Innovation
Surgeons’ operations are race against time
Addenbrooke’s Hospital performs 20,000 planned operations a year – and at 9pm on Wednesday (25 Jan) BBC Two viewers will have the opportunity to see two of the most technically demanding. ...
Final days to enter Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2023
There are just days left to get your entry in to the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2023. Enter free online by 11pm on January 27 ...
New Year, new you, new offer from The Jockey Club
For every NEW conference booked and confirmed to take place from 5th January to 31st March 2023, you can take your pick from a variety of options to add to your Day Delegate package from Danish pastries to fresh fruit platters and add them to your event, completely free of charge! We c...
Operating in the circular economy: from idea to business
This event will bring together experts and innovators developing technology with a circular economy focus, along with venture builders who have worked with start-ups to transform their ideas into thriving businesses operating in the circular economy space. ...
University of Exeter enters virtual screening collaboration with Cresset Discovery to accelerate discovery of novel antimicrobial drugs
Cresset Discovery, provider of molecular modeling expertise for drug discovery, is collaborating with the University of Exeter to find new antimicrobial drugs. Cresset Discovery will deploy its expertise in virtual screening to identify promising new candidates, building on research led...
The year in review: Updates and trends
In 2022, everyone witnessed intense activity in matters related to supply chain issues, the energy transition, oil & gas, post-M&A disputes, licensing issues, breaches of distribution contracts and increasingly arbitrations deriving from geopolitical issues in Europe and Asia an...
Breakthrough in AR optics means that 3D holographic gaming now a reality
VividQ™, the pioneer of holographic display technology for AR gaming, and Dispelix, the world’s leading waveguide designer and manufacturer, announces achieving what leading industry figures described as “quasi-impossible”* only two years ago. The two companies have designed and ma...
How can a wooden plank help amputees ride a bike?
At Springboard we are combining our technical ability and charitable efforts to work on a project with Humanos3D, a charity based in Medellin, Colombia. Some of the problems the charity are trying to solve are more complex and require iterative design and engineering expertise to meet t...
Taking the Sting out of Vaccines
Cast your mind into the future and imagine the world in the grips of the next global respiratory pandemic. We have the monumental task of vaccinating the world against a novel pathogen. How should we achieve this? ...
Robot-assisted surgical trends in 2023 and beyond
Robotic-assisted surgery has been making its way into the operating room (OR) for decades, boosting minimally invasive general surgery, enhancing orthopaedics, and enabling precision-guided catheter systems—with continued improvements leading to complex systems such as Intuitive’s marke...