Blendology launches SoJoLife Interactive Event Solution at SXSW 2012
Blendology announces the launch of SoJoLife interactive event solution at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The SoJoLife team will be showcasing the cool and simple to use SOJO™ branded gadgets and demonstrating how easy it is to make real-life connections just by ‘tapping’ two SOJOs together and adding those connections to online social networks.
Energy: low carbon, renewable or both?
A report on the costs of low carbon and renewable energy originally commissioned by KPMG has now been published by AF Consult. What does this add to the debate? This week's Scientific Alliance newsletter.
TTP Labtech demonstrates strong analytical and automation offering at Pittcon 2012
TTP Labtech will launch yet another new product – the chipCAL microlitre flow calorimeter - alongside its aequus and lab2lab products at the Pittcon conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida, next week (11-15 March).
Job security and pay fears at heart of manufacturing’s “image problem”
Misplaced fears about job security and low pay could thwart efforts to strengthen British manufacturing and rebalance the economy, a new analysis of the sector’s image among the general public has revealed.
Raspberry Road Test
Looking to get your hands on the rare and elusive Raspberry Pi?
Lauterbach debug tools support Beyond semiconductors processors
Lauterbach announces debug tool support for a range of new microprocessors.
Cambridge to trial latest telecare technology
Chris Curry’s company Critical Data Ltd is to trial the very latest sensory telecare technology in Cambridge later this year which will enable our elderly population to live independently at home by detecting any change in their regular routine which might cause alarm; it has an automated operation system which alerts family or friends. The scheme also includes a national care card to be used by…
What have we got in common with a gorilla?
Researchers have announced that they have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla – the last genus of the living great apes to have its genome decoded. While confirming that our closest relative is the chimpanzee, the team show that much of the human genome more closely resembles the gorilla than it does the chimpanzee genome.
Old meets new at 800-year-old Leper Chapel
There are 21st century ideas in prospect for the 800-year-old Leper Chapel in East Cambridge following a unique collaboration between Cambridge Past, Present and Future, and an Architecture student at the University of Cambridge.
The Eruption after tomorrow
Imagine the perfect storm. A series of severe volcanic eruptions engulf the globe, spewing ash and sulphur into the atmosphere, causing widespread chaos on our intricate global economy, impacting our ability to grow food and grounding trans-continental air travel.
Mind your language
In the fourth article on coaching published during International Coaching Week, Hilary Jeanes of PurpleLine Consulting encourages you to listen to the words people use to communicate with others and consider the impact of those words – on you and also on the person who spoke them.
Cambridge Airport is 'switched on' with electric car
Cambridge Airport is now one of the most ‘switched on’ Airports in the United Kingdom, having taken delivery of a new Peugeot Ion all-electric motor car. The car will be used for a variety of general purposes around the airfield and for runs to and from the Airport into Cambridge.
It’s double gold for The Møller Centre
The Møller Centre picked up Gold for “Best UK Management Training Centre”, and Gold for “Best Conferencing and Banqueting Staff” at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge in London this week in the 2012 Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) awards.
Blendology takes interactive event solutions to new levels
Blendology, the interactive solutions company, announces the launch of the newest and most innovative concept in promotional marketing solutions for conferences, exhibitions and live performances – ProJoGroup and SoJoLife.
Sleeping sickness alert from The Travel Clinic
There have recently been two separate cases of tourists who have visited the Masai Mara in Kenya becoming unwell with African Trypanosomiasis or Sleeping Sickness. A Belgium traveller visited the game reserve from 7-9th Feb 2012 and a German traveller from 18-19th Jan 2012.
Sir Christopher Evans on entrepreneurs, life science and knob heads!
The British life science industry is thwarted by lack of investment with a slow regulatory process which is impeding its development, said Sir Christopher Evans, the biotech king who is regarded as one of Europe’s leading medical science entrepreneurs, if not the world, and created the now famous Cambridge cluster of biomedical companies.
Pebble Bay receives acclaim as Freescale Design Alliance Partner
Embedded systems development consultancy Pebble Bay is celebrating the success of completing two new Freescale-based development projects.
Video: boxing clever? The Patent Box – tax relief for IP income
Venner Shipley and Kingly Brookes joined forces to host a live webinar event about the UK Government’s introduction of a new corporation tax relief called the Patent Box.
Mills & Reeve advises innovation fund on two environmentally friendly investments
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) on two new investments totalling £800,000.
What is the price of free?
Scientists from the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University have designed a method to improve privacy control in the Android apps market. The method reaches a balance between the need for developer’s revenue and the need for user’s privacy.
Delve deeper into Transnational Crime
Anglia Ruskin University is holding a special open evening next Wednesday (14 March) for anyone interested in postgraduate study.
Marks & Clerk successfully defend Tuschl I patent in European opposition proceedings
Marks & Clerk successfully defended the European “Tuschl I” patent (EP 1309726) on behalf of the patentees during oral proceedings held in Munich. The patent was upheld by the European Patent Office (EPO) in the face of three oppositions.
Strem Chemicals expands nano offerings with CdSe CANdot® Quantum Dots
STREM Chemicals is now offering CANdot® Quantum Dots - fluorescent nanocrystals covering the visible wavelength range from 500 to 650 nm.
Smith deliver latest issue of multi-award-winning magazine for Cambridge University
The latest issue of CAM magazine, produced by Smith for Cambridge University, carries illustration montages and portraiture from a number of prominent creatives.
The Institute of Directors partners with ideaSpace
A new business hub for the Institute of Directors in Cambridgeshire will be provided by ideaSpace, initiating a collaboration of business experience with innovative and inspiring start-ups.