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 > 0:00:27the pneumatic tyre,
0:00:27 > 0:00:28the ejector seat,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30the portable defibrillator
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and even the hydro-electric tramway were all made in Northern Ireland.
0:00:34 > 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 > 0:00:56Now, do they have what it takes to change the world?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01'Each week, I'm going to travel
0:01:01 > 0:01:04'the length and breadth of the country meeting them...'
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Good to see you, how are you?
0:01:05 > 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 > 0:01:13I 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 > 0:01:24to do just that.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Ordinary people looking at these new creations in Northern Ireland
0:01:27 > 0:01:31and trying to work out whether they like them or not.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Our first invention this week is made in east Belfast.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Eve McClelland is just 19,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and yet she has come up with a product
0:01:39 > 0:01:42that could genuinely help people
0:01:42 > 0:01:43who are in dire need.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The city's still lying in ruins.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The scale of the problems facing the residents of Haiti
0:01:51 > 0:01:56and the aid organisations trying to help remains huge.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00My name's Eve McLelland. I'm 19 years old.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I realised that there was a massive problem with temporary displacement
0:02:04 > 0:02:08for vast numbers of people in natural disaster circumstances.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10But also, if we take a look at our own streets,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12we've nearly 20,000 people who are homeless.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Here in Belfast, the deaths and news of homeless people over the last few
0:02:16 > 0:02:19months has just been too much and we need to try and solve that.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22A woman believed to be in her 30s
0:02:22 > 0:02:27became the fifth homeless person to die on these streets this year.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31It was a man who knew the victim who found her in this shop doorway.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I've come to west Belfast to meet with Chris Nixon.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40He spent two years sleeping rough around the streets.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44And he's going to see if Eve really has found a solution
0:02:44 > 0:02:46to a truly global problem.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48So tell us about this.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50It is a bed made entirely out of cardboard.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But it can be packed full of toiletries, medical supplies, food,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58everything that you would need in a temporary situation.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- It's like flat-pack furniture.- Yeah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07You basically have all of these little cupboards just for the user
0:03:07 > 0:03:09to put some of our own personal belongings,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12just to give them that bit of their identity back.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14There's a little drawer on this end as well
0:03:14 > 0:03:15that has some of the products.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19And also, the four corners, you can actually insert cardboard tubes
0:03:19 > 0:03:21which will allow for a mosquito net to be draped over,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24or some sort of coverage if that was required as well
0:03:24 > 0:03:26to help reduce the spread of disease.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I imagine the pockets also act like insulation.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Like trapping warm air underneath you.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Yes, absolutely. It's four inches off the ground,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34which is the same height as a tin can
0:03:34 > 0:03:36which works well for some of the packaging.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38But that insulation makes a massive difference.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Because that's for an emergency. The emergency zone market, right?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43But for the homeless market,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46do you think homeless people would like this or not?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Honestly, now.- Like it?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51No, because no-one wants to be sleeping on cardboard in the street.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55But if you haven't got somewhere to sleep in a bed, yeah, for sure.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And all their possessions, you know, it's very common for people
0:03:57 > 0:04:00who are sleeping rough to have stuff in bags.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- It gets stolen and kicked about. - What they'd be doing here,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05of course, is they'd be lying on top of their possessions.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06So, therefore, no-one can steal it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I always tied my rucksack to my leg
0:04:08 > 0:04:10so that if anyone wanted to nick my rucksack,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12they were going to have to nick my leg.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I don't want it to be a product that I go out and give homeless people
0:04:14 > 0:04:17a bed and say, "There's a bed, stay on the streets."
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Primarily what I'd be wanting to do is work with some of the charities
0:04:20 > 0:04:23so that if they needed additional beds, or if it was really necessary
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and they were having to turn people away,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27then it might be a backup plan.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Now, I know what you're thinking. This is just a cardboard box, right?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37But Eve's real innovation lies in those clever little pouches.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40So within the internal structure of the bed,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43this can be packed completely full of everything that the NGOs
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- and charities would already be sending out.- Like what?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Sleeping bags, canned food, dried food, toiletries.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Some basic medical supplies.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Is that what makes it stronger, these compartments?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- The way they are?- This ensures the cardboard, whilst being a really,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00really light product, can spread the weight across the surface
0:05:00 > 0:05:01making it incredibly strong.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05It's fantastic. The ability to be able to store these items
0:05:05 > 0:05:07when you're sending them out so you're not just going
0:05:07 > 0:05:10to someone in a disaster zone or who is living on the streets and saying,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13"Here's something to kip on for the night."
