0:00:21 > 0:00:24This wee country of ours has been at the forefront of some of the world's
0:00:24 > 0:00:26most ground-breaking innovations.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28The pneumatic tyre, the ejector seat,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33the portable defibrillator and even the penalty kick were all made in
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Northern Ireland.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37But that was then and this is now.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We've a whole new breed of entrepreneurs from
0:00:40 > 0:00:41all over Northern Ireland -
0:00:41 > 0:00:46in fields in Fermanagh, sheds in Newtownards and workshops in Lurgan.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51In this series, we hope to showcase some of the best business minds in
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Northern Ireland. Now, do they have what it takes to change the world?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Over the next five weeks, I'm going to travel the length and
0:01:02 > 0:01:04breadth of the country meeting them...
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Good to see you.- How are you? - £10 for a selfie, love.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Learning more about their creations.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I feel like I'm swaying backward and forward, but I'm not.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13You know exactly what's going to be happening at home.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16They'll be one person sitting on the sofa loving an idea,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and somebody else, "It's never going to work!"
0:01:19 > 0:01:23So we're going to actually bring in a people's panel every week to do just that.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Ordinary people looking at these new creations in
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Northern Ireland and trying to work out whether they like them or not.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32First up, he might have an English accent,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35but he's lived in Downpatrick for most of his life.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39And he reckons he can take urban sports to brand-new heights.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45My name's Philip McIntosh and I'm the inventor of the JumPack,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47a portable ramp that a skateboarder,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50BMXer can take with them everywhere they go.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Essentially it's a product that will give them the freedom to get
0:01:54 > 0:01:55air anywhere.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03MUSIC: Nouveau Western by MC Solaar
0:02:09 > 0:02:12This is me trying to look cool in the park. I'm not doing a good job.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And this is your invention.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17How quickly does it go up?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It goes together fairly quickly.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23It's designed to be deployed in a matter of seconds,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27rather than it being multiple parts that you have to actually, you know,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29assemble on location.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33So it's designed to go together like a transformer,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37lock the feet in position, the legs are automatic opening.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38It's nearly there.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- So as soon as we've essentially done that.- That's it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It's pretty good to go.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47It's that good to go.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Tell me you're coming next time!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03All my life I've been involved in riding and jumping bicycles,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05that has been my passion from the age of four or five.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I can't think of anything worse than going out on a bike.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Born in 1970, kids born around that time never had a choice,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14they were watching Evel Knievel on TV and Eddie Kidd and they were
0:03:14 > 0:03:16going out on their Grifters, building ramps.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19But about ten years ago, I watched these three young guys,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24they had three BMXs and they had a huge plank of wood piled with breeze
0:03:24 > 0:03:28blocks. And I thought, "I was doing that in 1977."
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Surely by now somebody has invented a mobile ramp that kids can take
0:03:32 > 0:03:35everywhere they go?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39# Like a sound you hear
0:03:39 > 0:03:42# That lingers in your ear but you can't forget
0:03:42 > 0:03:45# From sundown to sunset... #
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I can see how much this matters to these guys.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53But is there demand for this throughout the world?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Well, there is. - Enough for a business?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59These sports go hand-in-hand with getting air.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Without getting air, the sport doesn't exist.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06There's very few skateparks around, so unless you live right next-door,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- this is essential.- How much is this?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10This is about 129.95.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- That's a lot!- This is, you know...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- That's dear enough. - It's actually not.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16There are other mobile ramps on the market out there,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19but when I say mobile, they're mobile if you have a van.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Those are ramps are about £500-£600.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Is it safe?- It's totally safe.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We have done quite a bit of testing with this...
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Obviously, you don't want a bigger weighted man on that and it collapses.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33This one is only a prototype.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Once we get the production model ready,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I'll give you a ring and you can come down and hit that one and we'll
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- see how that goes.- See if I survive it. What's your dream for this?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46My dream is actually that in five or six years' time,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I'm going to be driving down the road and I'm going to see kids at
0:04:50 > 0:04:53the side of the road with a JumPack, playing.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Because when I was their age,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I would have given anything to have one of these.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Good luck with it. - Stephen, thank you very much.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02# So let's take it back to the concrete streets
0:05:02 > 0:05:05# Original beats and real live MCs
0:05:05 > 0:05:08# Playground tactics, no rabbit in a hat tricks... #
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Right. Do you know when he said he'd
0:05:14 > 0:05:17like to see a kid playing on the side of the road with it?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I'm just thinking, "You fall off the ramp and you get cream-crackered."
