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New grants for small businesses employing their first apprentice
Employers across the region are being encouraged to take advantage of a new funding initiative to help them recruit their first young apprentices.
Cambridge and global leader ARM plc sponsors Smart Grids & Cleanpower Conference 2012
ARM has taken Headline Sponsorship of the Cleantech Conference Series in Cambridge in 2012, with a vision of underpinning the smart energy ecosystem with their low energy, efficient chip designs that pervade digital devices globally.
The outlook for biomass electricity in the UK discussed by Pöyry at Cleanpower
Poyry will note at Cleanpower 2012 Cambridge (14 June) that the government expects electricity generated from biomass to play an important role in meeting the UK's 2020 renewables target. This talk describes the policy and regulatory background affecting biomass electricity developments, including the Renewables Obligation, Electricity Market Reform, and the April 2012 Bioenergy Strategy.
How visualisation uncovers the big picture of ‘Big Data’
Dr Rupert Ogilvie, Optimisation Consultant at Intergence, an IT optimisation consultancy based in Cambridge, has outlined how data visualisation can help manage Big Data that is often too unwieldy to capture, manage, and process within a reasonable amount of time.
EON to weigh up energy innovation opportunities at Smart Grids Conference
Smart Grids Conference 2012 notes that the future UK generation portfolio will look very different to today. Changes in the production and use of electricity will necessitate changes in the way the UK energy market operates. Will it be all about producing energy? Or primarily providing capacity, balancing, and stability? This talk will look at the value and increasing importance of these services…
Tame your computer - be weather wise!
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 use Google to get the weather forecast.
Work starts on Cambridge Sports Centre
Construction work has begun on the site of the £16 million Phase One of the long-awaited Cambridge Sports Centre at West Cambridge.
PublicHealth@Cambridge
This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses public health. To begin, Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, explains how the goals of a new University Strategic Network, PublicHealth@Cambridge, will generate fresh insight into the health and well-being of populations.
Voyage Manager integrates with Iridium to provide travel tracking in remote places
Voyage Manager Ltd. has teamed up with the operator of the world’s furthest-reaching communications network, Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), to enable travellers and other customers with its GPS tracking service, “VM Travel Tracker,” to have vital, global coverage anywhere on Earth, from pole-to-pole, from the middle of the Sahara desert to the remote jungles of Asia and South America…
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“The future of AF ablation catheter technologies”: A new report
Design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announces that it has completed a research project to identify the future of medical technology to treat Atrial Fibrillation; a common and dangerous cardiac condition affecting millions of people across the world. The report is designed to explore the emerging technologies that will lead to innovation in this field, and provide…
Inside story of the Cambridge Phenomenon - book launches next week
Next week will see the launch of The Cambridge Phenomenon 50 Years of Innovation and Enterprise by Kate Kirk and Charles Cotton. The book is a multi-dimensional portrait of one of the world's most enterprising clusters of technology companies and features a Foreword by Bill Gates. The ongoing Cambridge Phenomenon remains the subject of business, economic, political and academic interest.
New agreement with the British Library: Cambridge Network web archives
The Cambridge Network and the British Library have agreed to work together on archiving periodically the websites of Cambridge Network members in the national UK Web Archive. Cambridge Network member sites will be a valuable addition to the archive, documenting the evolution of the Cambridge phenomenon and providing a unique record of the products, history and relationships between member…
US2U Consulting continues work with Michell Instruments
US2U Consulting, the business consultancy based in Norwich, is continuing its work with Michell Instruments of Ely. Their ongoing work together comes as part of Michell Instruments’ aims for business progression.
Aardman Animations gets remote support with help from RealVNC
Academy Award winning Aardman Animations is using VNC® Enterprise Edition from RealVNC to remotely monitor and fix computers used in its editing department and animation studios.
Discover the world’s leading personality tool
Cambridge Network members are being offered a unique insight into the world of psychological type and how it can be used to support personal development at a special MBTI® Taster event on Thursday 12th July 2012 in Cambridge.
Salmonella infection, but not as we know it
Cambridge University researchers, funded by the BBSRC, have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug.
Nujira files 150th Envelope Tracking patent
Nujira Ltd, the world leader in Envelope Tracking technology, has announced the filing of its 150th patent relating to Envelope Tracking (ET). The milestone comes just 12 months after reaching the 100 patent landmark in April 2011, reinforcing Nujira’s dominant position in the ET IP landscape.