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SMART:SCOTLAND Awards 2003
02/02/2004
The development of a photo-activated disinfection system
for the treatment of dental disease is just one of 14
research and development projects to receive a share of
£700,000 under Scotland's leading technology support scheme
for industry.
Deputy Enterprise Minister Lewis Macdonald today
announced the third round of winning companies from the
2003 SMART:SCOTLAND Awards Competition.
A further £2.1 million is available under the SPUR
scheme to take these projects to pre-production stage.
The SMART awards are designed to help new and existing
businesses with fewer than 50 employees gain a competitive
edge in the market by funding the development of highly
innovative and commercially viable products or
processes.
Mr Macdonald said:
"The Executive is committed to helping grow the economy
by investing in the skills of our workforce and
transforming ideas and innovations into successful business
opportunities.
"SMART:SCOTLAND is pivotal in our programme of support
to help small companies develop new leading edge products
and processes, bringing science out of the labs and onto
the production line.
"Today's winners signify once again what can be achieved
in terms of turning ideas into market leading projects, and
include significant technological advancements in areas
such as information technology, materials technology,
medical technology, electronics and fish health."
SMART:SCOTLAND 2003, ROUND 3 WINNERS:
1. 4c design Ltd, Glasgow
Development of the 'Hot-Blade' Device
The SMART award will enable 4c design to develop a
portable, hand-held product containing an integrated power
supply, which uses heat to cut and seal ropes and any
material that has the potential to fray.
2. Denfotex Light Systems Ltd, Inverkeithing
The Development of an Alternative Source for
Initiating the PAD Process (PADII)
The SMART award will enable Denfotex to prove the
principles to develop a further version of a
photo-activated disinfection system for the treatment of
dental disease, the creation of a prototype and assessment
by a practising dentist.
3. Dynamic Innovations, Denny
Development of a Sensitivity Analysis and Trend
Prediction System for Industrial Related Hearing Loss
The SMART award will enable Dynamic Innovations to
conduct a technical feasibility study into the
effectiveness and ability of a hearing screening analysis
server to develop a self-learning, trend analysis and
prediction system for operating on data produced as a
result of a hearing screening programme.
4. Ensolv Technologies Ltd, Glasgow
Development of a Delivery Method for
Chemotherapeutics for the Aquaculture Industry
The SMART award will enable Ensolv to develop a
sustainable, environmental, delivery method for
chemotherapeutics for the aquaculture industry.
5. Envisedge Ltd, Glasgow
Feasibility of an RF Drive Circuit
The SMART award will enable Envisedge to undertake a
feasibility study into a high frequency broadband
electronic drive circuit for integration with the company's
novel low drive voltage optoelectronic technology.
6. Ferranti Photonics Ltd, Dundee
Development of a Sealed 600W CO2 laser
The SMART award will enable Ferranti to develop a
lightweight sealed CO2 laser of around 600w power for use
in materials processing in industry.
7. Helixion Ltd, Edinburgh
To develop the "SIM" into a more Powerful Device
Manager
This project's primary targets will be to highlight
the nature, shape and capability of a 'SIM Middleware'
environment and its attributes and show how this might
achieve key product functionality.
8. hydrosense Ltd, Linlithgow
Novel Alloy Coatings for Biosensors
The SMART award will enable hydrosense to develop and
evaluate novel manufacturing processes and coatings for use
in biosensers. These coatings will be exploited in sensors
for the drinking water and beverage industries for the
detection of bacterial contamination.
9. Imaging Solutions Ltd, Edinburgh
Development of Time-Reversal Imaging Wave
(TRI-Wave)
Securing a SMART award will enable Imaging Solutions to
develop an innovative conceptual modelling technique for
signal processing in radar, sonar and ultrasound
systems.
10. IP Shells Ltd, Edinburgh
A new Evolutionary Multi-Objective Computer Aided
Design (CAD) Tool for Single-Step Design of System-on-Chip
Devices (SoC)
The SMART award will enable IP Shells to assess the
feasibility of an effective computer aided design (CAD)
tool that can generate complex designs in hours as opposed
to weeks or months.
11. Jeremy CJ Rice McDonald, Doune
Development of an Optoelectronic Lock - 'Optilock'
The SMART award will enable a new company to be
established to investigate the feasibility of developing a
three-dimensional optoelectronic lock, designed to be
unpickable by any means. This would be available as a high
security locking system in buildings, safes and
automobiles.
12. Dr Lykourgos Petropoulakis, Glasgow
Real-Time Document Analysis
The SMART award will enable Dr Petropoulakis' new
company to develop a system capable of document analysis
that enables automatic summarisation of content.
13. NiTech Solutions Ltd, Edinburgh
A Feasibility Study of Continuous Production of a
Family of Nano Particles using an Oscillatory-Baffled
Reactor
The SMART award will enable NiTech to investigate the
feasibility of creating a continous oscillatory-baffled
reactor system , specifically for the production of latex
products, which are widely used in surface coatings and
adhesives.
14. R M Logic Ltd, Edinburgh
The Development of an EDA Tool for Logic Synthesis
and Optimisation
The SMART award will enable RM Logic to develop an
electronic design automation (EDA) tool for the synthesis
and optimisation of chip and system targeting power.
Entries for SMART:SCOTLAND can be submitted by
individuals planning to start a business in Scotland, and
by existing small firms / groups with less than 50
employees.
There are three rounds of judging each year with closing
dates for applications in January, May and September. The
Government meets 75 per cent of the project costs and the
maximum award payable has recently been raised to £50,000.
Projects last between 6 and 18 months.
Winners who successfully complete their projects and
require additional assistance to develop a pre-production
prototype can apply for further funding under the SPUR
scheme. SPUR is a non-competitive scheme and grant is
available at 35 per cent of the eligible project costs,
subject to a maximum grant of £150,000. These projects
should last between six months and three years.