The ICS Technology Gateway is the commercial interface of Walton Institute and is here to support start-ups, micro-SME’s, and scaling SME’s in direct industry projects. 

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Contract R&D

The Technology Gateway engages in contract research to solve specific technical challenges for Irish companies. These projects are typically undertaken by companies that they can gain access to research knowledge in a quicker timeframe. 
The Walton Institute also engages in consulting to specific research, technical or knowledge challenges for Irish companies. Consulting engagements tend to be high-value engagements using Walton researchers to examine specific issues and make recommendations.

e-Textiles

E-Textile Lab intelligent smart wearable garments for the detection and sensing of data can be knitted and woven into fabric.

Enterprise Ireland

The Innovation Voucher programme was developed to build links between Ireland’s public knowledge providers (such as Walton Institute) and small businesses. Innovation Vouchers worth €20,000 combined are available to assist a company or companies to explore a business opportunity or problem with a registered knowledge provider such as the Walton Institute. Check out the <a href="https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Innovation-Voucher-FAQs.pdf">Innovation Voucher FAQ&#8217;s</a>.
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The IP programme offers financial support to companies who engage in collaborative research projects with Walton Institute. Enterprise Ireland provides grants of up to 80% towards eligible costs of the research project. The proposal process and administration of the project is managed by Walton Institute. Walton uses the EI-IP programme to undertake joint research and development, which has a high degree of risk with EI HPSUs, large Irish companies and multinationals located in Ireland.

The aim of the Commercialisation Fund Programme is to improve the competitiveness of the Irish economy through the creation of technology-based start-up companies and the transfer of innovations developed in Higher Education Institutes and Research Performing Organisations to industry in Ireland. 
The programme will fund the development of innovations at all stages of the commercial pipeline to the point where they can be commercialised as new products, services and companies.

European Union Grants

The Technology Gateway can also advise on larger project grants, utilising European Union funds for SMEs and fast track to innovation funds for micro-SMEs. The team can help navigate the multitude of grants on offer and help find collaborators from across the EU.

Visit our project page for more on our EU projects

Walton Institute offers companies access to cutting edge living lab infrastructure. funded by Enterprise Ireland Capital Call since 2019. These state-of-the-art labs are open to organisations of all sizes, from start-up to scale, with opportunities to test innovations, apply use cases or to receive bespoke training in a particular piece of equipment. Contact the Technology Gateway team to arrange a visit.

Mixed Reality Lab

Walton Institute&#8217;s Mixed Reality Lab offers a vast array of virtual and augmented reality equipment including Hololens, Oculus Quests and a VR Treadmill, to test all types of virtual scenarios.

Satellite

Satellite Radio Communications Testbed hosts satellite comms, 5G with SDR nodes; a 0 &#8211; 6GHz frequency range Spectrum Analyser and a Vector Network Analyser; 0 &#8211; 6GHz frequency range, and a fully operational Satellite Ground Station.

Technology Licensing in SETU is managed through the Technology Transfer Office (TTO). It is the TTO that licenses the outputs of EI-IPs to the partner companies. In addition, Walton Institute develops service frameworks and technologies independent of partner companies through the EI Commercialisation Fund and the European Commission Framework programme and Walton Institute works hand-in-hand with the TTO to identify opportunities to license these frameworks to Irish industry or to Irish entrepreneurs to help create new start-ups.

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In partnership with Enterprise Ireland, our role is to deliver technology solutions through collaboration on projects which are close to the market needs of the Irish industry.

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Walton Institute have a proven track record in supporting high potential start-up companies in the South East leading to the creation of over 17 spin-out and spin-in companies.

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Technology Roadmap mapped out in the areas of Competitor Analysis; Cloud based approaches and software solutions; Roadmap to solution comprising recommendations for platform and personnel.

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Technology Roadmap that comprised exploration and mapped out features and functionality. 

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Contract R&amp;D

Augmenting a company’s existing platform to deliver automated dynamic, personalised escape plans for employees in the event of an incident.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HaloSOS.pdf

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Programmable Autonomous Systems Unit (PAS)

Developed a technology roadmap which mapped out features and functionality in the areas of analysis tools and cloud based system architecture.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Precision-Sports-Technology-pdf.pdf

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Developed a UX/UI strategy identifying key opportunities to improve the functionality using wireframes

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Agrigram-casestudy-pdf.pdf

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Professional Software Engineering Services (PSES)

Technology roadmap encompassing a high-level design of a B2B ecommerce platform with a focus on cloud based services.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TechnologyGateway_CaseStudy-Montek.pdf

The development of an augmented reality mobile app to showcase the historical artefacts of the Linguan Valley

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/TechnologyGateway_CaseStudy_KLP.pdf

Technological architecture for a revised platform that can deliver an end to end insurance billing services solution to hospitals and the healthcare sector 

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TechnologyGateway_CaseStudy_Dunraven.pdf

SureSitter approached the TSSG Technology Gateway to evaluate their current platform, discover what the user’s needs were, how they were currently interacting with the SureSitter user interface (UI) and any pain points experienced. Using the output of this research TSSG created user flows to map out the new screens and UI. Following this a mid-fidelity wireframed UI was designed which helped to reduce the time to complete tasks and over all, eradicate the cognitive load of its users.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SureSitter_TechnologyGateway_CaseStudy_Aug-2021.pdf

Design of a comprehensive end-to-end “platform” that provides efficient information in the supply chain and financial legal trade settlements when importing and exporting goods.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Expo_Communications_Case-Study-2021-2.pdf

Amarna are looking to build a mobile application based on a BER assessment that will measure and model the BER performance of homes, focused first on targeting homeowners living in houses built pre-2006.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Amarna-Energy-Solutions-PDF-.pdf

XR Concepts wish to review the current state of the art surrounding XR technologies and help with identification of relevant haptic technologies and possibly IoT sensors which may be incorporated into a golf club without adversely affecting the overall end user experience of using that club.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xr-Concepts-pdf-.pdf

Working with TSSG, Milltown Heritage is looking to assess  the capabilities of VR/AR technologies to  provide an enhanced interactive user experience to tourists to their planned purpose build Museum or interpretive centre and historic sites within a 3 km radius of the building.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Glynns-PDF.pdf

Untapped AI looked to establish a user experience strategy exploring the users and their interactions with the Untapped AI application, this included a full user experience (UX) review of the existing application.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Untapped-AI-PDF-.pdf

Waterford Technologies wanted to enhance their “File Archiver/Analyser” product to use cloud storage instead of archiving files on conventional storage servers.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Waterford-Technologies-PDF-.pdf

EI Innovation Partnership

Oracle VR Limited approached TSSG to explore the idea of a VR based prototype targeted for use with second level Transition Year students in Ireland

SensAR – an investigation into the implementation of an AR solution for an engineering-based application.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bluebridge-technologies-pdf-.pdf

Altocloud is a cloud platform that combines predictive analytics with voice, video, and chat interactions to identify the right website and mobile visitors and best moments for communications. 

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Altocloud-word-pdf-1-1.pdf

Inkel Health are looking to build an application based on a formula called PERMAH that will measure daily employee performance. 

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Inkel-health-word-pdf-1-1.pdf

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The mainstay of Fijowave is an IP-device called Fijoport which plugs into a target network, enterprise or field and provides the ability for network   providers to remotely access and configure such networks.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fijowave-PDF-.pdf

Emerging Networks (ENL)

ServisBOT is a disruptive platform transforming how online service providers handle customer service.

https://wordpress.waltoninstitute.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Servis-bot-pdf-.pdf