Check out an in-depth article looking at Scottish start-ups, as part of series on career development.
As well as looking at a number of companies - such as SFX Technologies, Design LED Products and D-TACQ - it highlights one Perth-based inventor. Tanya Ewing won the top female inventor prize at the Biggart Baillie Innovation Awards last year with Ewgeco (pictured), her energy monitoring device.
The article begins:
Pragmatic economist Professor John Kay, a member of Scotland's Council of Economic Advisers, is convinced that countries should develop on existing strengths. "They should ask themselves: 'Why would we be better at that industry than anyone else?'," he says.
So what about invention? As that frequently involves the morphing of two or more disciplines, a pragmatic view of Scotland's recent Technology Showcase in Glasgow would indicate that electronics has quietly embedded with the best...You can read the full article here: Scottish start-ups to drive UK innovation