Innovation is clearly alive and well in Northern Ireland if the latest NISP CONNECT 25K Awards are anything to go by. Billed as 'The Search for the Next Big Thing' heavyweights from the local research community battled it out to win both their category and overall awards at a gala dinner held alongside the historic Titanic Dock and Pumphouse on 29th September.
Flish (from Flat-Dish), a team from Queen’s University Belfast who have developed a low cost, low power antenna capable of picking up satellite signals automatically, which could make satellite dishes as we know them a thing of the past, eventually came out on top. They have walked away with a total prize fund of £13,000 as overall winners of the technology entrepreneur awards which are sponsored by the Bank of Ireland UK, QUB, University of Ulster and AFBI (Agri Food and Biosciences Institute) and supported by NI’s Health and Social Care Trusts.
Designed as a commercial experience the Awards aim to encourage researchers to act on their talents, ideas and energy to produce tomorrow’s leading commercial opportunities.
Congratulations must go to all 10 finalists, all of which had cracking ideas with huge commercial potential. Just maybe we had the pleasure of being witness to the genesis of some great innovations which could be truly life changing. Watch this space. You can read more about the winners here.
Congratulations must go to all 10 finalists, all of which had cracking ideas with huge commercial potential. Just maybe we had the pleasure of being witness to the genesis of some great innovations which could be truly life changing. Watch this space. You can read more about the winners here.
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