{"id":74078,"date":"2016-09-13T06:20:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T06:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=efa132d4651b3956dbf45e5300e4dc9d"},"modified":"2016-09-13T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T06:20:27","slug":"news-story-detecting-threats-in-parcel-depots-apply-for-business-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74078","title":{"rendered":"News story: Detecting threats in parcel depots: apply for business contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Home Office has up to \u00a3150,000 to fund innovative new ways of detecting potentially threatening metallic objects in parcel depots using high-speed conveyor belts.<\/p>\n<p>The department is seeking ideas that involve modifications to existing metal detectors used in depots or new systems for detecting threatening objects.<\/p>\n<p>Successful projects in this SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) competition will have access to a representative detection environment and representative threats so they can try out their proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Systems will be expected to detect threatening items from a range of materials in parcels travelling on an 800mm wide conveyor belt at speeds of up to 1 metre a second.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office is involved in projects to develop a range of new detection equipment for many different environments. This competition is focused on non-explosive materials in a parcels environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition opens on 19 September 2016, and the registration deadline is at noon on 5 October 2016<\/li>\n<li>projects must be led by a UK-based business or university<\/li>\n<li>contracts are expected to range in size from \u00a330,000 to \u00a350,000 and must be completed by 31 March 2017<\/li>\n<li>a briefing event will take place in London on 5 October 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/sbri-funding-competition-metal-detection-for-fast-parcels\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses can apply for funding to develop a device that detects threatening metallic items in high-speed depots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}