Solving communication challenges for businesses
Businesses are under constant pressure to improve communication between staff and their clients, whilst working remotely. The deployment of 21st century technologies to enhance this is especially challenging at a time of budgetary constraint and Covid-19. Budgets are always an issue, but when having to do business as usual, between working from home and the office, and keeping everyone safe, it…
Next week: CIIPM offers virtual training course in IP & Commercialisation
CIIPM continues to offer training courses via Zoom during the pandemic.
Germany, Europe’s medtech powerhouse, installs first Versius system
CMR Surgical (CMR) today announced the introduction of its Versius® Surgical Robotic System in Germany. Klinikum Chemnitz – a leading public hospital based in Saxony – is the first German hospital to install Versius, which has now been used in over 1,000 clinical cases across Europe, Australia and India.
£10m research centre to spur a greener global financial system
The UK is investing £10 million in a new national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers.
‘NVIDIA’s Cambridge-1 supercomputer will be a force for life sciences’
While NVIDIA awaits regulatory approval for its $40bn bid for Arm, the US technology company is progressing its vision for a starring role in the Cambridge ecosystem by engaging with the local community. This included an online session hosted recently by Cambridge Network.
Light used to detect quantum information stored in 100,000 nuclear quantum bits
Researchers have found a way to use light and a single electron to communicate with a cloud of quantum bits and sense their behaviour, making it possible to detect a single quantum bit in a dense cloud.
Cambridge-based Impulse Programme produces UK’s ‘next gen’ entrepreneurs with over £50million of investment
A Cambridge University programme has produced a fleet of the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class innovators - attracting over £50million (£53,561,000) of funding and investments over the past four years for the alumni’s life-changing projects.
Cambridge Index climbs 4.4%
The Cambridge Index advanced 1,197.4 points or 4.4% to close at 28237.2, as seven of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Can internal body awareness help beat stress?
A new study is looking for participants to investigate whether internal body awareness can help improve mental health and reduce lockdown-related stress.
Claim your free ticket to new ‘AI Festival’ to hear an impressive line-up of inspiring speakers
Cambridge Network members have the opportunity to get free tickets for the newly launched AI Festival next week (24 and 25 February 2021). Facebook, Google, and BT are just some of the leading technology companies set to share their knowledge and insights at the event.
Cambridge Festival asks: can robots ever truly mimic humans?
Could AI help us reach a more equitable and fair society? Should chatbots and AI be built to care and have empathy? If such machines are built, should we consider their moral and legal status? Or are we giving up too much control to machines that are too stupid to handle the tasks they are already charged with?
Tier 2 partners with Auth0 to include Identity-as-a-Service within cloud-native solutions
Tier 2 is pleased to announce it has recently become one of the first Auth0 partners in the UK to provide both application development and consultancy capability within the Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) space. Auth0 allows organisations to rapidly integrate authentication and authorization services within web, mobile, and legacy applications.
Tier 2 adds Container Specialism to Red Hat Premier Partnership
Tier 2 has just been awarded Red Hat Container Platform Specialist status, an award which extends its existing Red Hat Premier Partnership.
Qualcomm announces world’s first 10 gigabit 5G modem-RF system
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System, its fourth-generation 5G modem-to-antenna solution. It is the world’s first 10 Gigabit 5G and the first 3GPP release 16 modem-RF system, which is currently sampling to OEMs and targeting commercial device launches in 2021.
How to have impact in hostile environments
A recent article in HR Director Magazine by TCB Founder - John Cockburn-Evans.
Almost half of virus sufferers report depression
Almost half of people testing positive for coronavirus have reported symptoms of depression, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Tame your computer - it's a date
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes a nifty way to apply dd-mmm-yy format to a date (Microsoft Excel).
Staying alive: Pivoting through the pandemic
Allia Future Business Centres' programme manager, Alex Potter, highlights businesses that have 'pivoted, innovated, and fought tooth-and-nail to stay afloat this last year.'
New digital technology grant scheme set to inject upwards of £1.4million to sustain local businesses
A new, locally developed grant scheme to support the growth and resilience of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has launched this week.
Kleinwort Hambros supports rising talent in UK contemporary art with launch of latest Emerging Artist Prize
Kleinwort Hambros has announced the launch of its second Emerging Artist Prize to recognise rising talent in contemporary art across the UK.
John Bridge steps down as Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce
After an outstanding 17 years as Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, John Bridge OBE DL has announced that he will be stepping down from the role at the end of April 2021 to focus on new ventures and related projects.
Kidney Research UK confirmed as new strategic partner to the Babraham Research Campus Accelerate@Babraham initiative
The Babraham Research Campus is delighted to welcome the charity Kidney Research UK as the latest organisation to pledge strategic and financial support to its Accelerate@Babraham initiative. The additional funding boosts the ability of the Campus to continue to support and sustain innovation in early science concepts and nurture new life science companies across the Cambridge cluster.
Vertical farming at a crossroads as pandemic shifts focus to fresh produce
Getting the right business model to balance resource usage with socio-economic conditions is crucial to capturing new markets. Speakers will discuss the issues at the forthcoming Agri-TechE event on Thursday 25th February 2021.
£16 million funding for large-scale plastic packaging projects
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is to fund large-scale sustainable solutions to plastic packaging challenges.
New models predict epidemic trajectories
A new study co-authored by Dr Paul Kattuman, Reader in Economics at Cambridge Judge Business School, develops a new class of time series models that reflect epidemic trajectories and are able to produce good forecasts before new cases or deaths reach their peak.