Innovate UK Sets Wearables Challenge With Disney & McLaren

on January 21, 2015 at 12:33 pm

You could develop ideas alongside major corporate names in sport, entertainment, hospitality such as McLaren and Disney.

Innovate UK is to invest up to £210,000 to encourage innovation in wearable technologies. This competition for funding covers the themes of sport and wellbeing, entertainment, hospitality, health and safety, accessibility and design.

They are looking for proposals from companies with innovative digital ideas in this field.

Six successful companies will not only receive up to £35,000, but will also work with commercial partners, such as McLaren and Disney, to speed up development of their technologies.

Innovate UK wants to see solutions with potential appeal to a wide commercial market. Successful applicants will be able to trial proposed solutions with their industry partners for at least three months.

The competition opens on 12 January 2015 and the deadline for applications is 10 March 2015. There are briefing events in London on Wednesday 28 January and in Manchester on 29 January.

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Source: GovUK