0:00:21 > 0:00:23This wee country of ours has been at the forefront
0:00:23 > 0:00:26of some of the world's most ground-breaking innovations.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29The pneumatic tyre, the ejector seat,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the portable defibrillator, and even the modern tractor
0:00:32 > 0:00:35were all made in Northern Ireland.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But that was then, and this is now.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We've a whole new breed of entrepreneurs
0:00:39 > 0:00:41from all over Northern Ireland.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43In fields in Fermanagh,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45sheds in Newtownards,
0:00:45 > 0:00:46and workshops in Lurgan.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49In this series, we hope to showcase
0:00:49 > 0:00:52some of the best business minds in Northern Ireland.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Now, do they have what it takes to change the world?
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Over the next five weeks,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm going to travel the length and breadth of the country,
0:01:03 > 0:01:04meeting them...
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Good to see you. £10 for a selfie, love.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09..and learning more about their creations.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I feel like I'm swaying back and forward, but I'm not.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I know exactly what's going to be happening at home.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16There'll be one person sitting on the sofa loving an idea,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and someone else, "It's never going to work."
0:01:19 > 0:01:22So we're going to actually bring in a people's panel every week
0:01:22 > 0:01:23to do just that,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27ordinary people looking at these new creations in Northern Ireland
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and trying to work out whether they like them or not.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33First up, Trevor Graham from Randalstown.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Barking. Definitely an eccentric. I'll tell you what,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I admire him, cos he's come up with a brand-new idea
0:01:38 > 0:01:40for his business - dog grooming.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50# It's not puppy love It's a real thing
0:01:50 > 0:01:54# It's not puppy love It's a real thing... #
0:01:54 > 0:01:55We're here to demonstrate
0:01:55 > 0:01:58the world's first cross infection and happy pet mat
0:01:58 > 0:02:00for grooming and veterinary tables.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02A lavender-scented mat.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05The dog smells the lavender and they're calmed down.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07They're gripped on a special grip surface.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10They peel off in layers, so each dog gets a brand-new peel.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12They're testable, so if,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14God forbid, myself as a groomer, somebody accuses me
0:02:14 > 0:02:17of giving their dog fleas, parvo or lungworm,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19we can run all our valet lights over the mat
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and we can test the mat to prove we didn't.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Barking as I am, I've come to the Lisburn Dog Training Centre,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33winner of numerous national and international awards.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Mobile dog groomer Trevor is due shortly,
0:02:37 > 0:02:38but until he gets here,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41it's a good chance to watch the pros in action.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Come on!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Fetch! Good girl!
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The centre's come on leaps and bounds
0:02:47 > 0:02:49since it was set up just four years ago...
0:02:49 > 0:02:51He's following your every move!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53..by owner Michael and his prized pooch, Bestie.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Walk back, walk back.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Down.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Stephen, and you walk back. Walk back!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- I'll walk back! - The dog's your teacher.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- And this takes months and months for the dog, right?- Yeah.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08But they enjoy it, and every type of dog can do it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I mean, he's a Border collie, so he is,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13people say, "Oh, it's easy for a Border collie,"
0:03:13 > 0:03:16but I always tell people the smarter the dog, the more the problem.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17This dog here in the wrong hands,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21would have been like you driving a Formula 1 car.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- You'd probably put it in the hedge, so you would. - 'We'll see about that!'
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Bestie, follow.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Follow.- That would be, "Close." - Close.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Close. Close.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Back.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34MUSIC: BBC Formula 1 theme tune
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Go through. Go through. Go through. Go through.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- It's amazing.- I know. Clever.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Go.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Sit.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Down.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56'I'm clearly a natural.' Bestie!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58But back to business, as Trevor's just arrived
0:03:58 > 0:04:00in his mobile dog grooming van.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05This man is eccentric with a capital E.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I'm in the back of a van with a strange man.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- For the first time ever. - Can I rephrase that?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21He's got a very strange smile as well. Look.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I'm in the back of MY van with a very strange man!
