FeONIC teams up to target transport market
YORKSHIRE technology specialists FeONIC has formed a new division dedicated to exploiting its products in the transport sector.
The company – which develops revolutionary sound systems – has signed an agreement with First Class Partnership to form FeONIC Transport to improve the quality of announcements made at transport stations.
Spending in the UK alone on new investments in the rail network will total £2.5bn over the next two years.
FeONIC technology can produce highly intelligible audio which can improve the quality of announcements in public areas in a way that is both cost effective and vandal proof.
FeONIC is a spin-out company from Hull University.
Formed in 1994, the company spent the first few years developing its first generation of audio devices, including the Soundbug, which can turn a surface such as a table into a loudspeaker when connected to something like an iPod.
The company also came up with the Whispering Window, which uses glass panes as speakers. It has been used by stores including Marks and Spencer and John Lewis to attract passers-by with music and commentary.
