The Crossover Project aims to focus public an private R&D spending on marketable technologies. Crossover will investigate, frame and market technology demand and help attract funding from appropriate sources. The Crossover Project will achieve this by breaking barriers of communication and trust between those seeking new technologies and those capable of offering solutions. Crossover will encourage exchange across regions, scientific disciplines and the public / private barrier.

Independent research demonstrates that high levels of air pollutants in urban UK are detrimental to people's health, with a government estimate of health costs associated with polluion standing at 1.3 billion per year and rising. There exists an opportunity to develop an inexpensive, single use, disposable, personal health mask for those who need it most - the elderly, commuters, health conscious and cyclists. The LAPP intends to commercialise and market such a product and provide a public health benefit. The organisation is a not-for-profit supported by government (local and regional) and social-orientation institutions.

A glove-like device designed to aid the everyday lives of millions of manualy disabled people. It is a one-size-fits-all neoprene glove fitted with a unique device for 'gripping' utensils.

The Maths Republic aims to be a speciality software house. The first step is to create Mathematics Education software that will be attractive to school and pre-university children worldwide. The objective of the software is to be an effective tool in building their understanding of the mathematical sciences. Subsequently, we expect to move to software for Scientific and Technical Computing and products to cater for Popular Science.

The life-sciences optical microscopy market was $527 million in 2004 ($702 million in 2009).Over a period of five years we have used $1 million of government funding to develop a software tool (OME) for scientists to store, view, annotate, and search their laboratories' microscopy images. OME's simplified image management enables labs to optimize their microscopy investments and their scientists' time. As such, OME is already used in several external laboratories. With $100,000 we would commercialize OME, providing support and consultation to laboratories. We project positive cash-flow in one year and $1 million annual revenue in three years.

Computer-human interface, designed to replace the keyboard.

The Wildlife Partnership will establish a private not-for-ptofit conservation and sustainable development movement that links a community in the developed world to specific projects in threatened areas, with th eoverall aim of contributing to diversity - through protection of natural habitat and endangered species.

The use of oyster cards in London is not widespread. Travelers waste valuable time at the ticket gates checking their pockets to find their oyster cards. Cheap watches are abundant in London's street markets but their battery life is not long. These watches are often cheaper to replace than the batteries themselves, wasting resources in the long run. Timepeace converts old watches into kinetic-powered watches with an Oyster chip inside, personalized with a chosen picture or charity logo on the watchface. It will save time, ease the people traffic at train stations, help the environment, and proceeds go to charities.

The aim is to fulfil the need for an online platform for Coventry University students to look for short term ad hoc projects offered by the university community that will give them opportunities to develop various skills needed. At the same time, we utilise this opportunity to seek advertisement fees from large corporations to build a sustainable business.

To improve the market of international student teaching programmes by introducing flexibility and adding a new dimension to it. Top of the Class would serve as a medium that would bring together an innovative way students and school or summer camp governors who are looking to recruit.

Each issue challenges readers with a new topic that is both impending and timeless.

TouchSight are a new startup company based in cambridge who together with help of focus groups for the visually impaired, have developed a new innovative mobility aid. We have pioneered a glove-based system, the TOUCHSIGHT VISION MITT. This enables the user to 'sense' their surroundings using ultransonic sensors and vibration feedback actuators, whilst keeping the palm of the hand free for other tasks.

An online travel guide and portal for France.

Traffic-LED will replace every light bulb in every traffic light in the country with Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), saving energy and reducing carbon emissions. The key to Traffic-LED's success is the high efficiency of LEDs: they are up to ten times more efficient than the most energy-efficient conventional lighting. Bulb replacement LED units are already available and can last over thirty times longer than a light bulb. But the cost is at least a hundred times too high. Traffic-LED will encourage a longer-term view by financing initial investment with reduced running costs: Traffic-LEDs will cost less than light bulb.

A software package for the simulation of the flow of road traffic.

An internet based service that will help people to fulfill their travel needs.

To sell a portable water purifier to third world markets.

An automated computer-based assistant that provides useful and timely information.

Ubicam (UBIQuitous Active Media) aims to become the world leader in the provision of event-based, real-time processing services. Ubicam will deliver the next generation of highly adaptable solutions that allow users to process, manipulate and formulate complex strategies, in real-time, to rapidly-changing data sources such as financial data and weather measurements. Ubicam's novel core technology, enables real-time implements of complex models such as the ones used for derivatives and risk management, which are currently not computable in real-time, with existing technologies. Ubicam also aims to provide additional real-time processing services, such as reliability and high-availability for maintaining the quality of real-time services within desirable limits.

