Nanoscience Share Discussion Threads

[the drewster] 17/7/2007 15:31

I have been talking to all those I know in this sphere, and my friends in the City. General conclusion is that this is excellent news, Toumaz remains, in my and my associates views, the key to untold riches here, were it to reach full potential (and yes, there will be plenty of hiccups and obstacles between now and then even if we ever get there) then we will be at prices many times where we sit today, and I believe factors of tens, not just ten!
Remains highly speculative, but potentially the biggest multi-bagger in my portfolio today.

[humbugg] 17/7/2007 10:14

Nice 75k buy moved the price this am.

[spekky] 17/7/2007 09:48

I was going to post that SAAD info over on the IMG board but somebody beat me to it.The posters there are interested due to Future Waves and are possibly discounting Toumaz (sensium ),of the two,I believe Sensium will be the major product.

[don muang] 17/7/2007 09:30

... then let's ahopknticipate that NAN will'give' them plenty of reasons for them ( SAAD ) to keep buying....

[spekky] 17/7/2007 08:50

SAAD are a shrewd bunch,and every time they are presented with positive news they will buy again.

[the shuffle man] 17/7/2007 08:47

Some good and well respected institutions now behind the company.

[humbugg] 17/7/2007 08:07

shuffle,
:-)))

[the shuffle man] 17/7/2007 07:47

Got to be a positive that the fund raising was not at a discount.

Saad investments - are they not a major shareholder in IMG

[the drewster] 16/7/2007 11:53

Athletes will potentially be "serviced" by their physio's without even knowing there is a problem - it is merely highlighting preventative action necessary before the injury or deficiency takes effect.

In years to come, you can have a full medical remotely via a mobile phone as the sensor will do all the work!

[rocking elmo] 16/7/2007 11:41

I think the worldwide use of the wireless monitor plasters is going to be huge, also it has scope for monitoring other things like blood pressure, pulse, diabetic levels, colesterol on a short term basis if given by doctors and they monitor the results by downloading the results of a weekly test etc.

huge scope also in the proffesional sports market

upped my holding recently

[the shuffle man] 16/7/2007 10:13

The Queen previews latest wireless sensor research at opening of Imperial's Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Friday 13 July 2007

Her Majesty the Queen previewed the very latest research in wireless body sensors and
personalised healthcare on Monday 9th July when she officially opened the Institute of
Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College.

The Queen formally opened the Institute as part of her visit to celebrate the Centenary
of Imperial's foundation on 8 July 1907. The royal party was hosted at the IBE by
Professor Chris Toumazou, Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Institute.

As part of his presentation to the Queen, Professor Toumazou's ECG heart rate was
monitored wirelessly via a "SensiumT-enabled" digital plaster - the size and dimensions
of a nicotine patch - and displayed to guests on a plasma screen. The microchip-scale
Sensium technology, now being brought to market by Imperial College spin-out company
Toumaz Technology, allows healthcare providers to remotely and continuously monitor
multiple vital signs and other bio-markers from mobile individuals in real-time, via
standard handheld devices such as mobile phones. This technology enables chronic disease
patients to be wirelessly and non-intrusively monitored with minimal impact on their
lifestyle, eliminating the need to spend lengthy and regular periods in hospital. During
the demonstration, Professor Toumazou's heart rate reading was transmitted to a Personal
Digital Assistant (PDA) held by world leading heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub.

"It was absolutely fantastic to host the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, and to be able
demonstrate some of the breakthrough medical technologies that our interdisciplinary and
translational research is enabling here at the Institute," commented Professor Toumazou,
Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the new Institute.

More information on Imperial's Centenary is at www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary


About the Institute of Biomedical Engineering

The Institute of biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London draws together
engineers and medical researchers and clinicians from across Imperial to transform
methods of medical diagnosis and treatment. Current research includes retinal implants
that will restore sight by stimulating the cells in the eye that receive visual
information, and the development of tiny implantable wireless blood pressure monitors,
aimed at giving patients greater freedom of movement.

More information is available at

[spekky] 29/6/2007 14:46

Did n't spot this at the time,interesting though.

[the shuffle man] 27/6/2007 11:39

Maybe its for monitoring the vital signs of troops in battle - who knows but the potential for the sensium is huge, more patience is required, this is not a normal stock for the spivy investors, long term holders will be rewarded in due course.

[spekky] 27/6/2007 10:43

Anyone care to expand on the "Homeland Security" application?.

[the shuffle man] 26/6/2007 09:35

The potential for this technology is huge and there does not appear to be any competition. The applications seem endless in multi billion $ industries so this could be huge.

Patient holders will be well rewarded.

[spekky] 26/6/2007 09:32

Theres no doubt potential investors will have difficulty getting past that headline,but they should.

