Development and patenting of a three-dimensional interconnection system. Funded by Dowty, Harwin, SMART and 3i. Winner of SMART, Internepcon, ECN, EDN and Electronics Weekly awards. Assigned to Dowty, Harwin, McMurdo and Lodgenet Entertainment Inc.
Development and patenting of a Dual in Line power back-up unit for microelectronics. Initially assigned to Racal Microelectronics and subsequently to Dallas Semiconductor Inc.
Development of an automated information display system (ADS) adopted by GEC Reliance for hotel information systems. Featured on BBC Horizon programme.
£372K awarded for Innovation Centre project. All available space let, targets met. £110K for DEVICES project. £200K for Building on the Best. £180K for CLIP & £43K expansion.
Establishment of the Eastern Region Technology Centre. Bedfordshire Branch established. Small Firm Help Service and Technical Action Line both established.
R&D into low-cost, intelligent capture of solar and ambient heat into horticultural water systems. Heat captured from solar radiation, panel substrate temperature differential and ambient air temperature differential. Features SIP (Smart Intelligent Pipe) technology.
Development and test of experimental solar power units for horticultural applications. Portable 12V DC or 240V AC power for data loggers, valves, irrigation systems and low-power lighting — fully off-grid. Now upgraded with LiFePO4 battery and 100W panel.
Development and test of low-power battery-operated wireless sensors, actuators and data gathering systems for control of growing systems. TransMy wireless control platform.
Innovative vertical growing system with MicroPython software control on ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico. Revised design featuring perlite channel and cascading nutrient irrigation. DIY guides and software available.
Next-generation automated plant growing systems combining sensors, actuators and intelligent software control. Exploring AI-assisted growing optimisation for commercial and domestic horticulture.
Development of a meta-collaboration framework enabling distributed teams to work together on R&D projects. Funded VW collaboration initiative — £50,000 allocated.