Receptive Cinema's award-winning CBT project could be just the ticket for IT sponsors building a global profile

Corporate sponsorship/funding is required to develop an award-winning, novel Cognitive Behaviour Therapy tool, in a three year R&D project leading to a PhD.

Receptive Cinema is a micro start up organisation which specialises in the research and development of interactive film and novel human-computer interfaces by using biofeedback and gesture interaction for the following markets: Health and Wellbeing, Interactive Cinema, Education and Video Games.

Sponsor Benefits

  •   multi-revenue streams, eg online (software as a service), licensing and hardware sales

  •   exclusive licensing agreement and option to purchase IP rights

  •   being part of a research project that will help people change their emotional states and behaviour, providing them with improved quality of life and a positive future

  •   increased global profile from research outcomes

  •   linked to Keith Bound, an international award-winning designer and innovator

  •   global multi-market potential: Health and Wellbeing, Education, Interactive Cinema, Video Games.

Sponsor's Commitment: financial support is sought to cover a three year, full-time doctorate research programme (PhD) at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. This includes course fees/living/conferences/travel expenses at £100,000 - £120,000 for three years; prototype development costs are estimated at an additional £50,000, which is optional.

Background: Keith Bound, the founder of Receptive Cinema, is an award-winning designer and innovator who has exhibited his work at the Design Council and the Science Museum in Birmingham, UK. In May 2010, he created Emo-vie, an interactive media concept, which was selected as a finalist in the Cisco i-prize global innovation competition, which aimed to find the next billion dollar business for Cisco. Competition was fierce, with nine finalists from 3,000 participants, and 900 ideas from 149 countries.

"I intend to start my research studies between January and April 2011 and would appreciate any support, funding, collaboration or contribution you could offer us in achieving Receptive Cinema's research and commercial objectives".

Contact: Keith Bound

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