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Hoping that...!
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- Who is this?- This is Zeus, the God of Thunder.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- Zeus is beautiful.- Zeus is a nine-month-old Shetland sheepdog.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Oh, you're lovely. What is that you smell on my hands?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Is that prawn cocktail crisps you smell?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Mm! Zeus!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- So imagine that you're finished with Zeus.- Yes.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Show me what you would do.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51The mats peel off in a couple of seconds.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Peel off.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56And my company will actually keep these in a sealed bag
0:04:56 > 0:04:58for up to two weeks.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01If somebody says we gave their dog fleas, parvo, lungworm,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04or bled their dog, we can test the mat to prove we didn't.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07SQUEAKING Oh, right, so I see what you mean.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10If you test your hand, this is the ingeniousness of it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- There's nothing on your hand. - Yes.- OK.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Imagine I'd cleaned the table with detergent and you go like that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19You have detergent on your hands.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21What do most dogs do?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Most dogs lick their feet.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That means they're getting detergent from my grooming table
0:05:26 > 0:05:28onto their tongue.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Whereas because there's nothing comes off on your hand,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33not only does it grip the dog,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35it also stops the dog licking detergent.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Forget about animals.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Every time my mother sits on my cream sofa, right,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45she loves her Raspberry Ruffles and her Fry's Cream
0:05:45 > 0:05:46and all this kind of malarkey,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50and the sofa's got a little kind of crunched, sweaty chocolate
0:05:50 > 0:05:51encrusted into it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I'm thinking of putting one of these on top of the sofa,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and then every time someone new comes in,
0:05:56 > 0:05:57peel off a new one for them!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- A human one for them. - Do you not have a hoover?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- What's this giggle? Where's it from? - It's a happy giggle.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You are a happy man, aren't you?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08And good luck with the happy pet mats.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10A local guy making it happen.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Here comes the smile and laugh again. Here it comes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13HE GIGGLES
0:06:13 > 0:06:16At £1 a peel, the question is,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19would you buy a box of them for your sofa?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Roll over! Roll over!
0:06:21 > 0:06:23'But before I go, I'd better say goodbye
0:06:23 > 0:06:25'to my new best friend, Bestie!'
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Bestie, I love you!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- It's very clever. - I think it's a fabulous idea.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And it's not too expensive either.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- How much was it?- £1 a peel, he was saying.- £1 a peel.- Yes.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I was thinking it was a pound a pee and they were going to pee on it!
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Waterproof as well.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- £1 a peel?- It would be interesting to hear a vet's feedback.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I mean, what are the incidents of dogs going in, or animals going in,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52and passing fleas?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I'm pretty sure that their cleanliness standards
0:06:54 > 0:06:55are pretty high.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I know when I bring my dog in to get its hair cut,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00you don't have anything like that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03He's just thrown on a hard table, and he goes absolutely ballistic.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05If there was any way on this planet
0:07:05 > 0:07:09that my dog could remain as calm as that dog did...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Well... - I think he's doing very well.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- I mean, it is literally a bit of sticky plastic.- Yeah!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- And he's selling it. - He's making a business out of it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18So, fair play to him. Great idea.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22What I love about this series is,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24one minute you can be rolling along with a dog -
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I don't do that that often -
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and the next, of course, you're talking to an inventor
0:07:28 > 0:07:30who's come up with something
0:07:30 > 0:07:34that could really, really help some people in their lives.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Here's something I hadn't thought of.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40What if you had a disability - for example, you were deaf -
0:07:40 > 0:07:45and you needed to be able to talk and contact the emergency services,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47just like many of us can do?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Well, this next father and daughter team
0:07:50 > 0:07:52are attempting to solve just that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56This is Les, and my name is Becca.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Myself and a team of advisers
0:07:58 > 0:08:00are working in parallel with government
0:08:00 > 0:08:03to build a next-gen 999 service.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06999 is known to be a lifeline for people in distress.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- 'A girl here's just had...' - 'Now, listen to me, love...'