A software for comic enthusiasts with advanced data mining and search engine with artificial intelligence that can search for text as well as graphics for caption in the comics and will allow downloads from virtually any comics website in the world.

Wikipedia style geographic map; built by digital processing of satellite images and continuously improved by user contribution. A graphical world is presented through an Internet webpage. Ideally at the top level a world map is observed, which can be explored and zoomed inn at different locations. The user will through an account system that is self-moderating be able to improve images by defining types of roads, drawing inn routes, drawing and identifying buildings and entrances, and drawing and naming other things like lakes, parks, forests areas and rivers.

Fraud with counterfeit bank cards costs society hundreds of millions of pounds every year. We developed a technology that makes copying bankcards impossible by fitting them with non-replicable and unique tags. Organisations and governments can reduce costs and fraud by using our technology.

Doppio is a new software product by User A Solutions that transforms a single personal computer (PC) into two independent computing terminals - effectively doubling the number of supported users. Each terminal behaves like its own PC; the fact that they are sharing computing resources of one machine is transparent to both users.

Userfit offers consultancy to design companies and manufacturers to improve the usability of their products/services through providing critical user forums and Systematic Assessment, thus enlarging their potential market.

Fruit juice business.

ViewPoint Prediction Software (VPS) significantly augments the business intelligence capabilities of the firm by replacing traditional time consuming market research processes by employing natural language processing techniques, customer opinions are automatically extracted from multiple sources that are rich in subjective viewpoints. These include sources such as newspaper editorials, letters to the editors, web postings, blogs, chat-room transcriptions, radio transcripts, corporate e-mails and questionnaires.

We have developed an in-house hardware based panoramic creation technique. This, coupled with our extremely simple to use software, is to be marketed as VirtualTourPro. The system presents and extremely powerful tool for modern estate agents, enabling production of their own high quality full screen panoramas. VirtualTourPro has been designed to fill this thus far neglected segment of the booming virtual tour creation market. It is placed between the high cost subcontracted work carried out by professional photographers, and the low cost, but visibly lower quality, tours currently photographed by estate agents.

To enable mobile phone users to create text messages without using the keypad, through the use of intelligent voice recognition technology.

The company will offer transportation services to the average-income population of Ghana. The country's infrastructure is weak and supply of reliable transportation services is low. As a transportation service provider, the company aims at increasing shareholders' wealth while creating high-wage employment and contributing to the economic development of Ghana's services sector.

A mobile voting system that collects client's opinions in a simple, rapid and effective manner.

Way To Say brings conversation simulation tochnology to the consumer mass market. A dating gmae for the internet generation.

To facilitate business-to-business transactions with an online exchange platform.

Development of a low-cost, detachable power unit to fit 70% of the UK's 400,000 manual wheelchairs - offering power, steering and regenerative braking for the wheelchair user or an attendant at a much lower price than a powerchair.

Internet site that will market and sell selected toys, books and software products.

Catering company

WiGuide will address the demand for flexible and customised city tours by delivering location-driven audio guides on a portable device running the unique WiGuide software.

Commercial wireless internet billing technology for public locations.

Online betting website

Shopping online.

The majority of corporate firms in the UK actively recruit university graduates. One of the key ways to attract the attention of students (potential employees) is by giving away company-branded promotional products (freebies). At present, there is no supplier to the market who specialises in providing promotional products for use in Graduate Recruitment initiatives. This is where Xenon-54 Promotions comes in. Xenon-54 Promotions has identified the needs of both its clients (large corporate firms) and its target market (the student population) and aims to provide unique 'high-use', commodity products that can provide companies with the most comprehensive marketing coverage possible.

XenonOS is developing a secure, reliable and easy to use alternative to the present desktop operatng system.

You-Can is a web-based portal to facilitate an efficient and effective donation process, which maximizes the benefits for both donors and recipients. It is an interface that permits interaction between donors allowing collaboration as a means to achieve a specific goal. These goals are monetary targets which, once achieved, fund specific social schemes run by small, local charities in developing countries. The web service allows for clear and immediate visualisation of progression towards pre-set goals so that users can gain an immediate view as to the effectiveness of their donation. You-Can therefore overcomes these charities' current inability to secure much needed funding from abroad whilst enhancing the 'donation-giving experience'.

YourTour offers a unique service to Coventry's 4.5 million annual visitors, aiming to capture a slice of a national 70m guided tours market (Coventry: over 320k annually). Through our website customers can create and download a fully-customised walking tour of the city. They select the attractions they wish to visit and let a powerful algorithm find the most appealing route. Then they download a printable, colourful route map and full audio descriptions of the sights they will see. YourTour is seeking funding for the initial set-up of the website and the creation of the underlying audiovisual materials.

Web based trading platforms enabling super-efficient purchasing operations.