0:05:21 > 0:05:23For that amount of money as well.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27It's quite expensive for something that potentially could be a whim.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Whenever I did it as a kid,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I wanted to go out and find breeze blocks and a bit of wood,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34because it was dangerous and it was fun and you've got to have 129 quid
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- to buy the bloody thing. - Does the biking world need it?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- I don't know.- Well, I don't know, I haven't a clue.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I'm not a biker and I never have been, probably never will be.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Or a skateboarder. To me, it looks like a pretty good idea.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I mean, you'd think that something like that would have been invented
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- already.- Yeah.- Mind you, he did look like he was in Ghostbusters,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52wearing a backpack.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54MUSIC: Ghostbusters Theme
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Some inventions really do try to inject a bit of fun into our lives,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07but then again, there are other entrepreneurs who are working on
0:06:07 > 0:06:08really serious ideas.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14This next concept is around an issue that many of us
0:06:14 > 0:06:16may face in the years to come.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20The number of people with dementia is expected to double in the next
0:06:20 > 0:06:2320 years. In the next decade, it's expected to get a lot worse,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25as people are living longer.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31This next guy owns a company called Cradle and he's developed a product
0:06:31 > 0:06:33where he says he's selling peace of mind.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Now, it's particularly interesting to me,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38because I look after my mum and what
0:06:38 > 0:06:41this guy's trying to do is to keep track of people,
0:06:41 > 0:06:46but giving the person confidence to maybe go a little bit further.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50My name is Paul Moorhead and I'm here to tell you about Cradle.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54It's a product which will enable people to be confident that their
0:06:54 > 0:06:56elderly relatives are safe and well at home.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01To find out more, I've come to meet with Philip and Liz Cunningham,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05who live in supported accommodation just off the Shankill Road.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Philip's wife, Liz, suffers with early onset dementia
0:07:08 > 0:07:13and they are both keen to find out how the Cradle system could affect
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Liz's life and that of her family.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18So, how would this be useful to Liz, then?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Well, there's only two parts the system. There's a base station,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24which is the console sitting here and there is a wrist strap which Liz
0:07:24 > 0:07:27has kindly put on for us. The base station has some
0:07:27 > 0:07:29environmental-sensing capabilities,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31so it can tell that somebody's in the room and if they're up
0:07:31 > 0:07:34and about. It knows the temperature, those kind of things.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The wrist strap knows a lot more. So at the moment it is monitoring
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Liz's heart rate, her skin temperature,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42it can detect falls and seizures.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44And the idea originated because of my mother.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47She's one of the two million people over 75 in the UK
0:07:47 > 0:07:48who are living alone.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50She is in pretty good health, by and large,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52but she's had a couple of falls,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55started to get worried about her and
0:07:55 > 0:07:58thought there's a way for technology to help this problem.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01To better understand the potential for Paul's machine,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I wanted to speak to Liz alone,
0:08:03 > 0:08:08so I could find out for myself what life was like for her living with
0:08:08 > 0:08:09dementia.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Would you go out onto the Shankill Road now, on your own?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I wouldn't feel confident, no.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's the disorientation.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22I kind of looked out for landmarks and if I was walking up,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I would look out for things, but then,
0:08:24 > 0:08:25by the time you're coming back,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27you forgot what you've actually seen.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29You seem so...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- coherent now.- Not all the time, not all the time.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36I think the most upsetting thing is forgetting my daughter.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42What she looked like. I wouldn't even go into the house,
0:08:42 > 0:08:47I was just so shocked that this girl was standing there who I didn't know.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Really, really, physically and mentally upset me.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm sure it did. That's your daughter.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You know, that's my baby.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59It's very hard when you're watching yourself deteriorate.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01And that is the most emotional part for me.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09The emotional impact of dementia on Liz's life is all too apparent.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13So it would be great if an invention could really make a difference.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20If I go out on my own, I would get lost and that's a big concern.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I sort of look around and I don't know where I am.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Next thing, phone up...
