13 companies have reached the ultimate stage of a brand new Scottish Authorities-funded innovation programme.

Applied sciences chosen for the Accelerator stage of CivTech Spherical 9 embrace a system to assist ladies cope with menopause signs within the office, satellite tv for pc monitoring to restrict the unfold of illness in timber, and cutting-edge drone and thermal imaging methods to handle deer populations.

The numerous choices reply to a spread of environmental, healthcare, financial and cyber-crime challenges going through the general public sector.

The profitable firms will spend the following few months working carefully with their Problem Sponsors to develop their options with a view to growing a Minimal Viable Product (MVP). CivTech Spherical 9 has a complete of as much as £7.48 million of funding from the Scottish Authorities and on the finish of the method, the companies will hope to win contracts ranging in worth from a number of hundred thousand kilos to £1.3 million.

CivTech is the world’s first Authorities-run accelerator for digital public companies, and former Challenges have seen the event of quite a few revolutionary options together with a Digital Actuality programme to familiarise individuals with the expertise of giving proof in court docket; an app to make it simpler for individuals in tenement buildings to organise and pay for repairs; and AI and voice recognition expertise to assist individuals join extra merely and rapidly with their native Residents Recommendation bureau.

Revealing the profitable firms immediately (Thursday 18th) on the official launch of the Accelerator Stage, the Innovation Minister Richard Lochhead mentioned:

“Options being developed by means of the newest CivTech Accelerator promise to have a optimistic and significant affect on Scotland’s society and folks. Utilizing the very newest expertise, together with synthetic intelligence, we’re tackling actual world challenges to assist construct a stronger and fairer financial system.

“Our funding within the CivTech programme is creating tangible and accessible options. This reveals the tech sector’s urge for food to make use of advances in areas similar to AI, machine studying, satellite tv for pc, and drone expertise to make individuals’s lives simpler and higher.

“Our focus is on creating alternatives for a extremely productive, aggressive financial system, offering new jobs, embedding innovation and boosting abilities.”