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- However, there are limitations for deaf and hard of hearing.- Yep.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Along with those with speech impediments.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18SIREN WAILS
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Les and Becca have designed an app
0:08:21 > 0:08:25with the deaf and hard of hearing in mind.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It's an app that allows users to submit an emergency call
0:08:28 > 0:08:31using just the touch-screen on their phone.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33So, talk us through how it works, Les.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35OK, so whenever you first download the app,
0:08:35 > 0:08:40you'll be prompted to put in your name, address, age, blood group,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and what other medical history that you feel relevant
0:08:42 > 0:08:43to go in at that stage.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Let's say you want to go into an ambulance,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and you've got a series of highly visual icons.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Let's say it was a breathing problem. You would hit it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54You're then prompted to submit the emergency, and that's it gone.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58It can be generally done in between 9 to 15 seconds.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- If there's a mobile phone signal. - If there's a mobile phone signal.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03You can still do this if you're up in the Hebrides, for example,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05you're on your bike, you're having a great cruising session,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07it's working off GPS.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Go in there again...
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The E+press app sends your precise location
0:09:13 > 0:09:14via the phone's GPS,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17and then the emergency services send an instant reply
0:09:17 > 0:09:22to let you know that they've got it and they're on their way.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Les and Becca claim
0:09:23 > 0:09:28that that means the emergency call can be made easily and reliably
0:09:28 > 0:09:31in just a matter of seconds.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33So, Becca, how did you come up with the idea?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I came up with the idea
0:09:34 > 0:09:37when I was doing my Masters in the University of Ulster,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I was working in parallel with doing my studies,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41thinking, "How can I improve a service
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- "for the deaf and hard of hearing community?- And this is Paul?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Paul, have you been in an emergency situation
0:09:47 > 0:09:49where you would need this product?
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Yes, I've twice been in a car accident.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So whenever it happened,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I had to ask a hearing person to be able to help me.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I'm 30 now, I live by myself,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02and I should be able to do it myself.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I don't have anyone there who would phone for me. How would I do it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Our Newtownabbey-based entrepreneurs say this is a no-brainer.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14But what about those at the other end of the phone?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15I went to speak to John Wright
0:10:15 > 0:10:18from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It's something that certainly someone like me,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I've never thought about the difficulty
0:10:22 > 0:10:24someone with a disability would have
0:10:24 > 0:10:26in phoning the emergency services.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29You must have come across that quite a few times.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32If you ring 999, you have to be able to exchange information,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35and if you're deaf or hard of hearing, that's hugely challenging.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What do those people do at the minute?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40They either get somebody who can make the call for them,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42or they use emergency SMS.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46You have to register for it. Not everybody knows about it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50It's functional, but limited in what information they can pass.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53So there's real potential in the area that she's looking at?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Huge potential, yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Becca saw the sort of information we needed
0:10:57 > 0:10:59and has incorporated it in her design.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Any product that helps people contact the emergency services
0:11:03 > 0:11:05when they need to is great.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07So, in that situation where you were in a car accident,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10maybe you can explain what this product would have done.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13If something happened and I was in the situation,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16you know, maybe if my father took ill,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I could just get my phone and use it.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21A car accident, anything, yeah, I'd definitely use it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Good luck with it.- Thank you. - Thank you.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Fabulous idea.- Really good idea.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32You could see that being a godsend.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I wonder about the emergency SMS thing that already exists.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36One of the guys alluded to it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- The current SMS thing's a bit clunky and cumbersome.- Mm.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I think that's excellent. You just... You know.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44It's visual, you push a button to say,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46"There's a picture of what's happened to me."
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's the...
0:11:48 > 0:11:49The deaf person himself there,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I mean, if it's good enough for him, then it must be...