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I should mention there's a panic button on the device as well.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Yeah.- So that would report, you know, where you were and
0:09:29 > 0:09:31they can be with you fairly quickly.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33That's exactly what I would need,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35because you get yourself so stressed out.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It would feel almost... I'm going blooming mad.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43People around me are looking at me, you know, making a scene almost.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44What do you think of it, Phil?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I think it'd be good, because, as Liz says, if she gets lost,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50which she has done in the past,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I would get an alert to say where she is.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Paul's system actually learns the wearer's behaviour,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02so his idea is that it will send an instant alert to your carer if it
0:10:02 > 0:10:05thinks they're not up and about when they should be.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Or, for example, if they've forgotten to take their medicine.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12In my life at the minute, someone who I love,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15it's difficult to get them to take their medicine
0:10:15 > 0:10:19at the right time, especially when there are loads of tablets to take
0:10:19 > 0:10:20and things like that.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Medication reminders are probably the most important use case here.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26When you should take which medications.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28And if you don't press a button to confirm that you have, then again,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30an alert would go to a carer to say,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32"Mum may not be taking her meds,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35"you should probably get on the phone and check she's OK."
0:10:35 > 0:10:40In a way, I'm thinking of it as, I'm still trying to be independent.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44And, you know, I don't want to have
0:10:44 > 0:10:47to have Philip with me 24 hours a day,
0:10:47 > 0:10:52because it's not fair on him and if I had something like this,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I'm not saying I would go far, but I would attempt it with this.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Do you know what I mean?- It would give you the confidence to try?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Yes, exactly.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Something about this one really pulls my heartstrings.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Not knowing her daughter, that's terrible.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I can speak from personal experience, because my grandmother...
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Not dementia, but she had Alzheimer's.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I'm not so sure how good something
0:11:17 > 0:11:20like that will be at the later stages of Alzheimer's,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23but certainly in the early stages, it would be.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Working in health care, this is a topical,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27massively topical issue at the moment.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Yeah.- These monitoring devices.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33If the issue here is that these people are forgetting things,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36what if they wake up and they go, what's that on my wrist?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- And take it off?- I do think this goes a step further,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41because most of them you will wear around your neck and this idea of
0:11:41 > 0:11:44putting it round your wrist, monitoring your body temperature and
0:11:44 > 0:11:45everything, is fascinating.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47And it is like a big, progressive step forward.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50But you would want to know that in the likes of America and places,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52this doesn't already exist,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54because there are a lot of things out there like this.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I would maybe like to see it incorporated into a watch or something like that.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Something that isn't going to startle them to think,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02"What's on my arm?" You know,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06if you can create a way to add it on to an everyday object that they are used to.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10I have a relative who is in their 80s and every morning,
0:12:10 > 0:12:15she texts me. And she texts me "NDY", right?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Which stands for "not dead yet".
0:12:18 > 0:12:20That's just the truth, and it's a great system.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24And I text back "NAI", "neither am I".
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Here we are on the Newtownards Road.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Not the most affluent of places, is it?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The people here are as good as anywhere else.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38What I love about this next story is that there's a young fella here
0:12:38 > 0:12:41who has created a product and he's selling it around the world.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Hip flasks are as old as alcohol itself.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51They have been around in their current form since the 18th century,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55as a traditional accessory for the well-heeled gent.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Hardly me, then!
