During heavy rain floods hotspots frequently emerge in sewage networks that can overflow into properties and watercourses, spreading disease, raw sewage, microplastics, etc. which can ultimately end up into the oceans and the food chain. Traditionally sewer networks are open loop, not controlled by anything other than rainfall and flows from customer’s properties. Increasing the capacity of a sewage network to cope with additional loading or to deal with existing overloads can be expensive, highly disruptive and carbon intensive.

Many chemicals are used as foams, either as end products or ingredients in construction, manufacturing etc. The foams can be made in situ using pressurised gas cylinders, or bought ready packaged in cylinders or cans. Different chemistries condition different gases (propellants) and developing the right formulations is not an easy task. The propellants are usually flammable or toxic or both. A UK company has prototyped new hardware for very consistent microbubbles at ca 30-40 um with all gases tried so far, and air.

This company is a UK manufacturer of an innovative board that can function on multiple terrains including sand, snow, grass, frost etc. The company was founded in 2010, with the initial aim of offering something different to what was already in the market. The company aimed to surpass the barriers and limitations that normal sledges had become the go to product in the market. The product idea was sparked when the snow hit the UK badly in 2010, the founders did not have any sort of sledge to go have fun with.

This UK company creates bespoke virtual training environments for a range of industries, from games & creative industries to the military industry that require full motion simulators; this can be used for boat, car or flight / combat training. This company specialises in creating a unique system that fits into an existing space using 3 or 4 screens to replicate a realistic virtual environment. To enhance the realism, this company has developed technology that enables these systems to be utilised with full gesture controls in a bid to support the training.