0:00:21 > 0:00:23This wee country of ours has been at the forefront of some of the
0:00:23 > 0:00:26world's most ground-breaking innovations.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30The pneumatic tyre, the ejector seat, the portable defibrillator
0:00:30 > 0:00:35and even the air-conditioning system were all made in Northern Ireland.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But that was then, and this is now.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We've a whole new breed of entrepreneurs from all over
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Northern Ireland,
0:00:41 > 0:00:46in fields in Fermanagh, sheds in Newtownards and workshops in Lurgan.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49In this series,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52we hope to showcase some 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 > 0:01:02'Each week, I'm going to travel the length and breadth of the
0:01:02 > 0:01:03'country, meeting them...'
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Good to see you!- How are you?
0:01:06 > 0:01:07£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 > 0:01:14I know exactly what's going to be happening at home.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16There'll be one person sitting on the sofa loving an idea and
0:01:16 > 0:01:19someone 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 > 0:01:26to do just that - ordinary 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.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I know exactly what you're thinking at home.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40You've always wanted to see me in a bath, haven't you?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44And I know that you want me to take my top off, but I'm not going to do
0:01:44 > 0:01:47that today, because we're not here for any of that type of business.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We're actually here to meet a man who's created an invention
0:01:50 > 0:01:54that stops you sliding down the bath.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58My name is Jason Devine. My family and I were away for a weekend break.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01In preparation, Pauline got her hair done, her nails done,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06her make-up and all her dark arts that men can never fully understand.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Pauline decided that a bath would really help her relax after
0:02:09 > 0:02:12we checked in. However, she can't fully relax.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15When she lies back, she tends to slide deeper into the bath
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and does not wish to get her hair wet.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21She spends this time getting uncomfortable and never
0:02:21 > 0:02:23achieving relaxation.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Our solution was the Bath Pebble, a non-slip wedge seat for the bath.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Simple idea, but it's sometimes those ones that are the best.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Jason, this is the product. - Yeah, the Bath Pebble.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37So, how did you come up with this?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40She kept sliding down and getting her hair wet, so we talked
0:02:40 > 0:02:43about it and on the back of an envelope we designed this
0:02:43 > 0:02:44over the weekend.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I want it to be organically shaped and sort of smooth, and the
0:02:47 > 0:02:51name itself, the Bath Pebble, I want it to sort of tie in with nature.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55And the simple idea is, seriously, you would put that under your bum.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Yeah.- And then you don't slip any more.- Simple as that, yeah.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And your background will be interesting to some people in
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Northern Ireland who will know your work but won't know it's you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Yeah, my designs are in practically every store, probably,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- in Northern Ireland, especially...- Go on, then.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Mr Tayto. I illustrated Mr Tayto, and I also designed the crisp bags.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- You illustrated Mr Tayto, the man? - Yeah, yeah. Mr Tayto himself.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19So when I'm eating my prawn cocktail...
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Yeah, you're eating the bag that I designed, yeah.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25'At first glance, it's easy to look at this small, simple piece
0:03:25 > 0:03:28'of plastic and write it off as a gimmick,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32'but this guy is from design royalty, king of the crisps.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35'Could he really be onto something big here?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38'Well, they do say the best things come in small packages, don't they?'
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- I'm trying to think, does one size fit all?- You can try it out and see.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I've never tried anything under my bum before. Let's see.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- It works.- It does work!- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Which brings me to how many people have a problem slipping in the bath.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Well, whenever you look at the numbers of people who
0:03:58 > 0:04:02actually bathe in the world, it's a fairly substantial figure,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and also bathing now has become more for relaxation than for washing.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Most people actually wash in the shower.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The fact that we can make a product now that actually provides a better
0:04:10 > 0:04:13relaxation experience when in the bath, I think we're onto something.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16How much do you reckon they'd sell for? Have you got to that stage?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We're looking at pricing around £15 per item.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I can get them manufactured for a lot less than that.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Y'see, sometimes it's the really simple ideas that confuse
0:04:24 > 0:04:26people, because they think, "You couldn't protect that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- "You can't make money out of that." This is protectable, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33The shape of the design and the terminology.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37So a bum seat for a bath no-one else in the world can do.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Well, for the UK at the minute.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I'm still looking after the rest of the world!