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And the potential for it to go global as well.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56This could be a real worldwide thing.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58So how is she going to make money out of it?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Is she really looking to make money? - Don't know.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- I think the girl's just trying to... - Introducing a new concept.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06It's something that doesn't have to make money,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- but it'll make a difference. - Brilliant. Brilliant idea.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13What's really interesting about this series
0:12:13 > 0:12:18is we're not talking about already established,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21really powerful businesspeople that all sit in their little cliques.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25We're talking about ordinary people like, you know,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28here's a semidetached house in an estate in Belfast,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31and there's someone in here that has the get up and go
0:12:31 > 0:12:34to have an idea and actually make it happen.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Now, I know you've all wanted to see me in a see-through bit of plastic,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42but it ain't going to happen.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Our next local inventor has come up with something
0:12:45 > 0:12:48not too far away, though, called the Welly Wet Suit.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Bangor on a good day!
0:12:54 > 0:12:58The Welly Wet Suit essentially aims to prevent wardrobe ruination
0:12:58 > 0:12:59at events such as this,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03and it's the brainchild of Elaine Sykes.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Elaine, where did you come up with the idea for the Welly Wet Suit?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I came up with it about five years ago, just sitting in the house
0:13:09 > 0:13:11when my daughter came home from the festival.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12She was soaked to the skin,
0:13:12 > 0:13:13and her phone was water-damaged,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16and I just thought, "Is there nothing else out there
0:13:16 > 0:13:18"that would keep you covered from head to toe?"
0:13:18 > 0:13:20How did you get involved, Nadine?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I'm Elaine's daughter's best friend, so I love the idea,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and I've been to many festivals, have severe horror stories.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What have you been up to that you have severe horror stories?!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I couldn't possibly say on TV!
0:13:30 > 0:13:34It's like a 28 Days Later zombie film at them festivals.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I can't think of anything worse than those festivals.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Banging music and people running round drunk.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I was always looking for something out there
0:13:41 > 0:13:43that was going to protect me, but there was nothing,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46and then Elaine told me the idea and I loved it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Are you all not trying to be trendy at those events?- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52So if you're running around in a plastic raincoat,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55are the young kind of trendy, hip and hop...
0:13:55 > 0:13:56whatever they call themselves...?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- That's the idea of the suit. - I'm sounding like Victor Meldrew!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The suit's completely see-through,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06so it shows your individuality and your style
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and the stuff that you've chosen to wear over the festivals,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11you'll be able to see that through.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I don't go out any more, but apparently at festivals,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15what they do is, they get a little bit too exuberant,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17they get a little bit too excited,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and they start throwing stuff over each other
0:14:19 > 0:14:20and all this kind of malarkey.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22We thought we'd test this,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24cos what would happen if you had your good suit on
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and you happened to get splashed with a wee bit of beer?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34LAUGHTER
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Like, you wouldn't want it over your head or anything stupid like that.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Definitely not.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40And then, of course,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43someone with a bit of curry or chicken, chips, peas and gravy.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50And then you get these punks, or whoever they are, chavs,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52is that what you call them?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Or rockers, or all these types of people I try to stay away from.
0:14:55 > 0:15:01What they need to do, is they need to be protected at all times.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03And that's for the cause!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09These Welly Wet Suits do keep the beer at bay,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13but I wanted to know how two complete business novices
0:15:13 > 0:15:17have managed to take an idea like this and make it a reality.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You were telling me you've got a prototype made in China,
0:15:19 > 0:15:20and I'm immediately thinking,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23"How do you start talking to people in China?"
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Just contacted a few manufacturing companies
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and just chose one that I thought suited me.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Why not get them made here?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33We would love to make it here, but with cash and capital,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35we just need to get the product out there,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37and then we'll maybe look at something further down the line,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39manufacturing it here when it's viable to do so.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42So, what about price? What type of...?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's going to retail at about £25, and people might go, "God!"
