Home alone kids and the 24/7 intelligent home
The intelligent home will mean different things to different people and families, offering as much personalisation as our homes have always done. But we’ll give our homes the ability to help us to keep it, and the people we love, safe and well. The end result, greater peace-of-mind and a less neurotic parent.
Biocair exhibits at Clinical Trial Supply Europe 2019
As the leading specialist in clinical trial supply chain management, Biocair returns to Clinical Trial Supply Europe (CTS Europe) and will showcase its global healthcare logistics solutions in Milan (Italy) during the 13th and 14th March 2019.
Registration open for Health Horizons Future Healthcare Forum
Registration is open for Health Horizons, a high calibre, two-day conference focusing on the future of the healthcare industry, which will take place on 26 and 27 June 2019 in Cambridge. The conference, organised by the Innovation Forum, aims to facilitate interactions for the co-creation of improved future healthcare.
London Stansted reveals newly-designed Departure Lounge seating
London Stansted Airport has revealed stylish new passenger seating and created three brand new seating areas in its busy Departure Lounge, which has increased capacity by 40 per cent.
#MWC19: Nokia 5G Maturity Index reveals best practices for 5G services
Nokia has announced the results of the Nokia 5G Maturity Index, produced in partnership with Analysys Mason, which provides operators with best practices for planning and deploying 5G services.
Runners visit children’s hospice ahead of Cambridge Half Marathon
Supporters of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) running the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday 3 March visited the charity’s Milton hospice this week.
UltraSoC supports Western Digital RISC-V SweRV Core and OmniXtend cache-coherent interconnect
UltraSoC, the leading provider of embedded analytics for the RISC-V ecosystem, has announced full support within its embedded analytics architecture for Western Digital’s RISC-V SweRV Core™ and associated OmniXtend™ cache-coherent interconnect.
Gigabit broadband comes to the 'forgotten' village of Llanddewi Rhydderch
A number of homes in the rural Monmouthshire village of Llanddewi Rhydderch are for the first time benefiting from Gigabit broadband as part of an innovative UK Government backed 5G Pilot, delivered by Broadway Partners.
Reflexion: App concept takes beauty tech to the next level
World’s first tablet application to harness Bidirectional Scatter Distribution Function (BSDF) for lab quality skin analysis
UK government doubling donations helping people See the Way to a brighter future
Cambridge-based overseas disability charity CBM is launching a new campaign to help people with sight problems in the world’s poorest places – and from this week until 14 May the UK government will match all public donations to their See the Way appeal.
Showcasing the enormous potential of UK|China collaboration
Cambridge China Centre are proud to sponsor a new category for the 29th Annual Business Weekly awards, the UK|China Business Award, showcasing the enormous potential of UK|China collaboration.
Public invited to free Rare Disease evening lecture
Bridging health and social care is the theme for this year’s Rare Disease Day, and Cambridge University Hospitals is doing just that with their research.
Featurespace launches international behavioural analytics fraud technology into Singapore
Featurespace, a leading international provider of Adaptive Behavioural Analytics for fraud detection and risk management, has launched its ground-breaking anti-fraud technology into the Singapore market.
AI cyber defender Senseon secures $6.4m to redefine industry approach
Senseon, the next generation AI platform for cyber defence, has announced the completion of a seed funding round of $6.4m. The seed funding will support Senseon’s scaling of technology and presence in EMEA and the US.
Study shows there is no ‘average’ consumer
Matching advertising images to personality traits can find the most suitable image for a particular customer and help win sales, finds a new study co-authored by Dr David Stillwell of Cambridge Judge Business School.
SBRI Healthcare awards £1.25m to musculoskeletal disorder and oral health innovations
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £1.25 million to help fund the development of thirteen separate innovations relating to musculoskeletal disorder and dentistry, oral health and oral cancers. The pioneering projects were discovered through a nationwide call by SBRI Healthcare earlier this year for innovations to tackle healthcare problems in these fields.
Hundreds of ‘cool’ family events at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival
Which are cooler, dinosaurs or mammals? Were Neanderthals fussy eaters? Why are vile viruses and funky fungi so important to the human body? How much does dancing raise your heart rate? Awesome breakthroughs, controversial lightbulb moments and explosive insights revealed.
Asthma: young people in the UK 'more likely to die'
A new study, from the Nuffield Trust think tank and the Association for Young People's Health, found young people in the UK are more likely to die from asthma than those in other wealthy countries.
Sookio Director joins board at Cambridge 105 Radio
Sookio's Founder and Director, Sue Keogh, has been appointed to the board of Cambridge 105 Radio.
Why 'Right to Work' checks should be carried out on all employees
Cambridge solicitor Julie Moktadir explains the benefits of checking your employees.
Mogrify raises $3.7m seed funding to transform cell therapy via direct cellular conversion
Cell Mogrify Ltd, a UK company aiming to transform the future development of cell therapies, today announced a second close on its seed funding, bringing the total raised to $3.7 million USD, and the appointment of Darrin M Disley, PhD, DSc, OBE, as CEO.
Invest in your employees
Investing in your employees is investing in your business. If you are about to embark on a #training and development plan for your workforce make sure you read HR Dept's blog and follow these steps.
Owlstone Medical and Shanghai Hospital to pioneer breath biopsy lung cancer trial in China
Owlstone Medical Ltd., a global diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, and Shanghai Renji Hospital, today announced a collaboration to conduct a clinical trial into the early detection of lung cancer with support from the Li Ka Shing Foundation.
The beauty of a spreadsheet
kdm's blog this week is by one of the team's Account Managers. Annette Barnard, talking about how organised a spreadsheet can be.
UK plans mission to The Next Web Conference
On 9 and 10 May the Department for International Trade (DIT) in The Netherlands is planning a mission to one of the key tech conferences in Europe - The Next Web (TNW) in Amsterdam.