b'MACHINE EYE2018 INNOVATION AWARD WINNERThe Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition acted as a spring-boardforMachineEye,movingforwardwithgreaterenergy and enthusiasm, and a knowledge that what we were doing was working. It also provided great connections, some of whom have opened massive doors for us.MachineEyeisaninnovativesafetydeviceforuseontractors,plant, and heavy machinery. It provides protection against accidents involving machinery for operators, bystanders and everybody on the farm. Machine Eye views the future and when an accident is imminent it automaticallySEAMLESSCAREtakes control, pre-emptively isolating or halting the machine to remove risk protecting operators, families and livelihoods. 2019 THIRD RUNNERS-UPSince winning the Business Plan Competition InnovationThere were clear steps that helped us to focus on what is most im-Award, Machine Eye has won both the Investor Pitch andportant for our project, from defining the problem we are addressing to the Health and Safety Award at the 2018 National Plough- effective customer discovery, every session was relevant and useful. ing Championships, one of the highest platforms in the The seamlessCARE platform supports the continuity of care for anyone in a agriculturalindustry.Thecompanynowhasfull-timehospital, nursing home or other care setting through a video-based care plan-employees and is developing at a great pace. It has alsoning system that enables carers to take photographs, record videos and make led to great personal success for founder Brendan Digneynotes to communicate the needs and preferences of each individual. It also offers a range of innovative features that maximize support for people with who won Union of Students Ireland Student Entrepreneurintellectual disability, complex needs and degenerative conditions. Seamless-of the Year and Queens University Belfast Student Entre- CARE data analytics provides insights into patterns of care and a unique tool translates a set of sounds made by non-verbal people so that every care pro-preneur of the Year. He was also an Institute of Directorsvider can understand a range of their vocalizations. Student Director of the Year UK finalist.seamlessCARErecentlyreceivedaprestigiousCommer-cialisation Fund award from Enterprise Ireland. They are about to begin 18-months of research and development that will culminate in the launch of seamlessCAREs pioneering careplanningplatform.Withpotentialpartnersalready liningupformsevencountries,seamlessCAREiswell placed to improve the lives of care recipients, health care professionals and family carers all over the world. #IrelandFundsBPCThe Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition 2020 will take place in Dublin on June 23, 2020connect 202049'