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Helping Agri-Tech innovators stay ahead of the game
There are so many challenges facing agriculture these days that it’s hard to know where to start – new diseases, labour issues, hyper competitive supply chains, Brexit…?
emerging technologies
Exoskeletons and wearable robotics
Exoskeletons and wearable robotics are where drones were 5 years ago, on the cusp of commercialisation. They are almost ready to explode on the market in many varied applications from medical rehabilitation to solidly deployable industrial manufacturing exoskeletons.
Connecting university academics with private investors
One moment from my PhD has stuck with me for many years. It was a moment, in the lab one afternoon where my colleagues and I hit on a pretty good idea for a new product and developed a working …
The (slowly) emerging picture
We take a lot for granted in this digital, ever shrinking, accelerating age but do we stop to reflect how long it took to get to this stage or how much research, development and design were involved? I am old …
Uncovering emerging technologies
There’s lots of interest in emerging technologies at the moment and it’s not difficult to see why. It is, however, difficult to succeed. That doesn’t stop governments, companies and research bodies from trying since, well before the fashion or gadget …