BANGOR firm Modern Efficient Design (MED) has designed and made Padvu, a unique device for teachers using iPad tablet computers in the classroom. MED, formed by teachers Sam Sinclair and John Titterington, developed a holder that enables teachers to use an iPad as a document camera or camcorder in the classroom. The company received a range of assistance from Invest NI including design advice and an innovation voucher to enable a link up with the Northern Ireland Technology Centre at Queen's University and to convert an initial concept into a commercial product that's now being manufactured by Crossen Engineering in Ballygowan.
Mr Sinclair, a business studies teacher, said: "What Padvu does is to transform an iPad, now widely used in classrooms across Northern Ireland, into an overhead projector and convert it into a more effective teaching tool for sharing and celebrating exemplary student work."