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Will I try it?- Yes, absolutely. Go ahead.- Sit in the middle first.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Right, because if this holds me, it'll hold anybody.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19This is going to be a laugh, isn't it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21As I squash your only prototypes.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Cardboard can hold a lorry, so I would say anybody would be fine.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Sit in a middle first. - Cardboard can hold a lorry?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yeah, it's such a light material,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32but it can have such a strong strength-to-weight ratio.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Look at that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38That's amazing. No offence to Stephen here,
0:05:38 > 0:05:39but if it fits Stephen...
0:05:39 > 0:05:41it's going to help anyone.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Tell you what, it's a lot better than lying on a cold floor.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Clear off, everybody. I'm going for a wee snooze.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I think that's brilliant. That's a fantastic idea for a 19-year-old
0:05:54 > 0:05:55to come up with. She should be snapped up.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58She's been very clever in the concept of it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But the fact that you can have your possessions and your belongings,
0:06:01 > 0:06:02which is such a worry.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04What I like about her is she's not saying, "Look,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08"I've got this solution that's going to resolve homelessness."
0:06:08 > 0:06:12What I've got is an immediate, short-term solution
0:06:12 > 0:06:17that can maintain somebody's dignity and may even save their life.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I don't think you could issue them if it's flooding.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21A cardboard bed's not going to be of any use.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yeah, but the stuff inside will be of use.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26If you could protect it some way with plastic or something.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I think she's brilliant, because what she's doing is she's facing
0:06:30 > 0:06:33a very serious social challenge that we all have.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Reach for the stars and you just might get to the moon.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Our next entrepreneur is David Dougherty from Irvinestown.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46And if he pulls this off...
0:06:47 > 0:06:50..it's certainly out of this world.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I am David Dougherty
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and my invention is called the Speed Zapper.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06The Speed Zapper gets connected to the speedometer.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Satellite tracks with The Speed Zapper.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11So if you're doing 40mph in a 30mph zone,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14you could have the cops after you.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18But David's Speed Zapper idea can't get off the ground
0:07:18 > 0:07:21without one vital piece of kit.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26A whole new satellite system dedicated entirely to Speed Zapper
0:07:26 > 0:07:30will first need to be put into orbit.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35But back on planet Earth,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40I'm off to Fermanagh to meet the man behind these lofty ideas.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44If he tries to zap me, I'll be zapping him back.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48And with my cunning disguise, I'll hopefully avoid a zapping myself.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52You must be the Speed Zapper.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Nice to meet you.- Hello, Zapper.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57I've come all the way to Fermanagh for this idea.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- What's the idea? - It is to help stop speeding,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04be it in a motorbike, car, van, lorry or bus.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Every single place that you drive through, be it a village, town,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10say Omagh, if you're going in that direction,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13if you do 40mph on that 30mph zone, then you're caught.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- So how do you do that? - It's the Speed Zapper.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18It gets attached to your vehicle,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19it gets connected to your speedometer
0:08:19 > 0:08:23and any time you drive anywhere excessive, you're caught.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25What the majority of people are trying to do,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and speed kills and that's a responsible message,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30but the majority of people don't want to get caught.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Exactly. So why break the law, though?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38David's proposal is that the Speed Zapper's system
0:08:38 > 0:08:42would notify the police and also send out automatic fines,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45effectively acting as an ever-present speed camera.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49David argues that, speed being a key factor in many major accidents,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53the Speed Zapper would not only make the road safer,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57but would bring insurance premiums down massively as well.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00So safe drivers would benefit at the expense of those who speed.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03But while his logic might be sound,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07it still doesn't get past his one key hurdle.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10How much would it cost to fire a satellite?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Roughly £800 million.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Nearly a billion?- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So your idea, you need a billion of investment?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- At least. And, obviously... - Are you going to fire the satellite?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22No, no. I'm looking to sell this to the government.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I'll go elsewhere if the UK doesn't want to deal with it.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26But it'd be nice for the UK to actually take hold of it
