Category: News 2019

Successful smartmicro radar evaluation for multi-Lane MOVA applications. We are using the UMRR11 radar for loop emulation and replacement in a number of installations including MOVA applications. The UMRR11 is a multi lane device making it extremely competitive and presenting an excellent and cost-effective business case for its use over conventional loop installations. At less than 5-watts, the UMRR11 can also be used in solar applications. Used here in conjunction a Siemens traffic signal controller. Get in touch for a demonstration!  

Transpix Limited, supported by Smart Video & Sensing Ltd were finalists in the Costain 2019 Intelligent Infrastructure Challenge. The presentations were made at the UK Highways Exhibition and Conference held at the NEC Birmingham on November 6th/7th. The Transpix ‘BridgeEye’ AI software uses behaviour analysis to detect suspicious pedestrian activity on bridges and other structures to alert operators where there is a possible suicide attempt or potential cases dangerous behaviour e.g. launching material off bridges on to traffic below. Dr Aparna Garg of Transpix delivered the elevator pitch for BridgeEye in the Safety category where she indicated that Highways England had recorded as many as 652 suicides on its network in just one year.  

We are proud to announce we are now a Hikvision silver partner. As a Hikvision Silver VASP, we have unparalleled support from Hikvision with product training and technical and project support. This is fantastic news for our customers giving them the peace of mind they can expect dealing with an approved VASP silver partner and an exceptional after sales support. All of our engineers have also undergone Hikvision official training.  

A busy day at JCT Symposium 2019 in Nottingham. First day ended well with a great deal of interest shown in our Sprinx incident detection technology, radars from Smartmicro and our recently introduced V2X product range for connected vehicles from Nordsys. It was good to see our new Operations Manager, Lee Shepherd re-establishing connections with customers in the Local Authority and Consultant sectors.  

At the beginning of August our very own Maddie Martin competed for the South East Region at the UK National Regional U18 Finals held in Worcester. After losing out by just 1 point in the final 3 seconds of their semi-final game, her team went on to win the 3rd – 4th place game which was quite an achievement given this was the teams’ very first major U18 competition. However, things did get better for Maddie after this! During the awards ceremony at the end of the competition she was given the most amazing accolade and subsequent award from British Wheelchair Basketball of being named as their “Female Player of the Year”. We are all so immensely proud of Maddie and everyone in the sport has declared that she was so deserving of. It is evident to all those connected with the sport in this country that Maddie has very rapidly become a highly respected and in-demand Wheelchair Basketball player, with a reputation and demand that now precedes her internationally too, with numerous top professional clubs, both abroad and overseas, very interested in acquiring her services when she leaves school. On the Team GB front, things are still going fantastically well with regard to her Team GB pathway and Paralympic Selection development.  

Smart Video & Sensing had a very busy but very successful Traffex at the NEC Birmingham this week. We had two stands B005 and J070. Our radar partners Smartmicro from Germany were present with us throughout the show. We also featured product from our video analytics partners Sprinx Technologies from Italy. On our second stand we shared space with colleagues from Indra in Spain and demonstrated lighting safety equipment from GIFAS in Switzerland. The star of the show for us was the launch of MIDAR – our radar replacement for carriageway loops in HE MIDAS systems. Thank you to all visitors who came to see us this week.  

Maddison Martin, who is a wheelchair user and the daughter of a former engineer, Rob Martin, has been congratulated by the Senior GB Paralympics Head Coach for her outstanding success in Wheelchair Basketball.  ‘Maddie’ has been recognised for her amazing progress in the sport and her continued success as a player. She was really excited when it was announced that she had been invited to the Senior Team Selection camp which she will attend in May 2019. Following her personal motto of “Train hard, play hard” she now on course for Senior Team Selection and will undoubtedly be ‘living her dream’ of sporting success and representing her country at World Championship level at only 14 years old! Peter Eccleson, Managing Director at Smart Video & Sensing said ” It’s a pleasure to sponsor Maddie and for us to assist this young athlete and an undoubted star of the future to achieve her ambition and be selected for the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year.” Follow the link below to view Maddie’s profile on the Team GB website: https://www.britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk/gbwba/index.cfm/gb-teams/gb-players/gb-u24-women/#2 If, like us you can help Maddie out with the sponsorship/funding that she needs going forward then please contact Rob directly on 07885 655398 or email: robmartin2007@sky.com Alternatively, if you can make a donation then please visit Maddie’s GoFundMe site by clicking the following link: https://www.gofundme.com/maddies-gb-Paralympic-dream To find out more about wheelchair basketball visit www.gbwba.org.uk

SVS Ltd join our German based radar partners, smartmicro, on Stand B005 at Traffex 2019 at the NEC Birmingham from April 2nd – 4th. Come and join us to see the latest technology from both companies and our recently developed radar product based upon tried and tested smartmicro products for non-intrusive loop emulation specifically targeted at the existing Highways England MIDAS systems. The radar can be conveniently situated at the roadside or mounted to existing infrastructure with the purpose made ‘loop emulation’ cards simply replacing existing cards in the MIDAS roadside outstation. ” The combination of SVS with smartmicro underlines our commitment to our home market” commented Peter Eccleson, Managing Director