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Is there interest elsewhere? - There is, yeah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45An Australian company have shown a lot of interest in this.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- No?!- Yeah, yeah.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49And they're actually looking at distribution in the US for
0:04:49 > 0:04:51a retail outlet with over 1,000 stores.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55With interest from chain stores in the USA and Australia, I'm
0:04:55 > 0:04:59beginning to think that Mr Tayto here could really become the baron
0:04:59 > 0:05:04of baths and bums. But I have a confession to make.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I've got to say, when I was sitting on it,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08it didn't feel completely comfortable.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Is it the wrong way round?- Is it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- All right, OK!- Try it this way here.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17But that way, that's like a way to stop you from...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- This is...- Yeah. That better?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22That's completely different now that I've got it the
0:05:22 > 0:05:24right way round, because it was killing me the other way.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27But, no, that IS comfortable now on my little fat bum cheeks.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It doesn't make a difference what size the butt is.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- What are you trying to say? - I'm not trying anything!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I thought you get neck pillows and things like that, that sort of
0:05:41 > 0:05:43kept your head up, or...
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I didn't genuinely think that this was a problem.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I see it's kind of moulded...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51But do they do that in different sizes? Do you know what I mean?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- You know.- I've got an XXL Bath Pebble! You know?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57"What size is your Bath Pebble?"
0:05:57 > 0:06:00In its defence, it looks quite portable.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01That might be a good thing.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04But you wouldn't open your handbag... "What's that?"
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- "It's my Bath Pebble." - "Oh, it's my Bath Pebble"!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09"I sit on this in the bath." I mean, it sounds quite rude.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What do you call it? A pebble? That just sounds so uncomfortable.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15He has conviction about that product, which I like.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- You have to give him that.- He's trying to do his best for his wife.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21They had an issue, they have sorted out something that's sorted it out.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24It sounds like they're having a domestic here,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26just slipping in the bath, y'know?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I don't like dissing anybody or anybody's ideas,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32but I just think that is ridiculous.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I have to say, I probably agree.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41How about going to Beragh?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Where on earth is Beragh?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I'm told it's in Tyrone.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47That's why I don't know where it is. Never been to Tyrone.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51However, there is a farmer and his three sons - Mark Kelly's his
0:06:51 > 0:06:56name - and he's come up with a device for sheep.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57As farmers do.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04We always helped our father take the sheep to the open plunge dip, and it
0:07:04 > 0:07:07could be maybe a five or six-person job and it was very time-consuming.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11So my father has come up with an idea.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13An idea born from necessity,
0:07:13 > 0:07:17when Mark's sons left the farm to pursue their own careers.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21The children started to leave, and I had no way to dip sheep,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- so I come up with the idea. - And what did you do?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I made an oil tank into a machine for dipping sheep.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34There'll be lots of city boys like me don't really understand
0:07:34 > 0:07:40- dipping sheep.- No! No, a country man would know what dipping sheep was.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43We would have helped out local neighbours when we were younger.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45If you lived on a farm, you know what dipping sheep...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Everybody put their shoulder to the wheel.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Why do you need to dip sheep at all?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Parasites can live in the sheep's fleece, and that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53And farmers want to do it because it gives the sheep
0:07:53 > 0:07:56a comfortable life out in the fields,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59and they're not scratching or itching or anything like that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00And up to the early '90s,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04it was compulsory to plunge-dip them into the open baths with a dip.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08# How in heck can I wash my neck If it ain't gonna rain no more?... #
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I think I'll leave the plunge-dipping to the farmers.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Looks a bit dangerous for me.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16But it is still the tried and tested means of dipping sheep.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Have you ever got rammed into a couple of accidents in your time?
0:08:21 > 0:08:27A few dips. You're putting sheep in, and it hits you and that's it, over!
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Are we going to see it in action?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- We'll see it in action, surely. - I don't like to get my hands dirty.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Or my wee socks dirty.- All you have to do is stand and watch,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38unless you want to have a wee jump in. We could put you in!
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Let's get in with the sheep.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I didn't think I'd ever hear myself saying that!
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Get in behind them there, Stephen.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Push them off.- They'll not be getting past me!
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Keep your eye on them.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I feel like all this smelly, mucky business, this is not me.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53That's good. It helps your farm work, Stephen.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58They're lined up now to go into the machine now.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Right, Stephen, I'm going to show you how this operates.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Go on. Go on. Go on.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Go on. Go on. Go on!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Go on up.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- So, they're all in at once. - Yeah.- OK!