[waldron] 26/6/2007 09:17

Nanoscience FY pretax loss widens to 4.6 mln stg from 755,000 stg


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Nanoscience Inc, a specialist niche investor in
emerging technologies, widened its full-year pretax loss as its total
administrative expenses soared.
The company reported a pretax loss of 4.6 mln stg for the year to Dec 31
from 755,000 stg. Its total administrative expenses rose to 4.13 mln stg from
541,000 stg reported in the year-ago period.
Nanoscience posted a sales of 364,000 stg for the period, up from last
year's 72,000 stg.
The company said it recognises digital broadcasting to be the next wave in
in delivering high quality audio, video and content to portable consumer
products.
It said markets for digital, audio and video broadcasting are projected to
grow at up to 500 pct in 2007 and then 100 pct or more thereafter. In addition,
it said the digital radio market is expected to reach 38 million units by 2010.
Nanoscience also said it expects digital medical market to grow
substantially over the next few years.

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[spekky] 26/6/2007 08:11

Its got a lot of potential but the R&D costs may continue to keep it lossmaking for a few years yet.
"Fenix based products including GPS, MP3 and
digital radios are expected to be in the retail shops from summer 2007".

Now thats a pretty big statement so I hope the FW website will start to carry pics of devices enabled by Fenix.AND what does this mean?

"As we further develop our plans for commercialisation, the Directors have
obtained from certain existing shareholders intentions to provide total
financing facilities of £3.5 million, to be drawn upon as necessary, to take
advantage of further opportunities for growth."

Is that a simple cash loan facility or something that will result in dilution?

[the shuffle man] 26/6/2007 07:58

Nanos on the cusp of world domination !!! LOL

A mkt cap of only £19m could look very cheap in a few years time.

[rocking elmo] 26/6/2007 07:44

Both Toumaz and Future Waves operate within
multibillion dollar global markets and it is our firm belief that they have
very realistic chances of becoming significant commercial entities. Our
confidence in the ability of these two companies to achieve such ambitious
goals is founded, not least, on the substantial commercial and technical
progress achieved by them in the period.

get your chips into the right thing and it's a licence to print money, there will be development costs but the licences could be going out the dooor in the billions worldwide in the mobile and health sector in a couple of years and 4.5m won't seem expensive then

[spekky] 26/6/2007 07:21

Results out,great reading,but,£4.5mill loss b4 tax,ouch........

[the shuffle man] 22/6/2007 17:00

News: Effnet: The First DAB+ Demonstration in Asia to take plac... (Waymaker)

2007-06-19 08:00


The First DAB+ Demonstration in Asia to take place at BroadcastAsia 2007



Singapore, June 19, 2007 - Coding Technologies, Factum Electronics AB, Future Waves and Maxscend Technologies today jointly announced the first-ever live demonstration of a complete Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus (DAB+) signal chain from headend to receiver at BroadcastAsia, June 19-22, 2007, in Singapore. Demonstrations will be held throughout the show at the Factum booth at Singapore Expo Hall 7/7H2-07.



To date, approximately 5 million DAB radios and around 4 million Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)/DAB receivers have been sold worldwide according to WorldDMB, the international organization that is responsible for defining the standards for digital audio broadcasting. WorldDMB represents 120 organizations (mainly broadcasters and manufacturers) from more than 30 countries and is responsible for promoting and coordinating the Eureka 147 family of standards. The DAB+ standard, published by ETSI (TS 102 563) in February 2007, is the latest audio codec standard developed by WorldDMB.



With the advantage of significantly increased bandwidth efficiency, DAB+ offers broadcasters the highest level of flexibility in lowering costs per channel and in delivering a wider choice of stations to consumers. It is the most logical choice for countries that are getting ready to deploy their first DAB systems, such as Australia, China, India, Malaysia and Singapore. Many countries are now considering adopting DAB+ into their national broadcast systems. Australia will be the first to launch the system in late 2008. Adopting Coding Technologies' flagship product, the MPEG-4 aacPlus audio codec (also known as HE-AAC v2), DAB+ enables broadcasters to provide better audio quality with much higher spectrum efficiency. aacPlus is the most efficient audio compression technology currently available worldwide. It offers the same perceived audio quality at about one third of the bit rate required by MEPG Audio Layer II used in the current DAB services.



"Ever since we established a Coding Technologies office in Beijing a little over a year ago, we have seen a growing acceptance and popularity of our aacPlus technology in the region," said Toni Fiedler, chief representative of Coding Technologies China Office. "By closely working with an increasing number of partners in the region, such as Factum Electronics, Future Waves and Maxscend, we are able to deliver a best-of-breed audio compression technology to a wider range of broadcasters here and around the world."

