ploughshare intro 2014
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Our technology, your opportunity. Could your business benefit from accessing the output of a £400 million R&D budget?TRANSCRIPT
January 17 2014
Agenda
Who are Ploughshare?
•What do we do?
•Spin-outs
•License Examples
•What do others have to say?
Who are
Ploughshare?
Ploughshare is wholly owned by the
Secretary of State for Defence
What does
Ploughshare
do?
What does Ploughshare do?
Ploughshare are experts in:
• Licensing IP
• 110 technologies commercialised through 50 current licenses/commercial
arrangements
• Commercialisation services
• 330 cases reviewed (2014)
• Spin-outs /Joint ventures – 11 Spin outs in total;
• 7 active, 2 sales, 2 wound-up
Complementary activities:
• Supporting creativity through IP pipeline development (PIF)
• Rewarding inventors
• Controlling IP costs
• Longer term: Off-the-shelf (COTS) opportunities for MOD
Slide 5
Where does Ploughshare fit?
Industry
Suppliers
Intellectual Property Creation and Transfer
Centre for
Defence
Enterprise
Industry
Customers
Spin-outs
Examples
Spin-Outs
Slide 8
Enigma Diagnostics
Rapid Detection & Identification of
bacteria and viruses at the point of
sampling
Applications:
• Biothreat
• Veterinary
• Point of care diagnostic
www.enigmadiagnostics.com
Spin-Outs
Slide 9
P2i
Plasma Surface Coating Process
Applications:
• Electronics
• Lifestyle clothing and footwear
• Bio-consumables
• Military
www.p2ilabs.com
Spin-Outs
Slide 10
ProKyma technologies Ltd.
Biological cell collection/analysis
instrumentation
Applications:
• In Vitro Diagnostics
• Life Sciences Research
www.prokyma.com
Spin-Outs
Slide 11
Claresys Ltd
Optical Innovation
Applications:
• Surveillance
• Industrial Monitoring
www.claresys.com
Spin-Outs
Slide 12
Subsea Asset Location Technology
(SALT) Ltd
Passive Underwater Beacons to allow easier
detection by SONAR
Applications:
• Fishing/Aquaculture
• Oil/Gas
• Utilities i.e Subsea power/telephone lines
• General marine (civil and military)
navigation
www.cesalt.com
Spin-Outs
Slide 13
ESROE
Electronic Surveillance and Support software
solutions
Applications:
• Cutting edge information processing solutions
for Electronic Warfare systems
• World’s only Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)
software for real-time identification of radar
signatures
• From armoured vehicles and UAVs to large
multi-role warships and surveillance aircraft
www.esroe.com
Licenses
Examples
Detection &
Diagnostics
Sampling Device
Sample Device With Lateral Flow Strips
Slide 16
Problem:
A need to rapidly identify multiple
potential materials in a single sample
Solution:
• An integrated sampling device that can be used to swab a surface and collect a sample, allowing immediate identification.
• The device can incorporate up to 8 separate lateral flow diagnostic strips, which can be selected to suit the situation.
• Robust and can be used when wearing gloves
• Self-contained, no added reagents or power source
• Sample is retained for further testing or audit
Untreated Treated
Human
Identification
NAFM
Licences
Human Identification
Noise Adaptive Feature Matching (NAFM)
Slide 18
Problem:
Improving identification in high signal
to noise environments.
Solution:
• The NAFM method uses statistical
features of the signal to deliver a
significant improvement in matching
accuracy when large or varying
amounts of noise are present in the
measured signal, as is typical with the
use of voice biometrics for mobile
consumer devices.
• Identity and access management.
• Mobile commerce.
Electro Optics
Optically Addressable
Light Valve
Optically Addressed Light Valve
Slide 20
Problem:
Protection from dazzle from sunlight, lasers, arc welders etc. for equipment and personnel
Solution:
Liquid crystal cell & photoconductive
material
•Light can be limited or filtered to
protect sensors or maintain vision
•Protection of CCTV/Surveillance
cameras and equipment
Defence &
Security
Armour
Sonar
Super Bainite Steel
Slide 23
Solution:
High Hardness Armoured Steel
Development of new secondary
hardening process
• Lower weight
• Easier machining/shaping than
conventional armoured steel
• Production Assessment
conducted with Tata (260 Tonnes)
• Processing Licensees now being
sought
Problem:
No UK onshore production capability
for armour steel
Audio Visual Acoustic Detection
Slide 24
Problem:
Assisting passive sonar operators with
tools to aid interpretation of signals
Solution:
Simplifies passive sonar detection by
providing sonar operators with rapid
visual representation of audio data
Enables classification of the sound
into one of the three categories;
• Mechanical
• Biological
• Environmental
Software implementation would sit in
existing sonar system hardware
Thank you Contact Ploughshare
+44 (0) 1794 301602
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