0:09:14 > 0:09:18# We ain't a-gonna wash We ain't a-gonna wash
0:09:18 > 0:09:21# We ain't a-gonna wash for a week... #
0:09:21 > 0:09:24There's 18 nozzles on it that gets them in all directions,
0:09:24 > 0:09:25dipping chemical over the top of them.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28And we have a wee timer. You can set a different time
0:09:28 > 0:09:30depending on the lengths of fleece for how long you want them in.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34So this is the only one that you know of in the world that does what?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36What's different about this?
0:09:36 > 0:09:41It's enclosed and there's 900 litres of water in there, and it recycles.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42It's double filters and things.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So we've a few unique things there that we're targeting.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53The beauty of this system is that there's less stress on the animals.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57It's safer for the farmers and more environmentally friendly,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01with less chemical seepage into the ground.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03It's like a car wash for sheep, going on in there,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06getting a nice wee wash. I feel like getting in myself.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10And then, once they come out again, all those parasites,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12they're washed off, none of the humans of course are getting
0:10:12 > 0:10:14any of the chemicals near them.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Out they pop, away they go, clean as a whistle.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Look, now they're shaking. They'll dry themselves off.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- How did you enjoy that, sure, Stephen?- Oh, it's the simple ideas.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- And you never got a drop of water on you.- No, I did not!- Terrible! Eh?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51And now you're going to try to spread from Beragh around the world.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Round the world, yeah, and make farmers healthier and happier.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58And every time I was saying that country people aren't as
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- smart as city people. - Don't you believe it, Stephen!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03We're thinking all the time out in the country.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10A shower of sheep!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I think it's clever. I think it's a good one.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I don't know, I don't have an awful lot of experience with sheep
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- dipping.- Really(?) - No, funnily, I don't, actually.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22But you're saving six people in labour.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25And it seems it's making the sheep's life easier, then.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Yes, that's a nice thing. Your wee chop'll be a happier chop!
0:11:29 > 0:11:33No, but, I mean, animal welfare is important, and it's good that...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35And it'll keep them healthier,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37and the chemical run-off into the rivers, a thing of the past.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Which is brilliant. They've put a lot of thought into it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45I think he has. Subject to the money being right, it could be great.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06'Can I take your order, please?'
0:12:06 > 0:12:10# A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
0:12:10 > 0:12:13# A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut... #
0:12:13 > 0:12:17If you ever wanted a snapshot as to what is in my brain,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21this is probably as close as you're going to get,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24because this is like treasure to me -
0:12:24 > 0:12:28big burgers, a cola, the prawn-cocktail crisps,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32the chocolate - and this is just all of the temptation that I
0:12:32 > 0:12:35give in to that makes me as fat as I am.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39And what I just want to constantly do, seriously, is reach out
0:12:39 > 0:12:43for some of this stuff, for example reaching out for the chicken.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Mm! That's just lovely.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49But before I take that bite and give in to temptation,
0:12:49 > 0:12:54what if there was something which helped me to try not to do that?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57That's what our next team of inventors have come up with.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Could it really be as easy as something you snap on your wrist?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08# Keep on stretching your rubber band, now... #
0:13:08 > 0:13:11These five lads from Queen's University have come up with a
0:13:11 > 0:13:15product called SnapIt, based on the principle of Pavlovian conditioning,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18where the theory is that through repeated stimulus,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21natural impulses can be reprogrammed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24The guys from SnapIt have taken this principle and given it
0:13:24 > 0:13:25a modern twist.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28It seems there's an app for EVERYTHING these days.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32This is already around, where these things, negative reinforcement,
0:13:32 > 0:13:33as you say...
0:13:33 > 0:13:36What you're doing is you're marrying the product to then collecting
0:13:36 > 0:13:37data on your phone.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39And if you have your craving,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41you snap the band, and that sends a message to your phone,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44and then from your phone you can see when you're snapping it,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46when you're likely to do it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48The app will realise, say, three o'clock every day,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51you crave your chocolate bar.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52# Keep on stretching your rubber band... #
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Then at, say, half two, it'll send you a message and be like,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59"Have an apple," or, "Eat something healthy," so that when it
0:13:59 > 0:14:03comes to three o'clock, you're not hungry or wanting chocolate.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08It's a way of recording into your phone when you're having
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- those impulses to be bad.- Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12So you can start to look at the trends and start to say,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15"Right, at two o'clock every day, that's when my dodgy time is,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17"so I need to distract myself."
