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£580k investment for Northern Ireland fence company New jobs with Northern Ireland fence firm project
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A company from Northern Ireland is developing a new generation of perimeter fence detection systems through a £580,000 investment project. A company from Northern Ireland is to create 10 new jobs as part of a project to develop a new wireless fence system.
Invest NI has offered £274,000 to support MicroSense Solutions Ltd's research and development with project. MicroSense Solutions Ltd is investing £580,000 in the research and creation of perimeter security.
The funding will also create 10 new jobs. They are looking at a system involving a microwave barrier - to create an invisible, intruder detection zone.
The fence system is a wireless microwave barrier that can be installed by a conventional fence to create an invisible protective screen. It would be installed beside a conventional fence and could work alongside CCTV to transmit pictures from the fence to mobile devices.
One focus of the research will be to integrate this technology with CCTV analytics and other more traditional security access technologies to transmit information and pictures from the fence to mobile devices and alarm response centres. Invest NI has offered £274,000 towards the project.
Invest NI Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton said: "This new approach to perimeter security has the potential for widespread global application in many markets, ranging from military, to airports, prisons, power plants, schools and business facilities.Invest NI Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton said: "This new approach to perimeter security has the potential for widespread global application in many markets, ranging from military, to airports, prisons, power plants, schools and business facilities.
"The project will bring together microwave and communications technology to create a security solution that has many benefits over existing systems, and which is already attracting attention from interested parties around the world.""The project will bring together microwave and communications technology to create a security solution that has many benefits over existing systems, and which is already attracting attention from interested parties around the world."
MicroSense Solutions is a spin-out company from the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) at Queen's University Belfast. It is supported by QUBIS, the University's commercialisation organisation. MicroSense Solutions is a spin-out company from the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) at Queen's University Belfast.