Companies
iGeolise ltd
iGeolise has built an application called Travel Time that converts distance into journey time. One example of how Travel Time creates value is that it enables consumers to search any web site or mobile application according to how much time they have, rather than how far away the content is. Very often, minutes mean more than miles to a consumer and compared to a distance-based search,
Travel Time doubles the number of relevant results displayed. It is useful whenever the consumer seeks content that involves travelling – for example to shops, restaurants, events, hotels, houses, and jobs. It works for with website or mobile application, on any web-enabled device, anywhere in the world.
The Global Position System (GPS) of 24 satellites plays an important role within iGeolise's infrastructure. It helps us locate people and places with great accuracy and to then calculate the travel time between the two; without satellites we'd be lost.
MyDrive Solutions
Learns how a driver drives and builds a profile of each driver solely from GPS location data that requires no access to vehicle’s built in electronics or bus. The resulting profile is then analysed to provide a highly sophisticated view of the driver’s driving style with a view to improve safety and reduce fuel costs and CO2 output. Product is sold via a hosted service or licensed software.
TISICS Ltd
TISICS is an SME specialising in the development of fibre reinforced metal composites. This material is relatively new to civilian markets but has been worked on for military systems since the 1980s. TISICS is the only company outside America commercially producing the special ceramic fibre and designing and fabricating components. We typically reinforce titanium alloys to increase their strength and stiffness to match very high strength aerospace steels. Titanium composites are used where corrosion would be an issue for steel or the temperature and abrasion or damage tolerance of polymer composites are too low for the parts in service. TISICS titanium composites are being evaluated for landing gear where the compression strength is up to twice that of steel, but half the weight and will not rust. TISICS has started working on space applications with ESA and is developing a part which may be launched on a satellite in 2012.