0:09:26 > 0:09:29so that they can pass on shares to other countries.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30It's a big idea, David.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Oh, I know.- You don't think small, do you?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Not at all. Not me.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Can I borrow that gun for a minute?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37HE LAUGHS
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Good shot!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46There's no getting away from the almost ludicrous
0:09:46 > 0:09:48billion-pound price tag of David's proposal.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But with speed-related crashes costing
0:09:51 > 0:09:54around 30 billion per year in the United States alone,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I guess there could be a couple more satellites up there
0:09:58 > 0:09:59sooner than you think.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02When he said Speed Zapper,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I thought first it was like something you use
0:10:05 > 0:10:07to kill flies or something, to zap them.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10There might be more of a market for that!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I think the concept behind it makes sense.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- Do you?- Yeah.- You should move to Fermanagh to be with him!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I really think the concept behind it makes sense,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21because I think first of all of the thought
0:10:21 > 0:10:24of receiving a speeding ticket is daunting to anyone driving.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27So you'd think twice for speeding,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31that means you're going to reduce deaths on the road.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33And also, all of these careless drivers
0:10:33 > 0:10:34are going to be much more cautious.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Even though there's no cop with a hairdryer on the road,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40there's consequences if I break the speed limit.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43This idea is not going to go any further than Fermanagh.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- You don't think so?- No.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Caravans, my pet hate!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02These tin metal boxes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05A pack of weirdos always sleep in them.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09This is where we're going to find our next little business idea.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Presenter, smile now. Hello!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Our next entrepreneur has identified a problem
0:11:20 > 0:11:24with getting these awful little tin boxes from A to B
0:11:24 > 0:11:28and he's come up with what he thinks is the perfect solution.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33My name's Andrew Welsh.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I'm a Year 14 student at Grosvenor Grammar school.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39If you've ever hitched a trailer or caravan to the back of a car before,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42you've probably experienced the difficulty of connecting
0:11:42 > 0:11:45the electrical wires between them both.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58But I'm sure many of you have, and apparently, at times,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00it can be quite difficult
0:12:00 > 0:12:03to get that all-important electrical connection.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07All sorts of dirt, grit and grime can find its way in there,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09leaving you without lights and indicators
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and making it dangerous to drive.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13With the help of his grandfather,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17schoolboy Andrew has come up with what he thinks is the solution.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19He calls it Tug.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21So, Andrew, tell me how you came up with the idea for this?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24We were out using the trailer with the seven-pin plug,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and we were trying to plug it in and it just wasn't working.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30The lights at the back, some of them weren't coming on
0:12:30 > 0:12:34and it took us ages to get it to actually work so we could go home.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37And it was for my technology and design project in school
0:12:37 > 0:12:41that I decided to make a product that improves this.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43But most kids, I guess, your age,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47they wouldn't give two hoots about whether they can connect it or not!
0:12:47 > 0:12:49You should be thinking of girls or whatever
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and you're thinking of plugs!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53What was your initial reaction?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Waste of time.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Why do you say that?- Oh, my God!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59What's difficult about putting a plug in a socket?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01I mean, maybe they don't have an app for it,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- maybe this is the problem. - And you to fight a lot over it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07No, no fighting, I just grabbed him by the throat a couple of times,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09saying, "You do it this way!"
