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Graphic.ly, a cutting-edge digital content publishing platform, has developed a new, easy to use solution for creators of comics and other forms of publishing to deliver content to their fan base and readership. The technology is changing the way people read and interact with the material, and aims to create a community where members can both purchase and discuss comic books with each other, creators and publishers.

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Running on WorkCast’s unique webcasting platform, Webcast Manager allows users to create, edit, manage, and distribute effective business webcasts from one solution.

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Ethicalsuperstore.com is the UK’s leading online retailer of ethical products and provider of e-commerce services to the ethical marketplace.

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Vertical Wind Energy Ltd (VWE) is dedicated to the production of a truly innovative solution for wind generated power, offering a design that overcomes the inherent problems with traditional Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines. VWE turbines offer improved performance, mounting and siting flexibility, delivering significant value in the area of micro-generation.

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amBX technology delivers full “sensory surround” entertainment experiences. amBX enables content creators to add real world effects using light, colour, rumble and air flow, through licensed amBX devices, to the virtual worlds of computers, games, music, movies and TV entertainment. With amBX the entertainment world can be brought into the real world to create incredible immersive experiences.

The use of amBX to control lighting will revolutionise the way in which professional lighting installers use LED lighting, from large scale architectural installations through to bars, restaurants, cinemas and home theatre set ups.

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MySapient has created an online gaming platform which has capitalised on the popularity of social networking. Users will create their own virtual character, an avatar, which is not entirely controlled by the player but instead also influenced by the virtual environment. Essentially, your avatar will become an extension of your offline personality and must be nurtured as opposed to simply created. The game in turn, will also become an extension of your offline friendships and social life. MySapient users will be able to buy ‘digital assets’ such as consumable items that improve the performance of their avatar, i.e. food and water, as well as limited edition trend driven items such as hats, haircuts and clothes, ensuring gamers stay up-to-date with the latest fashions and display an element of style.

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The Antix Game Player [AGP] makes games as portable as music or video. It is an innovative, compact, powerful and secure software player designed to meet the consumer’s ever increasing expectations and aspirations for playing and sharing high quality games on phones, personal computers, TVs and other connected devices.

Antix Labs, headquartered in the UK, was founded by Francis Charig, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Development of the AGP began in the summer of 2007 using one of the world's most experienced teams in designing, building and deploying rich media application platforms. The Player now supports a range of open and proprietary operating systems and other software platforms that perfectly illustrate the many powerful and unique features of the Antix Game Player.

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Nomad provides specialty mobile network solutions for the global transportation industry with a current focus on passenger trains.

Nomad's low-cost, high-speed data networks enable public transport operators to offer a variety of enhanced communication services to passengers and the ability to reduce their operating costs through improved communications and monitoring of their fleets.

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ReInnervate specialises in the development of enabling technologies to facilitate research into cell growth and function in vitro, particularly in the field of stem cell biology. Aspects of the Company’s research are also suitable for development into diagnostic tools and have potential therapeutic applications.

The company has developed a polystyrene foam scaffold which enables cells to grow in 3-dimensions in a similar way to how they grow in the human body, which for drug testing purposes is not only more cost effective but gives a truer reading of how the drug would perform within the body.

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Illumix provides a comprehensive suite of products and services that enable organizations to better understand and visualize their current IT assets and ascertain how they map on to existing business functions within the organization.Insight provided by Illumix can be applied to a wide variety of projects, including IT asset management, application profiling, capacity planning, network consolidation and data center rationalization.

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guroo is for students aged 14-19 studying Functional Skills, Key Skills and Adult Literacy & Numeracy at level 1 and level 2 as part of a Vocational course or one of the new Diploma courses at either school or college.

The award winning guroo service uses multi mode technologies with video, podcast, interactive on-line and worksheet elements based around real life learning challenges. guroo provides a relevant, realistic and authentic learning experience and can engage the hard to reach student.

