From a smart section of path that can detect when a dog has been on it, and then release a wave of liquid to automatically clean any faeces into the sewer, to a wearable device that can monitor and manage Parkinson’s tremors the breadth of design was impressive.
Interestingly, Winchester had the highest number of inventions compared with its population in 2022, with 148 for every 100,000 people. Most of these were registered through the IBM research and development office in Hursley Park and included a system using speech and facial biometrics to deliver text messages.
Winchester was followed by South Cambridgeshire (122 inventions per 100,000 people), Westminster (121) and Cambridge (111) for the highest number of inventions.
The UK’s most innovative companies were Dyson, with 234 patents registered, including several for its Dyson Zone air purification headphones and then IBM (174), Jaguar Land Rover (158) and Imagination Technologies (94).