0:12:56 > 0:13:01They fell from grace for many years but have recently been enjoying a
0:13:01 > 0:13:05renaissance. A renaissance capitalised on by young entrepreneur
0:13:05 > 0:13:08David Galbraith, who tells me he's
0:13:08 > 0:13:11selling 100 of them a week from a small office in
0:13:11 > 0:13:17East Belfast, with over 50% of his sales now going to women.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23At between £50 and £135 a pop, it could be a lucrative business.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- Where'd you get the idea from? - My uncle.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30He always used to carry around a flask with him in the hills of Donegal.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34He would have a bit of moonshine in his. We're maybe 30 years on.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Flasks haven't changed. They're still old and fusty and horrible.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I just wanted to make one which was nicer and had a brand behind it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- What is different about this? - This is seamless flask.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45So it doesn't leak if it's in your handbag.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48They can be personalised from our workshop in Belfast and arrive
0:13:48 > 0:13:49at your door next day by 9am.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Most importantly you can switch these pouches around.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56If you stop liking your America you can just put on a nice Northern Irish one.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58There must be loads of companies doing this, David?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01We're the only one in the world first of all doing the pouches and
0:14:01 > 0:14:03second of all the only hip flask brand in the world.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05You won't find another one.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07"Only" - you're not the only one in the world.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10We're the only hip flask brand in the world and I'm so proud to say
0:14:10 > 0:14:12we're from Northern Ireland as well.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17David's business is online and his
0:14:17 > 0:14:20customers come from across the world
0:14:20 > 0:14:22to buy these personalised hip flasks.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27See some of my customers, they're really where my heart is
0:14:27 > 0:14:30because they'll come to you sometimes with certain problems
0:14:30 > 0:14:33they've had that they're trying to solve with a nice gift or maybe
0:14:33 > 0:14:35they're trying to remember someone.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39We've had a lady contacted once, her grandmother had cancer and she
0:14:39 > 0:14:43wanted a flask to give to her kids to remember the grandma.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46That to me just goes so much beyond money.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51£50 for a flask might be OK for these
0:14:51 > 0:14:55swanky Americans but we're here on the streets of East Belfast.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58So, let's see what the real locals make of this.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Come in here and test the market, I guess.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04We have Union Jack ones.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- What better place to do it than in here. This is David.- How you doing?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Are you the man who's got the Union Jack one.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15We had things like this years ago too, but different things on it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16The important thing about ours,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18you can change the pouch on it if you want.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- Different countries?- You can switch to a Northern Ireland pouch,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Rangers FC pouch if you want to.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Not sure a Celtic one would sell well here.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28THEY LAUGH
0:15:28 > 0:15:31All right. Don't you start trying to barge through here.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34What's that man there? Listen, I'm a customer too.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Let me show you the hip flask.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38What do you think of it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Do you like it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Why is he not talking to me.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- I think you don't like me. - He's not the only one, is he?
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- What do you think of the hip flask? - Best ever.- Do you like it?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Yes. I do.- Would you buy them as a gift?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Well, they'd be handy for the 12th.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Good, this young fella on the road. Would you take 1,000 of them?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01They're actually...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Maybe I should be on a percentage cut. I like percentage cuts,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10but the locals do seem keen on these jazzed-up hip flasks.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- What's your dream?- I want to be able to go to places in the world and
0:16:14 > 0:16:15people will recognise my product.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19They don't need to recognise me, just my product and that's my dream.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Tell you what, I'd be a long time waiting for anyone to buy me a
0:16:24 > 0:16:27hip flask. That's not what it's all about.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Would you buy one for someone you care about?
0:16:34 > 0:16:39- Excellent.- Yes. - I knew you'd like that. I just knew you'd be all over that one.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I just think it's, I mean, first of all he hasn't reinvented the wheel.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- Maybe he has reinvented the wheel. - He's got a good name for a start.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53What astounded me is he claimed that it's the only hip flask company in
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- the world. - No, the only hip flask brand.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57- OK.- Difference.- I really like it.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I really like it but I just don't
0:16:59 > 0:17:01know, I feel like anybody could do it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Doesn't matter if anybody could do it because he's trying to brand it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Now that's difficult.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I think they're nice. Ornamental value as well.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10They'd sit nicely on top of my bookcase.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13My dad, for example, never wants a gift and I would be stuck and I
0:17:13 > 0:17:16would go I can't get him another bottle of Lynx or a pair of socks,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19but I could get him a new sleeve for his hip flask.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22That's true. It's a really nice gift idea.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- It is different.- He could sell ice to the Eskimos that guy.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27He's very good.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Paddy Bloomer is our resident inventor,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36who you should never, ever, ever, try to copy in your entire whole
0:17:36 > 0:17:40life because his ideas are absolutely completely crazy.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Do not try this at home.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45MUSIC: Mad Man Blues by John Lee Hooker
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Ha, ha, ha. Mad man blues.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58# So I'm home last night about nine o'clock
0:17:58 > 0:18:00# Got the mad man blues. #
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Some people like to soak in the bath.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Some people like to sing in the shower.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10But thanks to this next device,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14it's going to be literally possible to tinkle when you sprinkle.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20We've all experienced uncomfortable silences at public toilets.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23This is one easy way to alleviate this.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25It's a fairly standard urinal.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Except we've added these set of conductive metal tines arranged
0:18:29 > 0:18:35along a musical scale here and they are in turn connected back up to a
0:18:35 > 0:18:38voltage-controlled oscillator and an audio amplifier.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42NOTES PLAY
0:19:06 > 0:19:10At the very core of this show, of course, are the brand-new ideas,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13those fledgling companies that are trying to make it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16But do you know what else I want to do once per show?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I want to show you a company that's a little bit further on,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22who are already exporting throughout the world.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Have you ever noticed those little
0:19:30 > 0:19:32lumps underneath top sports stars shirts?