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I think he's big enough now to knock you out.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13That is the problem, he is bigger now.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19My goodness, with grandads like that, who needs enemies?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22But in all seriousness, Andrew's grandad
0:13:22 > 0:13:26was an electrical engineer by trade and despite his scepticism,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28has been able to help Andrew along the way
0:13:28 > 0:13:30to making his idea a reality.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32So you thought to yourself,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35what if I try to create something that makes it...?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It has to go first time?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Bang.- Yeah. Just quickly, so I've come up with this.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44There's a magnet in here and a magnet in here,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48so once they come close enough, the magnetic force pulls them together.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The magnet should pull it in like that and then you just make sure
0:13:51 > 0:13:54it's in place and that should be it together.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55I should hope so.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59And when you first pitched that at him, he said, "Nonsense"?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- I don't know if he had the same sort of vision.- Did I say that?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yeah, I think you did, Grandad.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11But it does seem like a good idea, doesn't it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15How proud are you of him?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Um, he's doing well at the minute.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Whether that will continue or not,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23depends on the next step with the device.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- You're hard enough on him now, aren't you?- Oh, my...- Isn't he?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27He is, he is.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Like the way he's always on my back and...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm on your back, all right.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Do it this way, or else. You know? That's it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35I think it's fantastic,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38someone your age doing this.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- I really do. Well done, mate. - Thank you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's excellent. I have no experience
0:14:46 > 0:14:48of connecting anything to a car.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I do. They do get rusty. They do get very footery to connect
0:14:51 > 0:14:54and a lot of the time, the electrics just do not work
0:14:54 > 0:14:55and that happened recently as well.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58This can go on a caravan, a trailer...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Yeah.- Anything like that and work off the power in the car?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Yeah.- I think that's very clever.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It comes away quite easily,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08so he's obviously going to have to work that out, you know.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Well, as he says, it's in development.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14He's definitely a very bright young man.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- We can say we saw him first. - We saw him first.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Yeah.- Yeah.- What's his name?- Dyson!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20THEY LAUGH
0:15:31 > 0:15:32I like this show, I really do,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35because we're meeting people from all different walks of life
0:15:35 > 0:15:37who are coming up with an idea.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Not just that, they're making it happen.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Now, also once a week, we're going to look at an established business.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Someone who from that kernel of an idea has made it happen
0:15:47 > 0:15:50and is already successful.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54This product comes from a little town -
0:15:54 > 0:15:56a little farm, actually -
0:15:56 > 0:15:58in Garrison in County Fermanagh.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01And from there, they are exporting throughout the world.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05They have patents in America, Europe, the UK and Ireland.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Let's take a look at what they're doing.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The quad crate was a solution to a problem
0:16:12 > 0:16:15that I had on the farm back in 2006.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18It was a ewe of mine that had mislaid her lambs
0:16:18 > 0:16:21and she was pretty distressed.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I couldn't get up the hill with the trailer on the back,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27it was that wet and slippery, so I just thought to myself, you know,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30if I did make a bracket for the bike so that the weight would be on the
0:16:30 > 0:16:34wheels of the bike, it would leave me to have more traction to get over
0:16:34 > 0:16:36the hill and get to my destination.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Realising he had a solution to a problem
0:16:43 > 0:16:46affecting farmers across the globe,
0:16:46 > 0:16:47William quickly got to work
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and knowing the industry from the inside,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53he has made his quad crate as farmer-friendly as possible.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57You can put your animal in, she can then go out the other side.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59We then can unhook it here.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04This is very useful for bales of hay, pallets, etc.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Here's your lunchbox.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Oh, sorry. This is your tool box.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Very essential to have a first-aid kit and also a knife, etc.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15William's also designed add-ons to carry petrol tanks,
0:17:15 > 0:17:19freshwater supplies and even fence posts, all patented,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22in key territories across the world.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38We are selling across Ireland and the UK.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Farms that have hilly ground and that are wet terrain as well
0:17:42 > 0:17:46are places our products are doing really well.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Mostly over this last two to three years,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52sales are basically growing 100% on year.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53And the feedback that we get back
0:17:53 > 0:17:55from customers is really, really good.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I'm making all the products here at home on the farm,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01so I'm able to make the products at the right money and be able to sell
0:18:01 > 0:18:03them at the right money as well.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06It's really just about selling as many units as we can here
0:18:06 > 0:18:09and then going over to the likes of America
0:18:09 > 0:18:12and basically get a network over there as well.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I don't do biking. I don't go riding along the towpath,
0:18:25 > 0:18:26but lots of people do.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28And cycling's a growth business.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Philip and Irene McAleese are trying to get into that cycling market.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33They're not trying, they're in it,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36with a product that could have lots of potential.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It's called See.Sense.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40HE HUFFS
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Oi, man! I'll train you!
0:18:47 > 0:18:49One day, you could be as fit as me!
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Whoo!
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I'm tired now.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00My thighs are that close together, you try to pedal and...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02chafing. Chafing!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Oof!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I think you would...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10You'd need some type of...
