Cambridge Open Technology Workshop
An Open Technology workshop will take place on Friday 20 June 2014, at Cambridge University's Department of Engineering. Attendance is free of charge and open to the general public.
Bailey Fisher CFO dinner & discussion with Tim Bullock, co-founder of New Wave Ventures
Tim Bullock, Co-founder of New Wave Ventures, was the latest speaker to address Bailey Fisher Executive Search’s Dinner & Discussion group aimed at technology focused CFOs, at a dinner in Cambridge.
Three courses - two places - one trainer
RSP Safety Services has three courses - DSE Risk Assessor, Asbestos Awareness and Fire Warden - with only two places available between them for the next dates.
Radiometer acquires HemoCue
Radiometer Limited, a leading provider of technologically advanced acute care testing solutions, is pleased to announce that following its recent acquisition of HemoCue, the Company will be offering sales and service support for HemoCue products to its UK* customers.
Zinwave and Comtech Korea join forces to simplify in-building connectivity
A joint development project demonstrates Zinwave’s intention to become a leading supplier of wideband Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS).
Haverhill Research Park Innovation Centre wins planning consent
St Edmundsbury Borough Council has granted planning consent for The Epicentre, the £5 million innovation centre at Haverhill Research Park, Haverhill, giving the scheme a tremendous boost.
Constructive environmentalism
The messages of Western NGOs are not always welcome in developing countries, says the Scientific Alliance.
Women In Breakthrough events: Leeds and London
Santander's Breakthrough Business Editor Liz Loxton attended two Women in Breakthrough events hosted by the bank earlier this year. Each event provided delegates with market-leading insights on topics from employment law and intellectual property, to business management.
BP joins TWI in UK’s first industry-led postgraduate engineering education centre
BP, one of the world’s leading exploration and production organisations, has signed an agreement with TWI to become a Founder Sponsor of the newly established Structural Integrity Research Foundation (SIRF). SIRF is the funding body behind the new industry-led research centre for postgraduate engineering education, the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC), which is currently…
US FDA Advisory Committee recommends no cardiovascular outcomes trial for certain drugs
US FDA Advisory Committee recommends no cardiovascular outcomes trial for peripherally-acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist (PAMORA) class including MOVANTIK(TM).
Small is beautiful: why ultra precision manufacturing is such a big deal
Developing advanced materials is only part of the journey that leads to new technologies – we also need to manufacture them with ultra precision. Cambridge University's Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Ultra Precision aims to help companies become ‘precision-ready’.
First Impressions count at Degree Show
Over 200 rising stars in the world of art and design will be displaying their work at the annual Degree Show at Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge campus from today (13 June) until 22 June.
Huntingdon residents gain Green Skills
A group of local volunteers will boost their chances of employment by gaining skills and experience over the next few weeks in Coneygear Park, Oxmoor.
Computer science education: from grassroots to government
Simon Peyton Jones’ contributions to computer science continue to be recognised, and now, so is his advocacy for computing education.
Somersault produces video series for top UK boarding school
Somersault recently completed a series of promotional films for Brighton based international boarding school, Bellerbys College.
Eat that frog – right? Wrong! Top tips to stop yourself procrastinating
Do you ever procrastinate over doing important things and then kick yourself for doing it, knowing that you’ve lost an opportunity to make your life, your career, your business better in some way? If so, you’ll like this week’s tip from Madeleine Morgan of Growu.
Mills & Reeve helps to fund the future
Mills & Reeve has acted for leading technology investor, Mercia Fund Management (MFM), on a series of investments in companies totalling over £3 million.
Leicester 'Summer School' explores development of safety-critical computer systems
SafeTTy Systems Ltd will run a two-week training and certification programme this summer that explores the development of reliable embedded systems.
Study aims to get the true measure of pregnancy
One in 200 babies dies before birth in the UK. A study aimed at determining how to reduce the risk of a pregnancy coming to a devastating end is now producing its first results.
The rising tide of marine energy
Marine energy has become national news across the United Kingdom. Energy companies and the UK government are looking at ways to develop more renewable energy to ensure that our future society can be self sufficient. A marine energy research centre has opened up in Edinburgh to test newly developed technology. Can this renewable energy source be as successful as its land-based counterparts? Could…
The Technology Connection - benefits of closer collaboration greater than ever
Ahead of the second Cambridge Connection event in Singapore next week (16-18 June), Henry Goodwin and Patrick Farrant, Partners at Taylor Vinters, have published a report outlining why the benefits of closer collaboration between the technology and investment communities of Singapore and the UK are greater than ever.
CCS wins Small Cell Forum Industry Award
CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Limited), creator of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, has won the Small Cell Backhaul Design and Technology Innovation category at the Small Cell Forum Industry Awards.
I want to think about it for a while…oh dear!
" I want to think about it ..." Anyone who has ever worked in sales is bound to have heard these words at some stage in their career. Many sale gurus will tell you “They’re not rejecting you, they’re rejecting the product”. Unfortunately this just isn’t true, they are rejecting both you and your product! It’s logical really, says Ian Titchener, Director of Telemarketing Matters.
Eurotech announces ReliaGATE 15-10 multi-service gateway for M2M applications
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, today announces the ReliaGATE 15-10, an industrial grade multi-service gateway designed with flexible connectivity options to enable Internet of Things applications.
Horizon Discovery licenses CRISPR gene editing technology from the Broad Institute
Horizon Discovery™ Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with the Broad Institute to access intellectual property related to the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system.