0:15:45 > 0:15:48because you're paying a couple of pounds for the ponchos,
0:15:48 > 0:15:49but me going to festivals,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52I would have spent £40 for a good raincoat.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54This is just all-in-one, so you can use it for anything.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58You might use it for one festival, but it'll do you for the gardening
0:15:58 > 0:16:00and going to the golf, going to football matches.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It's a wee investment buy, so that's what we're marketing it as,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05rather than a throwaway product.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- There's an entrepreneurial spirit in Northern Ireland, isn't there?- Yeah.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Air conditioning came out of Northern Ireland.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12The Welly Wet Suit's coming out now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14THEY LAUGH
0:16:14 > 0:16:17MUSIC: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Don't want to get my hands dirty!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24HE SHOUTS
0:16:24 > 0:16:26LAUGHTER
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Stephen, if you'd have worn a Welly Wet Suit,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30you wouldn't have got your jeans covered with muck.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I hate this show! Stupid idea show. Shove your ideas!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Dancing in that, you'd be really sweaty, wouldn't you?- Absolutely.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Which, of course, will take away from the transparency.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- That could be a problem. - Yeah, but it protects your clothes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Having played and, you know, went to these festivals,
0:16:50 > 0:16:51I've played at them,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54and I've seen people completely and utterly drenched.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Remind me next time I'm at Glastonbury.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57For the uber image-conscious,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01girls, especially, going to these festivals, it's all about how you look.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Is it?- It's all about the image. - I thought it was all about mud.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06It's all about the image now, all about what you're wearing.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08You've got to look good while looking bad.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- That's the thing.- Oh, right. - Oh, yeah. It's hobo chic.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I would wear... I mean, I ride my bike all the time.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16One thing that really annoys me is, there's loads of waterproof coats,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18but waterproof trousers are a nuisance.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19They get caught in your chain...
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- I thought they had capes for that. - No, but then...- Do they work?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Then you look like Batman on a bike.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I like mad. I like eccentricity.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34In fact, to try something that no-one's done before,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38you've probably got to be a little bit thinking outside the box.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Paddy Bloomer is our resident inventor
0:17:41 > 0:17:45who you should never, ever, ever try to copy in your whole entire life,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49because his ideas are absolutely, completely crazy.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Do not try this at home.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53MUSIC: Mad Man Blues
0:18:09 > 0:18:12HE BASHES OUT "WE WILL ROCK YOU" DRUMBEAT
0:18:12 > 0:18:14So, like...
0:18:14 > 0:18:17everybody likes to clap along with their favourite '80s tunes,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19but sometimes with your bare hands,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21you just can't get that authentic '80s sound.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24So that's what I... I've come up with a digi mitt.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29It's a simple kind of a metal mitten.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31If I open it up, you can see inside.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34It has a thumb control here, a sensor here,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37small lithium-ion battery, it's rechargeable off the USB.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Place the hand in.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Close it over.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And you're ready to go.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44"WE WILL ROCK YOU" DRUMBEAT
0:18:44 > 0:18:47# Buddy, you're a boy Make a big noise
0:18:47 > 0:18:50# Playin' in the street Gonna be a big man some day
0:18:50 > 0:18:53# You've got mud on your face You big disgrace
0:18:53 > 0:18:56# Kicking your can all over the place, singing
0:18:56 > 0:19:00# We will, we will rock you... #
0:19:11 > 0:19:15You probably already know how big the craft beer business is,
0:19:15 > 0:19:16but actually, in Northern Ireland,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20there's also growth in the gin market,
0:19:20 > 0:19:25and we have a company who has won major international awards.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29It's a little-known fact that,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32during US Prohibition of the 1920s and '30s,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35spirit exports from these shores were hit hard,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39and almost all of Northern Ireland's distilleries were forced to close.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43But one young husband-and-wife team have taken it upon themselves
0:19:43 > 0:19:47to bring the art of craft distilling back to Northern Ireland.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50MUSIC: Pure Imagination
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Based at the Rademon Estate on the outskirts of Crossgar,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Shortcross Gin claims to be
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Northern Ireland's first premium craft gin.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Hello there.- Hi, Stephen. - Good to see you.- Hi, Stephen.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- How are you?- This is where all the magic happens down here?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14This is our 450-litre copper pot still.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18It's very special in that it has two seven-plate enrichment columns.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It was created specifically for us in Germany by a family called Carl,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24who are the oldest family of still-makers in Bavaria.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26We forage botanicals from the estate.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29The wild clover, you know, the little flowers that you see,
0:20:29 > 0:20:30the elderberries, elderflowers,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and apples from our walled garden
0:20:33 > 0:20:36giving Shortcross the unique flavour profile.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40As with whisky, the origins of gin are open to debate.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43But it made its way over here in the 17th century,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46when English soldiers fighting the Thirty Years' War
0:20:46 > 0:20:50watched their Dutch counterparts sipping this morale-boosting spirit.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Hence the term "Dutch courage".