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Those brakes are sharp. You'd need some type of cushion,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17or you wouldn't have a family for the rest of your life,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19for goodness' sake! I don't know how these cyclists cope
0:19:19 > 0:19:22with that wee chair and then, you know what.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Awful! Cycling! Boke.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Anyway. What we've got here is yet another Northern Ireland invention.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32It's this here little baby here, on the front of the bike.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36And there are two punters coming to tell me all about their idea.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Let's see what it is.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- Hello there.- Hello.- How are you doing? You two must be the two mad people.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Completely mad. Giving up your corporate jobs,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52really well-paid jobs, to come and do nothing?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57That's right. When we were living in Singapore, we both had great jobs.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00We were in a condominium and I remember sitting around a pool
0:20:00 > 0:20:03with some of my friends and they were like, "You're doing what?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07"You're giving up your jobs and moving to Northern Ireland?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10"And not only that, what are you going to do when you get there?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12"What job will you do?" "Oh, we won't have one.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15"We're going to be unemployed while we start our business."
0:20:15 > 0:20:18And we really got a lot of strange looks, I think.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21You're getting a strange look from me and I live here!
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Give me the top line to your idea.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25It's a sensor platform wrapped in a bicycle light,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28So it monitors your environment and reacts to danger,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30to flash bright and faster when you most need it
0:20:30 > 0:20:32to help keep you visible and safer,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35such as road junctions, roundabouts, filtering in traffic,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and that enables it to be incredibly bright when it needs to be,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40being easily daylight visible
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and keeping you are visible at statistically the times
0:20:42 > 0:20:45when we know accidents most occur.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Well, apparently, this thing,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53when it goes into a dark space,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57this thing recognises it and it lights up brighter.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00So let me ask the stupid questions.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Why does it matter if it gets brighter gradually?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Why not have it at full brightness all the time and then...?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08It's a great question. If it was bright all the time,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10to be visible in daytime,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12which is when the majority of accidents occur,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15it would have to be really large to supply that bright light.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17And what that detects, then, is what?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's monitoring a whole range of different things.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22So one of the things it monitors is road surface.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24So as you come up to a roundabout...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27It can't tell a roundabout is a roundabout, can it?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29No, it gets enough clues from what you're doing as a cyclist
0:21:29 > 0:21:31to work out that you know there's a roundabout there.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Usually, the road surface changes, it becomes much rougher.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38It detects that change of roughness and looks at where the cyclist...
0:21:38 > 0:21:40If you're changing position on the road,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42it's detecting that kind of movement.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45So, it detects that. It would detect that you're maybe slowing down.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49So, it takes all of those pieces of information and puts it together in
0:21:49 > 0:21:50what they would call an algorithm.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53And the algorithm is then able to predict
0:21:53 > 0:21:55with actually really, really incredible accuracy,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58you're very likely to be at a roundabout so,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I'm going to flash really bright and fast now.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05It's really the story of my life, this.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08My life just goes round and round in circles. Never-ending.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11As well as detecting potential dangers
0:22:11 > 0:22:12such as roundabouts and junctions,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17the light also has a GPS to determine where you are,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21in case you have an accident or, like me, get stuck in a roundabout.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25And it even has an early warning system helping prevent theft.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28I'm such a sexy man, aren't I?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29If this light's so smart,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32can it tell I'm going for prawn cocktail crisps?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36So I've left my bike down. What you do with this is,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39you just simply arm the bike on the device.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42That's it. I'm away in to get my sausage rolls.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56You dirty rat!
