BRIGHT, young, technology degree students from Southampton Institute showcased their inventive skills to representatives of local engineering, electronics and manufacturing companies in an exhibition of final-year degree projects.

Among the broad range of devices on show were a motion detector, an electronic school register system to aid anti-truancy policing, 3-D-face recognition equipment and a means of preventing a tractor from overturning.

Professor Richard Penson, Associate Dean in the Faculty of Technology, said: "Students demonstrate their ability to plan, execute and prepare the findings of an applied project. The project is a major piece of work."