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News Release from: Electronics Enabled Products KTN
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GBP5000 grants promote innovation
The latest projects to receive awards include a wearable device for monitoring postural stability in cerebral palsy.
The Electronics Enabled Products Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) has announced that four more projects to benefit from Spark awards, which are designed to build relationships between small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and higher education institutes (HEIs) The grants, which are of a fixed value of GBP5000, are awarded to the relevant HEI to tackle a problem of direct relevance to the SME
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The latest projects to receive awards include a wearable device for monitoring postural stability in cerebral palsy, a collaboration between James Leckey Design, of Dunmurry, Northern Ireland and the University of Aberdeen.
Another winner is a wireless sensor node to be used in demanding signal processing applications, including measuring vibration in industrial machinery.
It is a collaboration between London-based Senceive and University College London.
A computerised smart trolley to control and monitor drug dispensation in hospitals and care homes is a collaboration between Belgravium Technologies, of Bradford and the University of Hull.
The final grant was awarded for the formalisation of design procedures for digitally controlled switch-mode power supplies, a collaboration between Bracknell-based Ridley Engineering and the University of Reading.
Paul Palmer, Director of the EEP KTN, says "I would like to congratulate the four pairs of winners of the 2007 Spark Awards".
"We received a great deal of high-quality applications, showing how many innovative ideas are out there seeking modest amounts of funding for their development".
"We will, of course, make follow-up contact with the runners-up, as well as the winners, to see if we can help them too.' Applications for Spark awards are actively encouraged within in the areas of design, development and manufacture of complex products with integrated electronic and mechanical function".
The next call for Spark Awards from the EEP KTN is planned for November 2008.
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