2008 Winners

NaugaNeedles
www.nauganeedles.com
NaugaNeedles has developed a method of nano-fabrication which can be used to mass produce specialized nano-force and nano-bio sensors, called Needle-probes, at a market-competitive price.

West Wind Levee Systems
www.westwindlevee.org
West Wind Levee has developed a fast-deploying barrier wall that can be used as a flood barrier, diversion barrier or to define a retention area.

2007 Winners

GreenerWay LLC
GreenerWay created an advanced energy monitoring and control device that allows home- and business-owners to better manage their energy consumption and lower utility bills. The device provides detailed information, via a personal computer, about the amount of energy used by individual circuits and users are able to monitor and control energy use remotely.

2006 Winners

Lawn Solutions Commercial Products
www.lawnsolutionscp.com
Lawn Solutions Commercial Products has developed a unique, user-friendly power seeder called Turf Revitalizer. Key aspects of this patented product include fewer parts and being more lightweight— weighing approximately 200 pounds—than standard power seeders weighing up to 450 pounds. These features offer Turf Revitalizer users more ease of use and increased productivity at a competitive price.

Adaptive Technologies
www.getmobilefit.com
One of the largest issues facing health clubs is retention. Adaptive Technologies’ Mobilefit product uses MP3 technology with voice instruction to coach health club members through their individual routines. The program monitors members’ usage of the system and notifies the fitness club staff of members struggling with their programs and needing additional assistance. This personal attention in turn increases membership value and raises membership retention.

Touchless Care Concepts
www.touchless-care.com
There are approximately 25 million incontinent adults and 8 million incontinent infants and toddlers in the United States, with approximately half of the incontinent adult population being cared for by medical staff. Touchless Care Concepts developed Rash Relief, a spray-on ointment to treat rashes often associated with incontinence. The spray ointment cuts down on time and effort by care-givers while eliminating pain and discomfort for the patient.

2005 Winners


Sentinel Pediatric Biosensors
Sentinel has developed a system that helps parents intercept febrile seizures in toddlers. The system sounds an alarm when the temperature pattern indicates the conditions of a febrile seizure.


WaterSaver Technologies has developed a patented water-saving device, the Aqus, that takes used water from the bathroom sink, shower or tub and treats it and uses the water to flush the nearby toilet, conserving the fresh water normally used.

2004 Winners


Simpak International manufactures and produces SimPads, patented packaging products made of peanuts that are vacuum packed within an engineered plastic film. Simpads offer shippers a simple to use, low cost, reusable packing solution. Time savings and reduced product damage are benefits that have made SimPads the new standard in packaging.


The Tire Ball Development Company (TBDC) is a spin-off of an innovative off-road vehicle component manufacturer, SRC Summers Racing Components Inc. The Product Family: a flat-proof tire inflation system based on individual balls or air cells. The revolutionary product line is a tire inflation system that offers not only virtual flat-proof characteristics but simultaneously improves traction and improves suspension performance. The balls (air-cells) replace vulnerable inner tubes and tube-less inflation systems.

2003 Winners


TubeMaster, Inc.'s purposes are to invent, develop, patent, manufacture, use, and license technical systems and related services to those who reload tubular catalyst reactors in petrochemical plants. The company's primary technology provides petrochemical plants with dramatic cost savings in the blowdown and back-pressure testing functions. There is nothing like TubeMaster's proprietary system and product in the global market.


Neuronetrix is a biotechnology company bringing the first noninvasive dyslexia screening system for widespread clinical use in newborns to market. The cornerstone of Neuronetrix’ innovative screening technology is the discovery of a brain-wave signature for dyslexia, which has been transformed into a patent pending, automated screening system called: R.E.A.D.S.™ (Rapid Early Auditory Dysfunction Screening).

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2002 Winners

Novera is committed to revolutionizing wound healing with advanced-technology products that incorporate the Company’s unique ATP delivery system. We will realize high economic returns for investors by positioning our product line as an ultra-premium brand, servicing both the cosmeceutical and prescription drug categories.



Aquilon’s mission is to develop innovative, environmentally sound alternative materials and technologies that improve the performance of existing consumer products, including a new type of composite material for the bakeware market that will offer the consumer an environmentally correct choice in nonstick bakeware.

2001 Winners


Two Dimensional Instruments was founded to invent, manufacture and market a new type of electronic instrument (the data-viewer) to help industrial and business users protect themselves from equipment failures, comply with government regulations, and reduce costs.

2000 Winners


US WorldMeds’ business objective is to create a successful Kentucky based pharmaceutical company by assembling an outstanding team of professionals to develop and sell affordable products that help people worldwide, while delivering outstanding shareholder returns and positively impacting the Louisville community.



NetQuest has partnered with the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to develop a system that will provide early diagnosis of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) through the remote monitoring of temperature in beef cattle.