Ireland-based Style-Eyes, a fashion app developer spun-out from Dublin City University (DCU), has won Enterprise Ireland’s “One to Watch” Award 2013.
The Irish Government business agency presented the award at its Open Day for Researchers in Dublin.
Style-Eyes is furthering development of technology that originated at DCU’s Centre for Sensor Web Technologies. The app, which will work on PCs, smartphones and tablets, allows users to take or upload a picture of a fashion item which is then compared against a global retailer database to find an exact match.
Presenting the award to professors Mark Hughes and Bobby Pringle, the apps developers, Sean Sherlock, minister for research and innovation, said: “Through the Action Plan for Jobs we have put into effect a range of changes aimed at turning good ideas into good jobs. The quality of our R&D is already a major part of the reason for the success of our multinational and indigenous companies but we must do more. As Minister with responsibility for Research and Innovation policies I am determined that we continue to place science, technology and innovation at the heart of enterprise and jobs policies and that Government investment of tax payers’ money in the area of research is utilised to the benefit of all our citizens.”
In related news, Tsinghua and Singapore spin-out ViSenze, which also provides a fashion search app, has recently signed a deal with fashion retailer Rakuten to use its technology to boost Rakuten’s clothing and accessories sales in Taiwan.