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- So, I don't drink.- OK. - Nor do I have a clue about gin.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Do different gins taste significantly different from each other?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03It must taste predominantly of juniper berries.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05So, these are the juniper berries here.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07If you crush them in your finger, you'll start to get
0:21:07 > 0:21:11the smell of the terpenes that make up juniper and gin.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And you two have given up your jobs to do this, right?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Yes, we both gave up our jobs two and a half years ago
0:21:16 > 0:21:17to follow our dreams.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's been a rollercoaster so far, but we've definitely no regrets.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Where are you exporting to so far?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25We just shipped our first order to Dubai last week.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29We're also available in France, Spain, Germany.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Is it easy working together, husband and wife, in a business?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34THEY CHUCKLE
0:21:34 > 0:21:37It's all fun and games, but it's worth it at the end.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Do you know what? I don't even drink,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55but the gin must have got to my head somehow,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59because I'm going to Fermanagh next to meet Gerald Coyle,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03an entrepreneur who reckons his waterwheel device
0:22:03 > 0:22:07could actually change the lives of millions.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11It's just about worth a trip to Fermanagh.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19The wettest county in Northern Ireland.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23A place so wet, they keep their baths outside...
0:22:24 > 0:22:26..and their boats in the field.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30See lots of these great ideas
0:22:30 > 0:22:33with me travelling the breadth of Northern Ireland.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35So now I'm down in Fermanagh. I really want to be here, don't I?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Look, there's the cliched tractor.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42No doubt I'm going to meet some type of countryman
0:22:42 > 0:22:45that's going to go, "Hello, Stephen, come on in for a bun,"
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and show me some type of wacko idea.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55My name's Gerald Coyle, from Belleek, County Fermanagh.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I'm here to launch my new company,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01which is H2otricity Renewable Energy.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0324/7 renewable energy.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06MUSIC: Down By The Riverside
0:23:09 > 0:23:10- You must be Gerald.- Yes.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I was just saying there how much I love country people.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- So you have an idea to show us. - Just down here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Gerald's family have been running this small farm in Belleek
0:23:21 > 0:23:23for over 100 years.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I find it almost impossible to believe
0:23:25 > 0:23:27that hidden behind these hedges
0:23:27 > 0:23:31is a potentially world-changing technology.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36But that is precisely what Gerald claims to have invented.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41For what he's about to show us is a secret new breed of waterwheel
0:23:41 > 0:23:43that he calls the hydro wheel.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46There must be other waterwheels in the world.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49There is, but not to the same output as this one.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Make that real for someone like me.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54900 homes we could actually run per unit.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- All year round?- All year round.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00We've designed it, even if the water runs really low,
0:24:00 > 0:24:01it will work 24/7,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05so you'll have the same output 24/7, day and night.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07But how come if the water's low?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Because it's about the strength of the...
0:24:09 > 0:24:12The gearbox is the whole secret.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Not letting me see the gearbox, big boy, are you?- No.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- The gearbox...- Is that the secret? - Yeah, the secret is the gearbox.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21So, I'm standing here in the piddling rain in Fermanagh
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and you're keeping this gearbox secret?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Patent pending.- Don't trust me? - It's not that I don't trust you.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28You're very welcome down in Fermanagh.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Thanks very much for coming down... - You don't trust me, do you?- Well...
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- You think the neighbours are looking out in their telescopes? - You never know!
