Plans to create fingerprint technology hub in Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent could become a hub for technology allowing fingerprints to be used to secure property.
Designer Devi Sohanta said it has the potential to "change how we live" and be in "every home".
Connective Touch locks use biometrics that recognise unique characteristics such as irises or faces.
Ms Sohanta has created a social enterprise, allowing people with learning disabilities and long-term unemployed to manufacture them.