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TagText is creating an integrated messaging product that allows young people to send animated avatars to their friends via mobile, social networks and the internet. TagText makes messaging a richer, more fun, personalised experience and is fantastic for teens. For content owners it provides a new revenue stream for their assets, and it’s good for fashion, games and music marketers as it provides peer-to-peer viral marketing tool for their brand.

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Evince Technology has pioneered a semiconductor device with the potential to make sustainable energy generation more efficient and commercially viable. Their semiconductor technology dramatically improves the performance of sustainable energy sources such as wind turbines and fuel cells by enabling the direct connection of power electronics systems to the main electricity grid, thereby driving down the costs and improving efficiency.

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Pulsic Limited is an EDA company focused on custom design automation. Pulsic's leading physical design software improves the design productivity at nine of the top ten memory companies by automating the layout of peripheral and control logic. Pulsic's product range includes hierarchical floorplanning, detailed placement, automatic routing and interactive editing. Pulsic has delivered more than 150 tape-outs with over 40 customers worldwide and is the only supplier of specialised layout automation for memory.

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Applied Superconductor Limited from Blyth has developed new technology that regulates current flow to reduce surges caused by short circuits, improving the safety and stability of electricity networks The Superconducting Fault - Current Limiter (SFCL) is an important enabling technology for the integration of cleaner energy sources.

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Caspian Learning are global leaders in the use of games and simulations technology to solve learning issues.

Using their unique Thinking Worlds™ technology they design and deliver customised 3D Learning Based Games in a wide variety of sectors in the UK and overseas. Caspian Learning work alongside clients to understand their learning issues, goals, and performance targets. They then develop, brand and deploy transformational learning experiences for them which also promote both interpersonal and thinking skills.

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i-Snapshot technology is aimed at companies whose sales teams are out and about making sales calls across the UK, allowing staff to give instant updates on sales activity via a simple text message. It provides Sales Managers with the key information to understand their sales team activities and their sales key metrics. By providing instant, clear data on sales activity, i-snapshot is an invaluable management tool that can improve sales efficiency.

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Newcastle based AWS was established in 2000 and it operates by purchasing a variety of plastics from recycling companies and either reprocessing it or selling it on to plastics reprocessing companies in the UK and overseas. This encourages drinks companies to use more recycled content in their bottles and by recycling more materials, this reduces pressure on landfill sites. AWS operates the largest and most technically advanced plastic bottle reprocessing plant in the UK, creating the world’s largest facility with food grade capability able to process up to 100,000 tonnes of mixed plastic bottles annually.

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Vizimo offers an enriched TV listings and guidance platform across a range of media sources, including mobile phones. With the Vizimo guide the user can browse shows on all channels and plan TV viewing. Using ‘MyTV’, users can build a personal schedule of what to watch and get recommendations of other things they might like.

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The Broadband Computer Company has developed its own purpose built hardware and software designed to make computing as simple as possible, providing users with all the functionality and capability that they require without the responsibilities of setting up, managing or maintaining a PC. Their products are set to revolutionise the way revolutionise the way homes and businesses use PCs, freeing the user from maintaining or updating the system and problems with licenses or virus’.

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Excelsyn integrate specialist management consulting, chemistry and engineering to offer a unique range of solutions that can enhance performance across the whole pharmaceuticals, biotech and chemicals value chain.

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e-Therapeutics is a systems biology drug discovery company. They possess efficient proprietary methods for discovering new bioactive compounds; de-risking candidates against efficacy and safety; discovering combinations of compounds with specific therapeutic effects; and discovering surprising new indications for existing compounds.

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Cogenta provides solutions that enable businesses to quickly gather and analyse competitive price and product information with a focus on delivering retail intelligence to organisations that need to track consumer product and pricing movements. Cogenta's business comprises unique technology that has been developed specifically to track data published on the internet, to organise that information meaningfully and to deliver the resulting analysis in the way that best supports each customer's business requirements.

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