OptoSwim Technologies Ltd

Sunil Kadri of OptoSwim Technologies Ltd is presented with his award by Colin Adams - Director of Commercialisation at Informatics Ventures. 

OptoSwim Technologies, who was honoured with the ‘Knowledge Transfer Champion’ award. Sunil Kadri developed a specially configured LED lighting matrix which stimulates optimal swimming speeds in farmed fish such as salmon, significantly improving their growth levels and meat quality. The invention is thought to have the potential to revolutionise fish farming worldwide.

Kadri said: “This award means a lot to our business. It feels fantastic to be recognised for all our hard work over the years, and what greater honour than to receive an award which celebrates one of Scotland’s greatest inventors – John Logie Baird.”

Kadri added: “The optomotor response is something that most people will have experienced. For example, have you ever sat on a stationary train while the train next to it is moving? The strange sensation of movement that this creates is called the optomotor response. OptoSwim Technologies uses a system of flashing lights to illicit this response in schooling fish, which causes them to swim faster and further.”