Gecko Advertising has developed patentable technology to seamlessly place virtual adverts and products into live image and video content. The dynamic nature of our advertising model provides substantial commercial advantages since adverts may be targeted to specific geographic regions, demographics and, eventually, to individuals. Moreover, for televised sports ground perimeter advertising we are able to provide guaranteed coverage and a number of new differentiated products, in addition to reduced costs. We are seeking start up funds to establish a limited company, investigate the patentability of our technology and to fund initial product development.

Low cost, accurate translation of text via the internet is an unsolved problem. Professional translation costs at least US$50 per page, and present computer translation produces poor output with loss of context and meaning. We present a solution based around minimum wage monolingual workers training an adaptive automatic translation algorithm to maintain context and meaning, and provide translations of native speaker quality. Although inappropriate for legal documents, a vast array of business, news and personal material can be targeted. A price-quality trade-off is provided, and the completely automated translation engine itself will quickly become the best in the market.

EM-DDT is signal processing firmware company that has developed a patented audio restoration technique to restore audio buzz associated with mobile phone electromagnetic interferences (GSM Buzz). EM-DDT's 'KILL THE BUZZ' platform technology focuses on 3 markets: (1) Hearing aid, 6 million units. (2) Car stereo, 10 million units. (3) Computer sound card, 200 million units. EM-DDT allows hearing aid users to use mobile phones, eliminates danger for car drivers due to unexpected audio interferences, and enhances computer audio by 50dB SNR. EM-DDT is only weeks away from functional prototypes and is currently having customers who need immediate consultancy.

The ePad electronic notepad phone aims to combine the connectivity, small size and low weight of a modern electronic device with the easy-to-use, adaptable and natural feel of a paper pad through the use of e-ink technology. Applications range from business devices to low cost educational aides for students in third world countries

Faces-2-Places is planned to be an online social networking company. It offers the 'ultimate blog' experience. Users can upload the routes they have taken to visit places and annotate them with comments and media files for other users to share. As more users overlay their routes popular destinations will appear as crossing points. Users will be able to meet other users sharing the same favourite destinations. Alternatively users will be able to discover the most popular destinations in new cities and countries they are visiting. The service that Faces-2-Places provides could ultimately augment current established online social network services.

The microarray market is rapidly growing and this growth is primarily driven by the introduction of innovative technologies and the establishment of niche markets. We have developed a novel platform that extends the reach of this technology to new market opportunities and we have developed a plan to create a niche market in five years.

FluoroDerm is a UV 'detection and protection' company dedicated to developing next generation suncare products. Our first product will be FluoroFun, a novel and practical form of zinc cream which changes colour when the wearer has been exposed to the maximum recommended dose of UV radiation. This product not only alerts the customer when to move out of the sun, but also protects them from the harmful effects of UV rays due to the sun blocking properties of zinc cream. FluoroFun's unique, practical UV indication and exciting colour changing properties will appeal to children, parents and outdoor enthusiasts.

Vehicle insurance companies are currently forced to set premiums for customers based on woefully incomplete information - often little more than the driver's age and previous convictions. Drive4Less is a discreet in-vehicle device that records information about the driver's habits, such as when he drives, which roads he takes, how harshly he brakes and accelerates, and how attentive he is. Periodically it sends this information to the insurance company, which uses it to calculate a fairer premium. We wish to license our IP, and we predict that widespread adoption will result in profit for Drive4Less, insurance companies, and many drivers.

E-ceipts is a state of the art receipt storage and management system. It would replace the current chip and pin integrated circuit with a read/writable micro SD storage card(or similar) that can be read by a PC card reader. This would subsequently allow the replacement of traditional paper receipts with a more dependable digital equivalent, thus eliminating the problem of paper waste and facilitating personal accounting.

EFR Engineering - Enivronmrent Friendly Racing - is a technology consultancy focusing on renewable technologies for the automotive sector. The company aims to develop and race prove new greener technologies, such as bio fuels and regenerative systems, through innovative research schemes and then filter the intellectual property through to the general automotive market. As well as developing a large IP portfolio the comapny will carry out specialised cosulatancy work through a vast network of talented engineers in the renewable energy sector.