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Events focus on personal data and personalised medicine
A new era of personalised medicine is becoming a reality with the 100,000 Genomes Project in the UK and US President Obama last month announcing his precision medicine initiative. As personalised medicine comes into focus, so does the accompanying debate over the challenges and potential of big data.
SeeSpeak tablet uses Skype to connect families around the globe
SeeSpeak has launched a website to promote its single-function tablet for video calls to connect generations of families that may live on opposite sides of the world.
Linguamatics in KMWorld’s 2015 list of '100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management'
Linguamatics has been named in KMWorld’s list of “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management” for the second year running.
Cambridge Nanotherm hosts LED thermal management workshops
Cambridge Nanotherm workshops on Thermal Management for LEDs will take place at Osram-hosted events on the afternoon of 14th April in Manchester and 16th April in Reading. Cambridge Nanotherm is also a key sponsor.
IET promotes engineering at the Science Festival
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) will be at the Cambridge Science Festival on 14 March with a stand to promote engineering and encourage children to take an interest in technology.
Amazon deforestation ‘threshold’ causes species loss to accelerate
One of the largest area studies of forest loss impacting biodiversity shows that a third of the Amazon is headed toward or has just past a threshold of forest cover below which species loss is faster and more damaging. Researchers call for conservation policy to switch from targeting individual landowners to entire regions.
Cameras in drones: rapid progress for $1 billion plus non-military market
Most drones are and will remain electric as detailed in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Drones: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 2015-2025. Cameras of an increasing variety of types will be in more and more drones and they will become more versatile, lighter weight, more robust and lower cost as they are used for many purposes beyond navigation and surveillance.
Making light of art and science
During the UNESCO international year of light, the Cambridge Science Festival 2015, which starts on Monday (March 9th) and runs for two weeks, is staging a series of events that reveal what different uses of light can teach us about the history of human society, how it has helped us make sense of the world we live in and what it could teach us about humanity’s future directions.
Nearly 100 staff and students take on city race
Nearly 100 runners will represent Anglia Ruskin University at this weekend’s Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon.
Onespacemedia partners with the University of Warwick to reimagine data-ownership
The Hub-of-All-Things (HAT) project is an innovative re-imagination of our existing relationship with our personal data.
Microsoft Project 2010/13 Tool Training
We offer a different approach from the regular “click here” training courses for Microsoft Project (MSP). You will be taken through the stages of developing a project, using sound project management principles, while simultaneously practicing how to utilise MSP optimally to assist you in staying in control of your projects.
Guiding Organisational Change Workplace Simulation
The objectives of the workshop are firstly, knowledge on the transition process - which requires a psychological adjustment from the old to the new. Secondly, how to personally survive organisational change and lastly, achieving the ability to guide people collectively through periods of major organisational and personal change.
Managing by Project Workplace Simulation
The "Managing by Project" training workshop is an intense simulation in which a 21 week project is compressed into 3 days. At Davis & Dean we use state of the art artificial intelligence in our simulations to show you how to use the information contained in project management reports to guide and influence the decisions you make.
Robotic tractors and geo-tagged cows could represent farming’s future
Robotic tractors and geo-tagged cows could be the future of farming as the agriculture industry meets the Internet of Things (IoT).
Low-carbon businesses win £40,000 funding and place in the Shell Springboard national final
Three dynamic enterprises have received £40,000 awards from Shell at the Edinburgh regional heat of Shell Springboard 2015 to develop their innovative low-carbon business ideas, also winning a place in the national final of the awards programme.
Cambridge Regional College celebrates 500th alumnus
Cambridge café owner Anthony Day has become the 500th member of Cambridge Regional College’s Alumni Association – a milestone mark for the new organisation.
Hannah’s work puts women in the picture
Anglia Ruskin University is hosting a rare public lecture by internationally-acclaimed photographer Hannah Starkey next Monday (9 March).
People use handshakes to sniff each other out
Limp or firm, your handshake conveys subliminal social cues. Now, research reveals it also transmits chemical signals that could explain why the greeting evolved in the first place.
e-Go Aeroplanes chooses Forward Composites to provide production wings
e-Go Aeroplanes has entered into a contract with Forward Composites in Huntingdon to manufacture their wing sets.
What can scientists learn from Facebook?
Could Facebook help to build bridges between societies around the world? Could it even hold the key to understanding our feelings of love, or really help us find our perfect match?
Caring and sharing: challenges, costs and questions of dignity
Integration of healthcare (free at point of delivery from the NHS) and social care (means-tested and provided by local authorities) is under increasing scrutiny as the 2014 Care Act comes into effect. Research by Dr Brian Sloan, a legal scholar currently based at CRASSH, addresses some big questions about the legal framework and the ways in which the elderly and vulnerable are supported.
De Villiers Walton and Transversal partner on integrated knowledge solution for SAP
SAP services partner De Villiers Walton (DVW) and knowledge solutions vendor Transversal, have formed a partnership that will help large companies integrate knowledge into their existing SAP systems.
Study examines forced migrants’ response to adversity
A new report in the BMJ Open journal shows the devastating effect a lack of social support can have on the resilience of people displaced by war.
Sepura appoints Paul Watson as Chief Operating Officer
Sepura is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Watson as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from 1st March.
Atmel uses ANSYS simulation solutions to power the Internet of Things
Atmel® Corporation is using engineering simulation solutions from ANSYS to model, analyse and optimise its broad Internet of Things (IoT) product portfolio, from scalable embedded microcontrollers and microprocessors to wireless connectivity gateways.