The Government has set out an ambitious mission for the Ageing Society Grand Challenge: for people to enjoy five more years of healthy, independent living by 2035 while narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and the poorest. The challenge needs to have the ambition to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people within the next decade.
My area focuses on the specific applications of robotics to extreme and challenging environments. These include robots that handle nuclear waste, climb tall towers in the middle of the ocean or survive thousands of meters underwater so not vacuuming the …
It’s been a busy few months since my last blog on the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), and a lot has happened in that time. The second wave challenges are up and running, and you’ll hopefully have read the blogs …
The newly approved Core Innovation Hub is an exciting moment for UK construction. The Hub is at the centre of the Sector Deal for Construction - the plan to create better value, speed and sustainability in the built environment. Since …
While transport hasn’t traditionally been the sexiest of sectors, it does touch just about every corner of our lives. The UK transport network moves an extraordinary number of people and vast quantities of goods to the places they need to …
The 2018 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) was published last month, and shows the UK in the group of Innovation Leaders for the second year in a row. Whilst some doubt the usefulness of composite indicators like the EIS (including me, …
Imagine if you ordered a new car and it came in a series of deliveries and put together by a series of different workers on your driveway. They work from a sheet drawing and can’t tell you exactly when it …
The UK faces huge opportunities but major competition with the likes of China and Canada investing mega-bucks to establish centres of excellence and gravity. The UK Government is putting AI and Data at the heart of its Industrial Strategy alongside …
Rechargeable batteries have completely changed our lives in recent years. We look back and laugh at the brick phones from the late 1980s and early 90s along with the shoulder pads and the yuppie image that went with them. …
It’s well publicised that our society benefits from advances in healthcare and, as a result, we’re living longer. In the UK today, there are 10 million people who can expect to live to 100 years. Yet, retailers appear to secretly …
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