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In the UK approximately 1 in every 1,000 people have lost a limb through an accident, illness or military action. Samantha Payne and Joel Gibbard are the co-founders of Open Bionics and the pair identified a serious gap for affordable, comfortable and well-functioning prosthetics in the market. Currently if you lose your hand, there are [...]
Liam Watson, your everyday Newcastle bloke had a vision to create a Milkshake which not only tasted great but also had great ingredients. So Watson went on to combine his love for Milkshakes with his ‘canny’ personality and created something that had never been done before – a milkshake created from 100% natural ingredients. Growing [...]
It is essential that SMEs start to reap the benefits of R&D post Brexit and here is why.. The news about the government’s R&D boost is a timely reminder that UK businesses are still losing out on generous R&D savings. Over the past year there has been a 20% increase to the overall HMRC R&D [...]
Ulster University in Northern Ireland has opened a new £7.3 million advanced bio-medical engineering laboratory in partnership with Randox Laboratories and Heartsine Technologies. The R&D centre will offer expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to assist companies develop prototypes for the biomedical, engineering, electronic device and aerospace sectors. A £3.7 million R&D grant has been offered towards the scheme [...]
The University of Newcastle is undergoing a research and development project to discover new ways in detecting carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Currently projects are being conducted which develop techniques that demonstrate the specific effects of CO on cells and tissues. The R&D project is funded by the Gas Safety Trust (GST) and the research will [...]
As part of Amazon’s drive to expand its UK workforce, the company plans to double its research and development staff in London. Amazon currently have 450 workers in its London R&D team and plans to increase this to 900 by the end of 2017. The London R&D team focus on developing Amazon’s prime Video Service, [...]
The UK has funded various battery technology research and development projects in hope to powering its transition to a low-carbon economy with energy storage. The project is planned to run for four years and funding has been granted up to £246m. The funding will be distributed through three competition streams that will aim to boost [...]
Tata Technologies, the global leading company in IT and engineering services, has opened a new 20-million pound European innovation and development centre at Warwick in England. The facility will serve as the headquarters for the whole of Europe, which follows on from the opening of the new centres in Paris and Gothenburg in Germany, earlier [...]
Research conducted by Mastercard and the Fletcher School of Tufts University has recognised the UK as one of the world’s digital elite economies, according to the Digital Evolution Index 2017. This is a comprehensive study tracking the progress countries have made in developing their digital economies and integrating connectivity into the lives of billions. The [...]
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