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I love a bit of thigh.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- But it doesn't actually hurt.- Well, it should hurt a bit!- Really?- Yeah.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32What it does is it, like, snaps you back into focus and makes you
0:14:32 > 0:14:35really remember, like, "Right, I'm trying to stop doing this."
0:14:35 > 0:14:37You haven't had a cigarette yesterday and you're craving one -
0:14:37 > 0:14:41if you don't have something there to tell you, like, you're doing well,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44then you're more likely to just sort of forget how well you're doing.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47So I'm going to eat my favourite bar of chocolate. I'm now doing that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- I go like that.- Yep.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- You've not left us any! - I've licked it! I've licked it!
0:14:55 > 0:14:59# Keep on stretching your rubber band, now... #
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I'm like, it's a habit,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03you kind of know when you're going to do things, or...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Well, breaking habits, I think, are great,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07because I used to bite my nails...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yeah, but is that going to help you break it?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I just think SnapIt would become almost like a habit itself,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17because your phone, every time you're doing that...
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Well, better doing that than smoking.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22If somebody smokes and wants to stop smoking,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24there's umpteen things out there.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27There are, but snapping is an established way that
0:15:27 > 0:15:29hypnotists and all that sort of people use.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Say, for example, it was obesity, I think it'd be great.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35There's potential there to team up with a healthy restaurant
0:15:35 > 0:15:36or something like that.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39It might say, "Go for a walk, and if we can track you walking for
0:15:39 > 0:15:42"a mile, then we'll give you 10% off at the restaurant."
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Look at you!- That's what it would do.- Yeah, but that's your idea.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49That's not their idea.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Those young fellas, if you think about it,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57in their early 20s,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00they're innovating not just in their head but they're making it happen.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03And I think that's what's really nice about this series.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07We're seeing people born and bred in Northern Ireland making it
0:16:07 > 0:16:09happen in Northern Ireland.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13And from the serious invention that we've just seen
0:16:13 > 0:16:17to this mad entrepreneur.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What can I say about Paddy Bloomer?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25# Ha-ha-ha-ha! Mad man blues!
0:16:34 > 0:16:36# I come home last night about nine o'clock
0:16:36 > 0:16:38# I really wish there was knock-knock-knock
0:16:38 > 0:16:40# I got the madman blues... #
0:16:48 > 0:16:53# You're window shopping, just window shopping... #
0:16:53 > 0:16:55With the decline of the high street, most of us are forced to
0:16:55 > 0:16:59travel a little bit further to do our grocery shopping.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01If you've a car, that's OK.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03If you don't, then a shopping trolley is
0:17:03 > 0:17:06a cheap and effective way of transporting goods.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I've some experience of travelling by shopping trolley, and the
0:17:09 > 0:17:14handling characteristics are very poor, so I've done some redesign.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16This is the off-road shopping trolley.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17# Hit it! #
0:17:20 > 0:17:24A set of rubber caterpillar tracks here.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27They give excellent traction on rough ground.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29A 24-volt DC motor.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33A set of lead-acid batteries to give us a couple of mile cruising range.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Joystick interface here, which gives us excellent control,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39great manoeuvrability in confined spaces.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Best of all, because it's used outside the supermarket,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44there's no-one to tell you off for stamping in their back.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46So, we've got a foot peg on here.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49# I got soul
0:17:50 > 0:17:52# And I'm super-bad... #
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We're doing our best to get across Northern Ireland to find some
0:18:03 > 0:18:07of the best entrepreneurs, some of the best ideas that there are
0:18:07 > 0:18:09out there just as they're starting out.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10What we're also going to do, though,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13once a week, is focus on an established business
0:18:13 > 0:18:17so that you can see a success story that's already happened.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Skunk Works is making waves across the world, actually.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24It's run by brothers Chris and Ricky.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26What they've done is they've come up with a product,
0:18:26 > 0:18:30a soft surfboard which uses 100% recyclables.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Anyone in Northern Ireland can make a success of themselves.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38If they have an idea and they really, really,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41really want to make it happen, they can make it happen.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Some of the most successful ideas
0:18:43 > 0:18:46are born from finding a problem and fixing it well,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and that's exactly what two surfer brothers from Portrush have
0:18:49 > 0:18:52been doing from this tiny factory in Coleraine.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56We know surfing. We grew up on the island's surf team.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00We competed for years. We know the problems with the boards.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Three years ago, near the end of the season,
0:19:02 > 0:19:07all of his boards were falling to pieces, so we just thought,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11"There has got to be a better way to make these boards."