0:19:32 > 0:19:37These are GPS trackers and with player stats now at the forefront of
0:19:37 > 0:19:40the modern game they give access to everything,
0:19:40 > 0:19:46from tackles and distance run to speed and collision rate.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Top teams use the Viper GPS system and it was created by Newry based
0:19:51 > 0:19:53company STATSports.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56A company who now claim to be the
0:19:56 > 0:20:00leading provider of GPS player analysis in the world.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Today we're at Kingspan Stadium, the home of Ulster Rugby,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06where the Viper player analysis
0:20:06 > 0:20:08system plays a key role for the players.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Here's GPS analyst Chris Hagan.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15What the GPS unit gives us,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18it gives us the total distance the players run, the metres per minute,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21so the intensity they are covering that distance at,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25the speed they are covering the distance at and the external impacts.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28This gives us a good understanding of the structural muscle damage that
0:20:28 > 0:20:30the players are put through,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32whether it be in training or whether that be a match.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35To be able to get live data of how you are performing,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37how far you have run, the speed you are running at,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40all those different variables, is massive now for players.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41And that's what guys want to do.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44They want to keep improving. It's a great valuable tool to let us see
0:20:44 > 0:20:48where we are at and see if we are improving and it definitely does
0:20:48 > 0:20:49bring a bit of competition out.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57STATSports has developed this alongside other professional teams
0:20:57 > 0:21:00like Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, the teams they work
0:21:00 > 0:21:01with, ourselves, Ireland rugby.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I feel like STATSports are ahead of the game in terms of what they
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- produce.- The only downside as a player is that there is no hiding
0:21:09 > 0:21:12place now. Everything is recorded. Every session we do is recorded.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15So if you are feeling tired and feeling a bit sorry for yourself,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17you can't just take it easy. You still have to go hard.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Again I guess that is bringing out the best in everybody.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I'm off to the middle of nowhere to visit a little B&B called
0:21:39 > 0:21:45Ballyroney Cottage. Located just outside Rathfriland in County Down.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Does this really look like somewhere a business would flourish?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Now, Vanessa Drew runs the guesthouse.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54She has a lovely, laid-back way of living.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Is she prepared to forego some of that in order to make even more money?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03They like a massage, Stephen.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- A massage where? - All over the back.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Sing them a wee song. A wee lullaby, please.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12# I don't know any lullabies. #
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Oh!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I've cracked one.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Vanessa, I've broken an egg.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Oh, Stephen!- I knew I wouldn't be good at this.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I never even wanted to pick eggs in the first place.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26But back to business.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30As the hidden gem at Vanessa's B&B is her home-made produce.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Honey from her own bees, cheese,
0:22:34 > 0:22:39yoghurt and ice cream from her goats and even home-made wine.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43But Vanessa works alone and can only produce in small quantities.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Now, there are those who travel from far and wide to snap it up.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Her decision is whether she's going to expand so that
0:22:52 > 0:22:55we can all taste the honey.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59At the start I wasn't really selling it.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01And then the guests wanted to take it home for presents for their
0:23:01 > 0:23:05friends and family, and maybe it was going to Australia or France
0:23:05 > 0:23:08or all over the world, everywhere the people came from.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And then I thought, well, actually maybe this is an opportunity for
0:23:11 > 0:23:13a good business.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16There's a wasp!
0:23:16 > 0:23:17I know, but it's all right.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- I'm terrified of the things! - Oh, you're grand.- I really am!
