Safety device slays ‘dragons’

The BBC television series Dragons’ Den seems an unlikely proving ground for a man-overboard detection system but not for mermaid id – recently adopted for the 2008-09 race.

Back in August 2006, Matt Hazell was among a group of contestants who braved the Dragons’ Den, a show in which inventions are pitched in the hope of securing investment from five elite business entrepreneurs – or ‘dragons’.