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Chris's brother Ricky runs the longest-established surf
0:19:15 > 0:19:20school in Northern Ireland and was fast becoming frustrated at the poor
0:19:20 > 0:19:24quality of the polystyrene learner boards used across the industry.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28All of these boards were just getting produced out of factories
0:19:28 > 0:19:31in China, and the materials that they've been using to make
0:19:31 > 0:19:36them out of are polystyrene. They glue on a top piece.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40So this is a section cut out of a new board, and we can just simply...
0:19:41 > 0:19:43..peel that whole thing away.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And this polystyrene has basically no structure,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49so if I put my knee into it, it just breaks away.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52This is what happens in your surf school.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Our materials have never before been used in the surf industry.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58We've got a new deck which is super-soft.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02It's like a yoga mat, so no rub and really comfortable.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06We've got a rail here on the side, and that's basically to take
0:20:06 > 0:20:10all the impact of different fins from surfboards hitting it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12The other major innovation is we don't use any glues or
0:20:12 > 0:20:15adhesives in the whole production process.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19We only use hot air to bond all of the layers together.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It's all one piece so there isn't any weak points on it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25There isn't anything where you can get your finger in and rip it away.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31These boards aren't just revolutionary for surfers.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32They also aim to revolutionise
0:20:32 > 0:20:36the environmental ethos of the entire industry.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The industry isn't eco-friendly at all.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I mean, all of these things here are not eco-friendly to produce,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45they're really hard to recycle.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Our board is the world's first 100% recyclable surfboard.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55There isn't a single surfboard out there in the world right now
0:20:55 > 0:20:58that can compete with us on any level.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01# I wanna go surfing... #
0:21:01 > 0:21:03We've been away to California,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06we've met the biggest surfboard companies in the world.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07They love our product,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11something completely unique and far more hard-wearing and
0:21:11 > 0:21:15longer-lasting than anything else that's on the global market.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I love the fact that we're making all the boards here in
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Northern Ireland, in Coleraine, for global export.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25We couldn't have dreamed about where we are now three years ago.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27We can hardly believe the position
0:21:27 > 0:21:29we're in right now. It is fantastic.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Now, our next entrepreneur, Ken McFeeters,
0:21:42 > 0:21:43is a serial inventor who comes up
0:21:43 > 0:21:48with all of these different ideas from his little shed in Newtownards.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53The reason he caught my attention - cold callers. Can't stand them!
0:21:53 > 0:21:55You're sitting in your house and you're sitting back eating
0:21:55 > 0:21:58a wee packet of prawn cocktail or you're driving along in
0:21:58 > 0:22:02a car, happy as Larry, and one of these idiots phones you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04"Would you like to buy...?" Cold-call this, cold-call that.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Can't stand it. They drive me... HE GROWLS
0:22:08 > 0:22:09..mad!
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- BEEP - 'Leave a message or leave me alone.'
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Don't you love cold callers? I'm Ken McFeeters from Sanyx International.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19# I just called... #
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Cold-call blockers on the market are tedious to work with, and what
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I did was I developed a much better solution, and that's the CallCop.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- # Whoop-whoop! - That's the sound of the police
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- # Whoop-whoop! - That's the sound of the police... #
0:22:32 > 0:22:36As with all Ken's inventions, the CallCop was brought to life
0:22:36 > 0:22:39in this former builder's workshop in Newtownards.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44His second-in-command here is his 17-year-old son Adam,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48and they are on a mission to protect the nation from cold callers.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- You can stop nuisance callers? - Yes.- I feel like hugging you.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Well, don't.- I feel like kissing you...- I'm not that way inclined!
0:22:56 > 0:22:57..because they drive me insane,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00especially when they phone the mobile.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04But if they phone your house, it's invasive. I feel like decking them.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08A relative of mine had early-onset dementia,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11and we were all sitting round the Christmas dinner, and she said,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14"Y'know, I was talking to a really nice man on the phone today."
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Somebody at the table said, "Well, who was that?"
0:23:16 > 0:23:19She said, "Oh, erm, I really can't remember."
0:23:19 > 0:23:23And that struck me as, "Oh, there's a problem here."
