Amanda Pickford, founder of Shock Innovations By Ian McConnell A BORDERS firm has seen its thermal-imaging technology deployed in hospitals in the battle against coronavirus after securing early-stage loan funding from two Scottish Government-backed initiatives. Shock Innovations, which trades under the ThermaFY name and is based in Kelso, has used the loans to help fund development of its technology. The firm, which was a thermal camera hardware distributor, found users of the technology needed compatible and accessible software. Its founder, Amanda Pickford, turned to software and application (app) development to support users with gathering and evaluating thermal data, providing real-time analysis solutions.
A company has seen its thermal-imaging technology used in hospitals to tackle the Covid pandemic.
Shock Innovations, which trades as ThermaFY, has developed its technology on the back of government loans.
The Kelso-based firm’s founder, Amanda Pickford, was approached by a large NHS trust looking to install automated temperature-scanning stations across its hospitals in Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex.
Ms Pickford said: “During the first pilot our systems scanned over 150,000 people in just three months.
“Now the stations are a permanent feature, scanning over 7,000 patients and staff every day, helping to give people confidence that the hospitals are a safe environment.”
| UPDATED: 09:50, Sat, Jan 23, 2021
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The Scottish Government’s Digital Growth Fund was announced by Nicola Sturgeon as a £36million fund in 2017. The fund aimed to provide loans to companies who wish to develop the digital skills of their staff in areas such as cybersecurity, data analytics and software engineering.