PA's Raspberry Pi competition - using innovation to improve people's health and wellbeing
PA Consulting's latest Raspberry Pi competition is challenging young entrants to invent something that will help people live healthier lives.
Early bird or night owl? New free psychology app analyses brain performance
A new research-focused psychology app, from The Open University (OU) and recruitment leaders Reed, will test just how well your brain performs at different times of the day.
Young filmmakers picked for BBC show
Two projects produced by Anglia Ruskin University students as part of their coursework will feature in a BBC Three programme called Life Through Your Lens to be aired later this year.
Free digital training for women
Enterprising Women (in partnership with Connecting Cambridgeshire) is rolling out the Destination Digital Women programme across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to encourage women to develop their digital and business skills.
Domino's D-Series lasers produce unique codes for Lucozade Energy interactive YES Project
Lucozade Energy, one of the most recognised and successful energy drinks brands in the UK, is using Domino’s D320i scribing lasers to produce permanent unique codes directly onto its bottles as part of the ‘YES Project’, an interactive cross media promotional campaign.
AVEVA opens new office in Saudi Arabia
AVEVA demonstrates commitment to the Middle East by expanding presence in the Gulf region.
Breakthrough Trade Mission to Brazil 2014 delegate story: Huub Design
With distribution already secured in North America, triathlon wetsuit manufacturer Huub Design has Latin America in its sights. A place on Santander Breakthrough’s recent Trade Mission to Brazil provided the opportunity to win orders and secure distribution.
Michell introduces new compact portable hygrometer with fast response
The new MDM50 portable hygrometer from Michell Instruments gives rapid dew-point measurements in compressed air – T95 to -35°C from ambient typically in less than 5 minutes. It has been designed to make spot checks of dew point in air and gases as simple and fast as possible.
Computers using digital footprints are better judges of personality than friends and family
Researchers have found that, based on enough Facebook Likes, computers can judge your personality traits better than your friends, family and even your partner. Using a new algorithm, researchers have calculated the average number of Likes artificial intelligence (AI) needs to draw personality inferences about you as accurately as your partner or parents.
Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” observed the writer Samuel Johnson in the eighteenth century. In fact, research suggests such a man may be merely living in the wrong postcode.
Council backs anti-trafficking poster campaign
Cambridge City Council is supporting a campaign to help tackle the crime of human trafficking.
Want to set up a saliva testing laboratory? Salimetrics knows how...
So your research involves the collection and testing of saliva samples; perhaps you want to measure Cortisol, Testosterone etc?
No place like home for Cambridge academics
Two Cambridge academics are, quite literally, taking their work home with them, as their new study is about the remarkable history of their property.
Pension reforms April 2015; what are the consequences for you?
The major reforms in the way pension funds can be turned to capital and income for retirement have now reached the mainstream media with a Channel 4 Dispatches programme featuring the 68 year old Michael Buerk. Martin-Redman Partners looks at some of the implications in the press and from the programme.
Cambridge Judge Business School offers exceptional learning opportunities for 2015
Cambridge Judge Business School, Executive Education, invites you and your colleagues to explore the school's exceptional opportunities for learning, networking and knowledge exchange in 2015.
Hogan Consulting Group and Sinthera SRL win 2015 Citrix Innovation Award for partners
Hogan Consulting Group provides Citrix Mobility Solutions to efficiently deliver business-critical apps and data to mobile command center. Sinthera SRL wins in the mid-market category for use of Citrix Virtualization Solutions to enable 3D design teams to creatively collaborate across continents
Trial of AstraZeneca heart drug meets primary endpoint
Study shows that both 60mg and 90mg doses of AstraZeneca's BRILINTA® (BRILIQUE™ in the UK) demonstrate statistically significant reduction in major cardiovascular thrombotic events in patients with a history of heart attack.
2015 marketing radio podcasts kick off
The Marketing Review - a series of radio podcasts for marketers and business owners - has started its 2015 programme with its first broadcast.
Ambitious community project seeks help from Cambridge businesses
Involvement from Cambridge Network members is sought for a "ridiculously ambitious" project in central Cambridge. Petersfield Area Community Trust is looking for support from local businesses in its attempt to acquire the recently closed Sturton Street Methodist Chapel and Hall.
Breakthrough Trade Mission to Brazil 2014
Santander Breakthrough laid on a veritable festival of business opportunities during their latest Trade Mission to Brazil, as six UK business leaders looking to export made invaluable contacts in one of the world’s most dynamic markets.
PharmaVentures becomes latest Partner of One Nucleus
PharmaVentures has become the latest Partner to join forces with One Nucleus. Both PharmaVentures and One Nucleus are committed to playing an active and supportive role in assisting in the success of the life sciences sector nationally and internationally.
New biotech company AbRUS appoints Provoke Me to develop brand identity and website
Cambridge design agency, Provoke Me has been commissioned to develop the new brand identity, website, stationery and office templates for biotech startup AbRUS Therapeutics.
EMBA reunited
They met at the Executive MBA programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, where both still study, and now Timo Schmidt and David Cruickshank will work together at fast-growing UK food company Gousto.
Dolomite's microfluidics technology helps to advance antibody therapeutics
Dolomite’s droplet generation system is helping AbVitro to identify potential therapeutic targets using its AbPair™ technology.
Renew your energy contract early to take advantage of lower prices
With oil prices at the their lowest in over five years, at around $50 a barrel, now is a good time to think about renewing your electricity or gas contract, as commercial energy prices have also fallen.