710442BluePOC - Blue SEA Sensor Proof of ConceptClosedGRD Proof of ConceptInnovate UKBluePOC is aimed at proving the concept and technical feasibility of ROLI’s new “Wing” sensor technology, a core component of our manufacturing process that is integral to the scaling of our operations and a key optimisation of our costs. ROLI has successfully demonstrated an innovative touch interaction paradigm with its flagship product, the Seaboard, which has generated global demand from high profile musicians and unsolicited requests from blue chip companies to understand the underlying technology. The research and development for the Seaboard has led to the filing of two patents and the building of a team of 30 in London, across two sites. The underlying SEA Interface technology, however, relies partly on purchasing off-the-shelf sensors, which drive the material costs of the product up and require intensive labour to assemble. We have recently developed a way to replace these sensors and are seeking funding to prove the concept and its feasibility, in order to reduce our costs, speed up the assembly process, and support more efficiently our product roadmap and route to market. Innovations such as touch screens and motion capture have created opportunities in a range of industries, from mobile phones to automotive. They address the fundamental need to communicate more intuitively with machines, to empower the user more while reducing the complexity of interaction. Our vision is to humanise technology and build upon these existing innovations, to provide technology that is tailored to the highly perceptive capabilities of human expressions. While this is a fundamental problem of interaction with long term applications and use cases, it also doubles as an untapped area in the current economy