Darktrace wins ‘Digital Innovation’ award
Darktrace, the world leader in machine learning technology for cyber defence, has today announced that it won the ‘Digital Innovation’ award at the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 awards dinner this week.
Scientists create cosmic sounds of Voyager 1
Music created entirely from data beamed back from the Voyager 1 spacecraft will receive its world premiere at the NASA booth at the SC17 Supercomputing Conference in Denver, Colorado, on Monday (13 November).
Help Arthur Rank Hospice celebrate the 1st birthday of its new home
Tomorrow (11 November 2017), it will be exactly a year since Arthur Rank Hospice opened its doors to patients at Shelford Bottom. To celebrate the special occasion the Hospice is saying ‘No presents please!’ Instead, with the public’s support it is aiming to raise £20,410.96 - enough to run the entire Hospice services for 24 hours - between now and the end of November.
New Adobe Photoshop help video available - how to use the refine edge tool
You've spent ages trying to get your selection in Photoshop just so. But could you make it better, more accurate, more natural? Welcome to the refine edge tool which will enable you to do this. Take advantage of this short video that gives you a brief introduction to this tool.
David Excell speaks to 'Atlanta Business Chronicle' ahead of Atlanta office launch
Technology firm Featurespace has picked midtown Atlanta for its North American headquarters. The Cambridge, UK-based firm develops machine-learning software to help financial institutions spot fraud.
TALKIN' THINGS and PragmatIC announce partnership to make trillions of products talk
TALKIN’ THINGS will embed PragmatIC’s flexible integrated circuits into its smart packaging solution to bring consumer engagement and brand protection to trillions of products.
Cambond secures Chinese contract after mission to Wujin
After a trade visit to Wujin Green Building Zone in China, organised by Cambridge Environment Technology (CET) and Cambridge Cleantech, Cambond is pleased to announce a development agreement to work with Lodgi Woods Industry to produce an advanced environmentally-friendly flooring system.
Professor Lord Robert Mair becomes 153rd ICE President
The former Master of Jesus College Cambridge, Professor Lord Robert Mair, has become the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). An expert in tunnelling, his civil engineering career spans over 40 years.
New Director of Campus Development announced at CUHP
Araminta Ledger has this week joined Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) as the new Director of Campus Development.
Redgate introduces SQL Server 2017 support for award-winning software suite
The SQL Toolbelt, the portfolio of SQL Server development tools from Redgate Software that won a Visual Studio Magazine 2016 Reader’s Choice Gold Award, has been upgraded to include SQL Server 2017 support.
TWI launches collaborative project to spread the use of additive manufacturing
The increased design freedom and potential to reduce manufacturing time has made additive manufacturing (AM) technology an area of great interest to industry. However, there is relatively little data about the properties and potential service performance of AM materials.
How to be a full stack developer
A little less than two decades ago, things were pretty simple when it came developing a website. Software developers were mainly focused on developing software and there was little if any distinction between the people creating the UI, and those developing the backend. Nowadays however, things have changed and responsibilities are equally shared according to employees' expertise and quality.
Rap parody wins the MicroTAS Video Competition 2017
The MicroTAS Video Competition 2017, sponsored by Dolomite Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip, and supported by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, saw first prize awarded to Anu Kaushik and Alex Trick, PhD candidates in the BioMEMS and Single Molecule Dynamics Lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Essex part of exciting new £42m flagship nuclear robotics centre
The University of Essex is delighted to be part of a consortium of eight universities which has secured £42million of new investment to fund the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR).
AIM Altitude appoints new CEO
AIM Altitude announces the appointment of Richard Bower as CEO with effect from 1 January 2018. Richard joined the group in 2011 and has been Group Commercial Director since 2013. His previous roles included CEO of SELL, then part of the Premium Aircraft Group, and CEO roles with Renaissance Capital and RBS Equity Finance.
ScriptX from MeadCo reduces costs within the logistics and distribution sector
ScriptX, from UK company MeadCo, provides controlled, consistent and efficient printing from Internet Explorer. Essential for logistics and distribution businesses, ScriptX enables labels, barcodes, shipping forms, and more to be printed in a controlled format, from every networked Windows computer.
Sign up now for ‘Hack the City’ Wayfinding challenge
A ‘Hack the City’ wayfinding hackathon on Saturday 25 November is challenging people to travel across Cambridge by walking, cycling or using public transport, then come up with creative ways to improve navigation around the city, which could involve using the latest data and technology.
Free copies of Phosphorus Ligands and Compounds booklets available from Strem Chemicals
Strem products are used for research and development and commercial scale applications, especially in the chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceutical, and microelectronics industries. For over 25 years in the UK and Ireland, Strem Chemicals has provided commercial distribution of products and materials, and it has offered a wide range of phosphorus-based ligands. Its product line has expanded as…
Lauterbach offers debug support for high-performance RISC-V cores
Lauterbach development tools now available for industry’s leading RISC-V IP.
Focus Wellbeing Ltd launch offers resilience training - the key to workplace wellbeing
New company, Focus Wellbeing Ltd, is officially launched today, at the height of World Mental Health Week, offering businesses and organisations resilience training, mental health therapy, wellbeing solutions and executive coaching.
Dolomite Bio introduces the Nadia product family for single cell research
Dolomite Bio is delighted to announce the launch of the game-changing Nadia single cell platform, a groundbreaking system set to escalate scRNA-Seq to new heights, offering the fast-growing single cell research sector an innovative solution for a wide range of potential applications.
CCS Metnet self-organising microwave backhaul selected for next-generation wireless network
Metnet from Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) is now powering a new high density wireless network serving businesses, residents and visitors in London's global financial centre.
Over £470,000 raised by Bridge the Gap Charity Walk, over 16 years
A special ‘Thank You’ get together was held this week to celebrate everything that has been achieved with the City’s annual Bridge the Gap Charity Walk - sponsored by Cambridge Building Society - since it first began in 2001. Find out how much was raised at the event in September...
2018 Open Championship supported in the cloud
Carnoustie Management Committee (CGLMC), responsible for hosting some of the world’s premier golf events, has replaced paper based systems and streamlined its accounts function using a cloud based Purchase Order system from Cloud B2B Solutions. Full order visibility across the organisation by status and custom reporting are among the benefits.
Cambridge archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation
A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial – one of only a handful known to have survived – has been recovered during the excavation of a roofed theatre in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy.