margo-technologies.com
ObjectSecurity
SimulateWorld is a rapid prototyping, modelling and simulation environment, which enables different agencies - emergency services, air transportation, and security - to see how secure integration between their systems could occur. When 'unplugged' the sensors connect to the real world sensors without affecting the information-sharing infrastructure.
Contact: Ulrich Lang, www.objectsecurity.com
OnMyMobile
Bluetooth technology is used to push promotion direct to a mobile phone, overcoming the problems of handset compatibility and enabling only carefully chosen or self-selected consumers to be targeted.
Contact: Chris Bale, www.onmymobile.com
OPTISYNX
A new type of atomic clock that allows secure and accurate time keeping without the vulnerability of the existing GPS based correction.
Contact: Dominic Mikulin www.optisynx.com
Owlstone Ltd
A tiny chemical sensor that uses an aromatic 'fingerprint' to identify pollutants and explosives.
Contact: Billy Boyle www.owlstone.co.uk
PBL Technologies
Model Gut provides the world's first digestion model, accurately simulating both the physical and biochemical aspects of the human digestion system. It provides a more effective alternative to animal studies.
Contact: Terry O’Neill, www.pbltechnology.com
Timestrip
Visual alarm clock shows exactly how long food in the fridge has been open, allowing consumers to enjoy food at its best. Additionally it can be used to monitor temperature changes during storage, important for medicines that must be kept within strict temperature ranges.
Contact: Tristan Allen www.timestrip.com
Undo Ltd
A sophisticated debugging system. For the first time software developers are able to 'peer inside' a running program and reverse the execution of their software to spot where errors have occurred.
Contact: Greg Law http://undo-software.com/
University of East Anglia - Signing Avatars
First time that vital public information can be presented quickly in sign language for deaf people. Avatar-based human signing system can be used by people without knowledge of signing to translate time sensitive information such as travel, weather, and emergency announcements.
Contact: Giles Whattam, www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/research/showgroup.jsp?labid=2&groupid=17
University of East Anglia - Urban Modelling
Creation of geographically realistic flythrough models of urban environments for planners and architects. Additionally, this type of simulation can be used to create training applications with tools that behave in the virtual world as they would in the real world.
Contact: Giles Whattam, www.urbanmodellinggroup.co.uk
Visual Planet
Table top interaction of projected images with directional sound. Applications include: support for business meetings in hotel foyers; personalised entertainment spaces in waiting areas; mobile signage for exhibitions.
Living Kiosk enables people to get personalised customer service information from an avatar. The kiosk can be used for temporary promotions using a reusable 'foil' that can fixed to a shop window or an LCD.
Contact: Mike Cole www.visualplanet.biz
Wax info
ActiveLibrary is a secure environment for managing intra and inter-company document access and transfers. The system is self-contained so that users do not need to download applications and all documents are compressed and encrypted for security. The UK and New Zealand software team have been developing software for the Japanese market.
Contact: Ross Caldwell www.waxinfo.com
Zettlex
Range of highly accurate sensors that can function under severe environmental conditions.
Contact: Darran Kreit www.zettlex.com
14th November 2006
