iSLI experts will tell delegates attending next week's Scottish Technology Showcase (May 26) event at the SECC in Glasgow how investing in bespoke technology can deliver major benefits to growing companies and will show attendees how, with the help of experienced expert partners, businesses can profit by using the latest research from Scotland's universities to develop new commercial products and services.

They will show how a range of enabling technologies can transform the value and appeal of a product in the market.

"Scotland has some of the finest university laboratories in the world, but until recently we've not proved particularly adept at taking technologies produced by these labs and turning them into viable products," says iSLI director (right) Dr Mark Begbie.

Senior staff from iSLI will participate in the conference Opportunity Zone, where exhibitors will promote opportunities to fulfil unmet business needs and delegates can explore potential collaboration opportunities in the growing fields of wireless sensors, intellectual property management and low carbon emissions.

Engineers from iSLI are already working on the development stage of a £3.3m project to develop a wireless sensor system to become the basis for systems in the next generation of commercial aircraft.  Enabling real-time monitoring of the aircraft during flight and could make a vital contribution to improved air safety, this is joint funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board and some aerospace industry's leading companies.

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