0:22:57 > 0:23:01All this technology is well and good but only if they could bring out
0:23:01 > 0:23:03an app that could make me a little bit faster on my feet.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07But the light does have one other trick up its sleeve.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08One of the things we're really excited about
0:23:08 > 0:23:10is the capability of the data.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12We've done quite a bit of work with Microsoft ventures,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Google transportation, with the number of councils and cities
0:23:15 > 0:23:17and we've realised that, while every city
0:23:17 > 0:23:19has a different need for the data,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22there are over overall things they are looking for.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Understanding where potholes are forming,
0:23:24 > 0:23:25where near misses are occurring,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28looking at the temperature level as it falls around the city,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30they can know which areas of the city
0:23:30 > 0:23:33require gritting and which they can save resources and not grit
0:23:33 > 0:23:35because they know it won't freeze that particular evening.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37What would you say to someone that has an idea in the head?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Part of it is the head but a lot of it is the heart
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and having the courage to take the step and do it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Is that a safety device?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52It might be. It sounds like it's quite an urban requirement,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54more than people who are going to be doing
0:23:54 > 0:23:56off-road bike type... mountain biking.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Is it the more dangerous the situation you're going to be in,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- the more it will flash? - Depending on your terrain
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- and where you are. - Is it necessary, though?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- I don't know.- So you just watch your bike being stolen.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Then you just stand there and watch it.- Yeah. Because it's already gone.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12If you moved a bit quicker than Stephen, maybe,
0:24:12 > 0:24:13it would have been OK.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Over the past five weeks,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23we've visited 25 of the country's
0:24:23 > 0:24:26most diverse and innovative entrepreneurs.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29From SnapIt and SWIG hip flasks
0:24:29 > 0:24:31to the Happy Pet Mats and the Hydro Wheel.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37But entrepreneurship is big business in Northern Ireland
0:24:37 > 0:24:39and each year the industry
0:24:39 > 0:24:43recognises the cream of the crop in a gala awards night.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Here I am at the splendid Waterfront Hall,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48another great hall we can be proud of,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51and inside, some of the people we have featured in the programme
0:24:51 > 0:24:56are now competing for Invent 2016.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Will their product be hailed
0:24:57 > 0:25:01one of the very best from Northern Ireland this year?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06In the running tonight, we have Jumpack.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12There's still a bit of nerves but I'm looking forward to getting that
0:25:12 > 0:25:15out of the way and settling down and seeing what the result is tonight.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Also in the short list, Em-Bed.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's just been a privilege to get this far
0:25:19 > 0:25:22and anything else after this is just a bonus.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23As well as TakeTen.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It's that recognition that what you've done
0:25:25 > 0:25:28is a good thing and other people can recognise that
0:25:28 > 0:25:31and it's the validation that, as a business, it's worthwhile.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Cradle are also up for an award.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34It's astonishing. It really is.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Even just the size of the crowd and the energy, it's great.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Our fifth and final nominee, DipFast.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43There's good competition there but we'll give it a go.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47A couple of country boys coming up to the city to see what we can do.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53People from all over the province have come together
0:25:53 > 0:25:57to clink glasses and celebrate our local entrepreneurs.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00To me, they're all winners for just getting out there
0:26:00 > 0:26:01and making it happen
0:26:01 > 0:26:05but it is time to find out who has won the awards.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15There are six different categories at tonight's awards,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18as well as one overall winner.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20And, brilliantly...
0:26:21 > 0:26:24..four of the six individual categories were won
0:26:24 > 0:26:27by some of the entrepreneurs featured in our series.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35And the good news doesn't stop there, as...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37The winner of Invent 2016
0:26:37 > 0:26:39is Jumpack.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:26:48 > 0:26:52And little wonder. Since filming, Jumpack have been in touch
0:26:52 > 0:26:56with the likes of Argos, Decathlon and Chain Reaction Cycles,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59all of whom are keen to run the product
0:26:59 > 0:27:01as soon as it's ready for sale.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Unbelievable!
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Our market just in the USA alone amounts
0:27:08 > 0:27:12to somewhere in the region of 40 million people
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and that's just one country and we're worldwide.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I mean, this is the beginning of an amazing story.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25What a fantastic series this has been,
0:27:25 > 0:27:29celebrating ideas coming from this great country of ours,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33celebrating people who don't lie down and do nothing,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37who haven't been born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39What have they done? They've made something happen
0:27:39 > 0:27:42and they've made it happen in Northern Ireland.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44So, congratulations to everyone
0:27:44 > 0:27:47who has created something in Northern Ireland
0:27:47 > 0:27:49and to you, wherever you are,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51yeah, you're good enough.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Yes, there is the support in this country.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Yes, there is a momentum behind you to want you to succeed,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59to will you to succeed,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02so let's see more of your ideas next year
0:28:02 > 0:28:07selling not just here but selling around the world.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11And thank you for making it in Northern Ireland.