0:23:23 > 0:23:27These nuisance calls take their money and there's lots of this
0:23:27 > 0:23:31crime going on, and I designed this product to actually stop the
0:23:31 > 0:23:33scammer getting through.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- How does it work?- Well, that's where the magic sauce is.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- You're not going to tell me? - No. Then I'd have to kill you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I definitely would have to kill you!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Ken's oh-so-secret sauce that he won't discuss with me
0:23:46 > 0:23:49is based on the fact that the vast majority of nuisance
0:23:49 > 0:23:54calls originate not from people but from machines.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The machine rings about five million numbers a day,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and once you answer that phone,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03the machine then directs you to a call centre, where the person
0:24:03 > 0:24:06at the call centre picks the call up and starts to talk to you.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- And irritates you. - Yes. And annoys you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The nice thing about the CallCop is it doesn't even ring in that
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- situation.- So what does it do?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16It basically flashes, like a little cop.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- # Whoop-whoop! - That's the sound of the police... #
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- What are you going to price it at? - Well, we're selling this for £97.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Tell me this and I'll buy one straight away, all right?- OK...
0:24:24 > 0:24:28So, the suits in the BBC often try to get through to me,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- and I like to block them. All right?- Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33And they always call from their wee office on the sixth floor with their
0:24:33 > 0:24:36wee cocktail sausages at their desk and their wee suits on,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38and it's always from a withheld number.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Could this block the suits at the BBC from getting to me?- Yes.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Another little bit of magic sauce in there, Stephen.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- A magic anti-BBC-suit sauce? - That's it, anti-BBC-suit sauce.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I love it!
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Ken and Adam's secret sauce isn't confined to the CallCop.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58There's also the FaxCop,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00the Commander Alarm System,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02the Roof Commander,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04and now Ken's keen to introduce me
0:25:04 > 0:25:07to the very latest addition to the family.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Looks like a robot. - Oh, now we're talking.- What is this?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- This is the Tank Commander. - Tank Commander?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Yes! Do you like that name? - And what is that?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21The Tank Commander tells the thief you know he's there.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25It starts beeping, and then at the same time a text goes out to you.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- To say someone's at the tank?- Yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39So, I'm coming to steal the oil. A big burglar. Very big burglar.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40I'll probably be footling around here.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43BEEP Oh! And the alarm goes off.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Can you recognise me behind my disguise?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Flashing lights are beeping. "Owner knows you are here."
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- HEY! Are you trying to steal my oil? - I'm doing a runner!
0:25:52 > 0:25:53That's Stephen Nolan!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- How low can you go? - ALARM WAILS
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Is it protected around the world? - Patents as far away as
0:26:01 > 0:26:04China, Australia, Eurasia, Russia, America...
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- From this little...- Yes, this little place in Newtownards!
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I don't know whether that product works or not. That's for you to say.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16But what's the difference in the mentality of
0:26:16 > 0:26:19lots of the rest of us - we all have ideas, don't we? -
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and then people like you, who see them through?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I think the difference is you've got to have a neck like yours, Stephen.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Rubber neck. But you also have to have perseverance.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33It does take a very determined attitude to do it,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35to get it finished.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44- Excellent.- I love it. - I've no idea how it works.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Well, you don't need to. You can buy one from BT at the moment.- Right.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Anyway, I think it's a good idea. - It's a great idea.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53And so, too, is the alarm for the oil.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I have gas, so... I don't know what you guys...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I think it is a genuine, legitimate problem, that people do
0:26:59 > 0:27:02siphon off these oil tanks when people are out at work and things,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04but when you think of constantly refilling, you know,
0:27:04 > 0:27:05and that's a lifelong purchase.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- So, have you had any nicked? - Not me personally, no.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- No, I haven't. Have you? - No.- Nope. Well, there you are.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14There's no way I'm buying that,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17but I might borrow a copy or make a little copy and stick it on
0:27:17 > 0:27:20the top, because that's what deters people.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I'll not be buying it, put it that way, but somebody will buy it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25He is a really good inventor, but that CallCop,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I think BT have got there ahead of him.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Yeah, possibly. They possibly have.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39I really do hope some of you do try whatever it is that is inside
0:27:39 > 0:27:42your head for an idea.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45There will be the majority of you watching this programme
0:27:45 > 0:27:47tonight who won't.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You'll have a notion of what you could do,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51and you won't go through with it.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55And yet there will be one or two or three or four of you that will
0:27:55 > 0:27:59try something - maybe more - and somebody somewhere will make
0:27:59 > 0:28:04themselves a lot of money and fulfil their dreams. I hope it's you.