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Mr John Halfpenny, Chief Executive Officer
 1) Briefly tell us what it is about your company/project that makes it so special?
CMR is special in that it will finally solve the triple problems that have held back the widespread adoption of fuel cells for so long - high price, large size and difficulty of manufacture. CMR's low cost, small and mass producible products will enable the benefits of low emission, long run-time power sources to be available to everyone. CMR is the equivalent leap in fuel cells that moving from the electronic tube to the transistor was for the electronics industry.
2) What country best facilitates starting a tech company? What single thing can a government do to
encourage Technology Pioneers?
The United Kingdom is a great place to start tech companies - it has a global view, entrepreneurial culture and great links with major economies. Governments must recognise that innovation is the driver of new, high added value business. Making sure that 'red-tape' and excessive taxation don't stifle innovation should be a key goal. Successful business is the cash generator of any economy.
3) What makes an innovator?
Innovators need a rare mix of passion and vision combined with pragmatism and reality. Any innovation must have some commercially viable goal to be valuable.
4) How does your company directly contribute to improving the state of the world?
CMR will catalyse the widespread adoption of fuel cells which are efficient and clean when compared with other power sources. This will save millions of tonnes of carbon emissions which can only help in the fight against global warming.
5) What value do you hope to gain from being a Technology Pioneer?
As a young company, we are passionate about what we do and what we can achieve. Being a Technology Pioneer will enable us to better promote our vision and ease our path to commercial deployment of our products.
6) What do you think the role of technology should be in society?
Technology is a tool which should support society. Unfortunately some technology deployment does not directly add to society and has led to a devaluation of technology and innovation in some sections of society. This needs to be fixed - it can be a win-win.
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