From a technology perspective, we live in exciting times. There are four huge technology tsunamis heading our way: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Robotics Big Data the Internet of Things (IoT) These are the four key technologies that power Ocado’s end-to-end e-commerce, …
Have you ever wondered how our lives would change if surfaces could be brought to life? For example, surfaces from clothes and accessories to car interiors and furniture. Undoubtedly, this would make the way we interact with objects more intuitive …
How can you save money with no will power? January 4th 2015, while saving for my stag do and wedding, I stumbled across the realisation that the only way to save money without actually accessing saved funds was to buy a …
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 …
Over the last six months our Emerging Technologies programme has run competitions in three of the areas we are supporting: Biofilms Graphene Non-animal technologies (NAT) Each attracted a large number of high quality applications and these are a few of …
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 …
Previous blogs have outlined why we consider Emerging Technologies exciting and "impossible". Here we get closer to the reality of creating the industries of tomorrow through the companies working at the forefront of these advances. Ambition drives progress Some of …
"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've …
Thinking about emerging technologies It’s a hot topic, emerging technologies. Companies, academia and Government in the UK have spent considerable time in the past few years considering the subject. Which early stage technologies are the most important? What are the …