Factum is the leading supplier of head end solutions for DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB, with professional customers in more than 40 countries all over the world. "We are welcoming the new possibilities that DAB+ adds to digital radio", said Kenneth Lundgren, Managing Director of Factum Electronics AB, and continued: "Factum has already delivered DAB+ equipment for trials in Europe. DAB+ is available now, and we are proud to present a live demo of DAB+ at Broadcast Asia together with other industrial leaders.



The receiver used for today's demonstration was co-developed by Maxscend Technologies, a China-based IC provider, and Future Waves, a leading supplier of RF solutions for the digital broadcasting market."Maxscend has the smallest demodulator chip with built-in support for enhanced Forward Error Correction (FEC) required by DAB+ and offers the lowest power consumption in the Industry," said Zhihan Xu, CEO of Maxscend. "Working closely with our partners, we will deliver the best product solutions to our customers."



"Future Waves has always aimed at providing high sensitivity and easy-to-use RF tuner chips," said Glenn Vandevoorde, CEO of Future Waves. "We are pleased to contribute our expertise to this development."



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Coding Technologies



Coding Technologies provides the best audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and Internet. SBR? (Spectral Band Replication) from Coding Technologies is a backward and forward compatible method to enhance the efficiency of any audio codec; putting the "PRO" in mp3PRO and the "Plus" in aacPlus. Parametric Stereo from Coding Technologies and Philips again significantly increases the efficiency of audio codecs for stereo signals at low bit rates. Products from Coding Technologies are fundamental enablers of open standards such as 3GPP, 3GPP2, MPEG, DVB, Digital Radio Mondiale, HD Radio, and the DVD Forum. Coding Technologies is a privately held company with offices in Sweden, Germany, China, and the USA. Founded in 1997 in Stockholm, the company later merged with a spin-off of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, the inventor of MP3. Coding Technologies' customers include America Online, EMP, iBiquity Digital, KDDI, O2, Nokia, Orange, RealNetworks, SK Telecom, Sprint, T-Mobile, Thomson, Texas Instruments, Vodafone, and XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit



Factum Electronics AB



Factum Electronics AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Effnet Holding AB (publ), is a world leader in the areas of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), DAB+, DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), and NICAM, digital stereo sound for analogue television systems. Established in 1986, Factum Electronics AB has more than 20 years experience in digital broadcasting and are today serving broadcasters in more than 40 countries around the world. Factum Electronics develops and sells head end system solutions for DAB, DAB+ and DMB. Factum Electronics also develops and sells middleware software for DAB, DAB+ and DMB receivers, as well as test & monitoring equipment. The Factum NICAM products continue to serve television broadcasters around the world with digital stereo sound. For more information about Factum Electronics AB, please visit www.factum.se.

Effnet Holding AB (publ) is traded on the First North list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange, under the ticker (EFFN), and its certified adviser is Remium (www.remium.com). For more information please visit www.effnetholding.se.



Maxscend Technologies



Maxscend is a fables semiconductor company that provides the most competitive mobile DTV chip solutions. Aiming at the emerging MDTV market, Maxscend announced DAB/DAB+/T-DMB demodulator, MXD0120, which can be used in mobile phone, personal media player, USB dongle, and vehicle entertainment systems for MDTV reception. The chip is in volume production and adopted by top-tier mobile phone manufactures in China. In addition to semiconductor ICs, Maxscend also provides complete software and hardware platform solutions to help customers achieve fast time to market. Funded by Sequoia Capital and Angel Investors, Maxscend Technologies Inc. was incorporated in April 2006, and located in the ZhangJiang High-tech Park in Shanghai, China. The founding team consists of Silicon Valley returnees with many years of R&D, management and China local business experience. Maxscend has assembled a word class R&D team which is capable of developing innovative algorithm, architecture and chip implementation with unrivaled combination of low power consumption, low cost and high performance.



Future Waves



Future Waves is a cutting-edge designer of RF and mixed-signal semiconductor components for next generation digital communication and broadcast technologies. Headquartered in Taiwan, Future Waves holds offices in the UK and Korea to provide sales and customer support to our partners and customers in these regions. Future Waves targets RF CMOS digital tuners for portable applications and provides the most flexible RF solution in addition to industry leading performance regarding power consumption, cost effectiveness and ease of use. Additional information about Future Waves is available at www.f-waves.com.



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[the shuffle man] 14/6/2007 13:59

I have held these since floation, been a very long dull hold but i also beleive great things are round the corner, results due soon should shed some positive light on the future.

Awaiting patiently.

[a2584728] 14/6/2007 13:06

£1 one day and not too far off I believe, stash a few 000's away.

[the drewster] 14/6/2007 11:27

Clarification of the financial position, current and projected cash requirements for the foreseeable will go a long way to getting more people involved.

There remains a degree of uncertainty, which needs to be cleared up, saying they believe raising cash via equity issue just means people expect to be diluted.

And I still think FW is a small part of the future for Nanoscience.