0:24:35 > 0:24:37You could have people here standing at two o'clock in the morning
0:24:37 > 0:24:38with a flash...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Anything's possible.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I'll not be standing here at two o'clock in the morning, let me tell you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49So our boy Gerald here wants to be coy about his gearbox.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Because if what he's saying is true,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54he reckons this technology could be a game-changer
0:24:54 > 0:24:57in the world of renewable energy.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03And he reckons it could make him a very, very rich man.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05MUSIC: Proud Mary
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Most people who think about hydro dam the river further up,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14which stops migrating fish, which is a no-no.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16This here actually runs in the flow.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Our biggest thing is to save life.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22That fish in there has as much right to this world as me and you.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24But this is just not a thing for Northern Ireland.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26This is for the developing world.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28This can be used to create jobs,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30save lives in different parts of the world.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Developing countries need electricity now.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Not today, not tomorrow. Now.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Gerald's got big dreams for his gearbox.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And he's putting his money where his mouth is, too,
0:25:43 > 0:25:48having invested £30,000 of his own cash into this idea to date.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50But there's other technology out there
0:25:50 > 0:25:53that's had hundreds of millions spent on its development,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and it's already used across the world.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59So, can this young farmer's waterwheel
0:25:59 > 0:26:02really be an improvement on the likes of that?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05What is the difference between this and a wind turbine?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09A wind turbine only works at 40% efficiency when it's windy.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12This here, have you ever seen a river run dry in Fermanagh yet?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15This will work 24/7, day and night.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- You see, the last laugh, hopefully, will be with you, right?- Yes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19But as I'm standing here,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I'm kind of thinking, "This guy's got to be a wee bit nuts."
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So it's impossible, surely,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28that there is a brilliant worldwide idea
0:26:28 > 0:26:30sitting in this little field in Fermanagh.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Happy the ones who try to make a difference in the world
0:26:34 > 0:26:36than ones who sit and judge you
0:26:36 > 0:26:38for being someone who tried to something better.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I'm a person who believes in trying,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43because there's more people who talk about something.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I'm a do-er. I'm a trier.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I'm not a quitter, I'm not a sitter.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Gosh.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52I don't know if I believe him.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56I would want to see absolute rock solid proof,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59cos if what he says is true, that's revolutionary.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Well, he didn't put it in the water, did he?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03No, he didn't, and the key's in the gearbox?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Why? Does it store electric?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09If it takes away from those eyesores that are those wind turbines
0:27:09 > 0:27:11that you see everywhere, I'm a big fan of that.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13They are not attractive.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- True!- We don't know to what extent
0:27:15 > 0:27:17the water is actually influencing this contraption.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19What I would say is,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22that's for, let's say, our Executive to get involved,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25through resource and development grants to people like that,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28to develop something like that, which could be far-reaching.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30So, we don't know. It looks good.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I don't like the way Stephen was talking to him there
0:27:32 > 0:27:35about it being in this wee field in Fermanagh.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Like, working in...
0:27:36 > 0:27:38As soon as someone comes here from somewhere else,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41they're international, and that's a big stamp of credibility.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I completely agree with you. There is absolutely no reason.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46We have produced more world-beaters in Northern Ireland...
0:27:46 > 0:27:50You know, you think Dunlop, and, you know, the tractor boy...
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Ferguson, wasn't that his name?
0:27:52 > 0:27:53And, you know, there is absolutely no reason
0:27:53 > 0:27:56why you can't have a world-beating invention
0:27:56 > 0:27:57in the fields of Fermanagh.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Like Stephen said, he'll have the last laugh, this guy,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01if it goes global.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Here's my message to you if you've got an idea.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10There are so many entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland
0:28:10 > 0:28:12who have told me the same thing.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The support in this country for your business idea
0:28:15 > 0:28:18is absolutely incredible.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21They've told me it's better than anywhere else in the world.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23So if you want to make something in Northern Ireland,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25then make it happen.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26The support is here.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28And the details are on our website.