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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the ideas sponsored by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts which have gone into commercial production. [162575] Estelle Morris: Of 430 awards to date, 143 investments have been made through the Invention and Innovation Programme (which is the programme most relevant to commercial production). 40 projects have gone beyond the prototyping stage and have, therefore, a product or service that is available to buy. Of these 32 have actually sold a product. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is an early stage investor, supporting projects long before they reach their production phase. As such, given that NESTA has only been in existence for five years, we would not expect most of their awardees to have reached the stage of commercial production. The 32 projects that have achieved a sale are as follows. Projects details are available in the Annual Reports of NESTA that are laid before the House. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Project Name Individual Amphibious Vehicle David Royle Transition Sailing Rig Dr. Richard Dryden DECOi Ltd. Mark Goulthorpe Aquadraulics Ltd. Michael Brisland Walltransform Glenn Melvin MusicWheels `a musical revolution' Duncan Betts Benchrover Ian Stuart Bacteria Detection in Food Borne Disease Osborn Jones DEVL Duddon Electronics Vehicle Logger Eddie Clunan Protein Music Dr. Helen Linda Long Moviposter Michael Medora Surface Monitoring Fluorimeter David Ward RoBAT Colin Barker Fueler Mark Howarth Combustion Paul Cockle Great British Theatre on Video Robert Marshall Kre8 SYSTEM Stewart Dunn Jericho Products James Philips WarpFilms Project Steve Beckett Anamorphic micro Justin Thomas Eyeball Swimming Pool Security Richard Mansfield The High Tide Organ Liam Curtin Seawater Greenhouse Charlie Paton PsychologyOnline Sue Wright Imprint Pharmaceuticals Limited Kevin Maynard Monitored Dosage System David Fenn Medipure Limited Jim Daly STesT Leak Radar Mark Harper Changing Handles for Good Glen Heavenor Hypertag Jonathan Morgan Safety Riding Wear Vicky Sharpe NanoSight Ltd. Bob Carr _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

419 c573-4W;419 c575-6W; 162575

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Arts Innovation Grants Production Technology Science Nesta

Contains statistics

Yes

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