Great news Dave but knowing the system it will take some time to get anything out of them but there is an election soon so fingers crossed maybe the emperor could do some live testing

Dave if you need further support getting a grant maybe a few letters of recommendations from customers, breezers? You never know.

Our state government is advertising $300000 grants to help develop products so if they don't get on board with you then once again I'd be a bit upset

Hope it all works out

AndreC said...There should be a new word invented called"Sharkanoya" Interesting we want to fight the same imbalance we created in the first place. HUMANS are really dumb for highly evolved creatures.

I think this sums it up.

Yeah a school bus, it was looking for kids to fill up the bus.

jbshack said...

swalkington said...
on the topic of sharks,,,,how was that thing at Leighton,...looked like a bus.

Yeah that was big

Just when you thought it was safe......... again

Whites now tigers sheesh

thanks Grevas

Zuke said...

swalkington said...
on the topic of sharks,,,,how was that thing at Leighton,...looked like a bus.

I havn't seen the pic of it but it was later confirmed to be a GW not a Tiger.

There was a Ariel shot of it alongside the Police Niad..So it was easy to get some perspective. I was surprised at just how slow it seemed to be moving

all testing so far has been done on med/large bulls, hamerheads,tigers, and whalers good to see it working well with these species ,next is whites and thats where the expenses get bigger to

if you can paddle from the shore to the D9 wreck a couple of times without being harrassed then it works. AndreaC is you being a rasialist?

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

Take that as a compliment, if not an outright endorsement of your product. Innovation is often frowned upon in the insipid world of government bureaucracy. After all, what would be left for the file-holders and paper-shufflers to do, if enterprising individuals independently solved their problems?

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

That is extremely disappointing to read man. A locally developed device to tackle a very real problem with what could well be the most effective means of preventing attacks & they turn it down. I find that unacceptable.

They can't have given it much consideration considering how quickly they responded. Taking into account this is a government department & things usually move slowly. You've got a lot of friends Dave, I wouldn't leave it at that. Maybe a word to someone like Today Tonight. Their sensationalistic style usually atracts some attention.

Let us know if we can help you in some way, I'd be happy to sign a petition & get some other peeps to sign it down here. Or write a letter to someone...I think you need to get these guys to explain how they can't possibly be interested & we have a state election coming up in just a few months, which is usually a good time to get the government to pledge cash support to dampen the squeaky wheels.

MickPC said...

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

That is extremely disappointing to read man. A locally developed device to tackle a very real problem with what could well be the most effective means of preventing attacks & they turn it down. I find that unacceptable.

They can't have given it much consideration considering how quickly they responded. Taking into account this is a government department & things usually move slowly. You've got a lot of friends Dave, I wouldn't leave it at that. Maybe a word to someone like Today Tonight. Their sensationalistic style usually atracts some attention.

Let us know if we can help you in some way, I'd be happy to sign a petition & get some other peeps to sign it down here. Or write a letter to someone...I think you need to get these guys to explain how they can't possibly be interested & we have a state election coming up in just a few months, which is usually a good time to get the government to pledge cash support to dampen the squeaky wheels.

Not the best reaction from our local gov

Ive got two questions tho, how much funding do you need? And how do you test it on a GWS?

On the funding front you could do a surf/dive comunity based fund raiser and that would bring it to a wider audience, maybe?

On the testing, Ive thought a bit about this and Im buggered as to how you would do it?? Unless you can find a heap of them in one spot (hard) Ive havent got a clue!

GPA said...

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

Dave, did you get any feedback as to why? If it was something with the way in which you presented your submission then perhaps you can address that issue and re-submit an 'improved' submission? What I am saying is perhaps you do not have to accept the first 'no' you receive...

Good luck and keep up the good work.

i wont go into depth but they wanted more detail into the design and technology side of things which i thought they would contact me about ?
they also said we can re apply for the next round of funding in june , we aim to have the product on the market by april /may regardless.

katana said...

GPA said...

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

Dave, did you get any feedback as to why? If it was something with the way in which you presented your submission then perhaps you can address that issue and re-submit an 'improved' submission? What I am saying is perhaps you do not have to accept the first 'no' you receive...

Good luck and keep up the good work.

i wont go into depth but they wanted more detail into the design and technology side of things which i thought they would contact me about ?
they also said we can re apply for the next round of funding in june , we aim to have the product on the market by april /may regardless.

Well, I would put the work in to submit your 'improved' submission for round two in June and use any grants you get towards refinement of the Mark I product. Also, you could try the City(s) of Joondalup and Stirling, as they do grants for sporting clubs etc...

katana said...

GPA said...

katana said...
lucked out with R&D funding from dept of commerce/gov ,

Dave, did you get any feedback as to why? If it was something with the way in which you presented your submission then perhaps you can address that issue and re-submit an 'improved' submission? What I am saying is perhaps you do not have to accept the first 'no' you receive...

Good luck and keep up the good work.

i wont go into depth but they wanted more detail into the design and technology side of things which i thought they would contact me about ?
they also said we can re apply for the next round of funding in june , we aim to have the product on the market by april /may regardless.

Once again our local State government just blowing smoke and hot air. Honestly they are saying they will contribute up to $300000 per idea. They even go on to mention like Shark resistant wetsuits Etc. What the hell would be better than board that repels sharks

I know i get red thumbs for my ranting but can anybody else see that our State government are playing us for simple surfers that most think we are[}:)]