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Blendology awarded ‘Most Promising Start-up 2012’ at Technology Venture Conference
Blendology wins Most Promising Start-up 2012 after giving their ‘pitch’ in front of a Dragon’s Den style panel of leading investor judges at this year’s Technology Venture Conference (TVC 2012).
Recently retired VP of research at General Motors to give the Kelly Lecture
Dr Alan Taub, recently retired VP of research at General Motors, will give the Fourteenth Kelly Lecture at 5.30pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre as part of the Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, tomorrow (Wednesday 27 June 2012). Dr Taub will speak on "Materials challenges for a sustainable automotive industry"
Tame your computer - Memo magic
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to Apply text formatting to a Memo field (Access 2007-2010)...
Huppert calls for national recognition for codebreaker Turing
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert will call for national recognition for mathematical genius and wartime codebreaker, Alan Turing during a Parliamentary debate tomorrow (Wednesday June 27).
The art of ice cream at Wysing Open Weekend
Wysing Art Centre’s Annual Open Weekend returns with 50 participating artists on Saturday 14 July and Sunday 15 July, (12 – 5pm, admission free). It includes open studios, a gallery exhibition, spoken word performances, film screenings, family workshops and a specially commissioned ice cream parlour.
Qi3 Accelerator rolls its sleeves up as LumeJet secures £1.87m
LumeJet, the Coventry-based engineering company, has just raised £1.87 million in a major funding round. The new investment will be used to develop and commercialise LumeJet’s ultra-high quality imaging technology and brings the total investment in the company to more than £4.5m.
REPROMEDA achieves ISO 15189 accreditation for BlueGnome’s 24sure platform
REPROMEDA and BlueGnome (Brno, Czech Republic and Cambridge, UK) are pleased to announce that REPROMEDA has achieved ISO 15189 accreditation for use of BlueGnome’s 24sure platform for their laboratories in Brno, Czech Republic.
Are you making the most of the Learning Collaboration?
With ever tighter budgets and increasing focus on productivity, staff training has never been more important. Are you making the most of the wide range of quality courses available on your doorstep through Cambridge Network’s Learning Collaboration (LC)?
New Zealand’s leading outdoors activity magazine partners with ViewRanger
ViewRanger, the outdoor gps navigation app and social community for outdoor enthusiasts, has welcomed New Zealand’s leading outdoors activity magazine Wilderness as the latest brand publisher to bring its trail guide content to the ViewRanger mobile and web digital content platform.
£10 million available to help SMEs achieve Low Carbon Economic Growth
Following the unveiling in Cambridge on Friday of the pilot of the Government’s “Solutions Exchange” tool to help SMEs sell to the public sector*, local companies are reminded of the £10 million of funding available to assist SMEs in the East of England to achieve Low Carbon Economic Growth. The ERDF bidding round closes on 23rd July.
Horizon Discovery establishes three new Centres of Excellence
Horizon Discovery, a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalised medicines, today announced it has established three new Centres of Excellence (CoE) for rAAV gene editing, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston, MA, the University of Liverpool, UK and the Babraham Institute, in Cambridge, UK.
New publication champions Cambridge philanthropy
The Philanthropist, a new magazine just published by the University of Cambridge, celebrates the impact of philanthropy across the University and Colleges and includes stories and articles that bring its benefits to life.
Grimm news is great as Tim lands Puffin Prize
Tim Parker, a BA (Hons) Illustration student at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, has landed the Puffin Children’s Prize at the national Penguin Design Awards, drawing praise from an illustrious panel of judges including Raymond Briggs.
42 Technology launches manufacturing practice
42 Technology has launched a dedicated manufacturing practice to help product manufacturers to improve production efficiencies, develop new capabilities and get innovative new products to market – faster and at lower cost.
Student Services team scoops top honour
Anglia Ruskin University’s Student Services team was recognised as the best in the country at the Times Higher Education awards ceremony in London last night (Thursday).
Qi3 identifies space sector growth opportunities for space and non-space companies
The UK space industry aims to double its share of the growing world market from 5% – 10%, growing revenues from £7.5bn in 2009 to £40bn by 2030. The market is split into two segments – upstream and downstream.
Online tool to help smaller firms is unveiled
Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, unveiled the pilot of the Government’s “Solutions Exchange” tool in Cambridge today at an event organised by Cambridge Network, designed to share learnings and views on government SME policy. The online tool will particularly help SMEs connect with Government and find out about potential ways to sell to the public sector or to pitch an innovative…
Conflicts of interest
Board changes at EFSA prompt some thoughts about independence and conflict of interest.
New manufacturing innovations unveiled at student Design Show
Eleven innovative design projects were on display at Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing to mark the end of a year-long project.
Mantracourt launches wireless wind speed indicator
Mantracourt have announced the launch of the T24-WSS wireless wind speed indicator (Anemometer). The T24-WSS is a wind speed indicator built on Mantracourt’s T24 2.4GHz wireless technology and will operate alongside any Mantracourt T24 device such as base stations, handheld displays, analogue outputs, relay modules and GPRS data loggers.
Phu My 3 BOT Power Company Ltd invests in AVEVA Enterprise solution
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam – 21 June 2012: AVEVA (LSE:AVV), announced today that Phu My 3 BOT Company Limited (PM3) has successfully implemented AVEVA NET for the Phu My 3 Power Plant Project in Vietnam. PM3 required an information management tool to enhance the visibility and accuracy of the production, construction and maintenance information within its plant.
Cambridge Healthcare scoops Innovation Award
Cambridge Healthcare, an attic start-up which began just a year ago, has won a prestigious health innovation award for designing the world's first healthcare applications store.
The District creates digital peephole for Kettle's Yard
While the hoardings are up and it's all change at Kettle's Yard, The District is giving the world an opportunity to peel back the net curtains and see what is happening behind the scenes.
Out-of-the-box learning
A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an inclusive learning environment - driven by a shared belief in teachers’ power to enhance every child’s capacity to learn.
Cambridge awards Honorary Degrees 2012
Eight distinguished individuals were awarded Honorary Doctorates, the highest honour that the University can bestow, by the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge at a congregation in the Senate House yesterday (Thurs).