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Seriously, the wasp is only interested in this.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's not interested in you, I'm really sorry to tell you that.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- And this is out of the goat? - Yes, it is.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33- It's lovely.- Thank you.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Do you really mean that? Fresh-made this morning.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I can even tell you which goat it came from.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42That's Coco's yoghurt. You will be milking Coco later.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45A goat! Does that mean I have to feel its teat?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Oh, you do.- I don't feel teats.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- You do, you'll love it.- I've never touched a teat in my life.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Well, you see, many a man has said
0:23:54 > 0:23:57that and they came here and they were completely converted.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Now, this is our honey straight out of the hive.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Hm.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It's nearly worth getting stung for.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Now, there is two of them! There is one thing I cannot stand.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15It's bees. Or BBC TV projects where they want me to get into a stupid suit.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I will not be in a bee suit. It's not happening.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Thank God it doesn't fit me.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26It's like Cinderella. It's like the glass slipper.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31You look like Nasa. That could be your new job.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Astronaut.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I'm getting really sick of this woman.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Hellfire and brimstone, it is today, isn't it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45She's so jovial and everything is happy. I'm really sick to the back teeth of her.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47But I guess I do have to admit
0:24:47 > 0:24:51through gritted teeth that Vanessa is a savvy businesswoman.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54She brings in extra revenue, for example,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56through the regular beekeeping courses.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59People pay to do this?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01They do! Thank you.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05And even though she has a fairly modest 14 hives at present...
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- I only keep docile bees. - Don't be ridiculous.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- You can't have docile bees. - You can.- A docile sting, is it?
0:25:11 > 0:25:18This still yields almost 1,000 jars of high-grade honey every year.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22There you are, now. Stephen Nolan the beekeeper.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26- I can't speak.- I knew you'd love it.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Oh, you love your food, don't you?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Vanessa also tends to a herd of 12 goats,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36with a big smile on that irritatingly so-happy face.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40There you are. Are you going to have a go?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43And she milks every day for that glorious yoghurt,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44cheese and ice cream.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Oh, I can't touch it. Oh!
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I can't! I can't touch it!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Are you joking?- No, I'm not joking!
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Vanessa is clearly hard-working.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59She's very proud of what she produces here.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02But she did seem to have a hesitation about fulfilling
0:26:02 > 0:26:05the ever-increasing demand for her produce.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11So I needed to know, is she a businesswoman driven by profit or not?
0:26:12 > 0:26:16I'm more interested in being happy than being a millionaire.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Just as well. - So, you're a businesswoman who doesn't want to be rich?
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Yes, isn't that weird?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I wouldn't mind having a couple of employees,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27but I don't want it to develop to
0:26:27 > 0:26:30the extent where we have 250 milking goats,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34none of them have a name, they're all just going round on this
0:26:34 > 0:26:36automatic milking carousel,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39and all these ladies with their blue polythene hats and white coats on,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and I'm sitting upstairs in an office somewhere and I haven't seen
0:26:42 > 0:26:46my goats all week. That would be not my idea of success.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49'Tell you what, it's not something I would say,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53'but Vanessa would say it's not all about the money.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57'For Vanessa, being an entrepreneur means taking something she loves and
0:26:57 > 0:26:59'sharing it with the rest of us.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03'And I guess there will be lots of people who will admire that.'
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Coco, I am so sorry.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Great. Good luck to her. - That was more like a... Yeah.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14It's what you would call a lifestyle business.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17It's a local, maybe selling to a few delicatessens,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19but it's never going to be a global...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Oh, no, no, but she doesn't want it to be and that's fair enough.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- No. Exactly.- But it's exactly the sort of thing you would see in St George's Market.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28She's a lovely lady and she is an animal lover just like myself,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- so good luck.- Yeah, oh, no, no.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I mean, I can definitely see her
0:27:32 > 0:27:37making a little bit of money out of her love for what she enjoys.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It's going to be limited by the supply.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Is the food the business or is the B&B the business?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47If she doesn't want to make these huge big batches,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50then the only way I could see that expanding is looking into setting up
0:27:50 > 0:27:54the same experiential holiday in another location.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You know, self-sustaining tourism.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You know, you go and live as a farmer for three days.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I actually would like that side of it. I actually think there is where
0:28:01 > 0:28:04she could get a little bit of a market going.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Your ice cream and milking the goat.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Yeah, and then eating it at the end. Perfect. Perfect.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Do you know what the secret is? I reckon just from doing this show,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15don't be letting your ideas sail away.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Nail it down and have a go at it.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And if you look at the website, the details are on your screen.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24The opportunities and the support will be there for you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27We'll see you next week.