Anybody who has ever tried to make anything knows that sinking feeling when you put your invention together for the first time, press go and… nothing happens. Or, worse, a lot happens that you really weren’t expecting! Assuming your prize creation hasn’t actually exploded (SpaceX, we’re looking at you), you’re…
14 March 2018 – Technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has worked with leading shoe brand ECCO on a breakthrough in data-driven customised footwear. It opens the door to a new generation of customised footwear for the mass market – heralding an evolution in engineered comfort. Consumers…
I wonder how many athletes in the Winter Olympics had used artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their performance. AI is when a computer is programmed to mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. With wearables like Fitbit abounding in the sports market, AI is beginning to play…
Our healthcare clients do amazing work on complex designs with strict oversight and regulations – which are necessary to ensure medical products are safe and efficacious. But when we collaborate, our combined teams can greatly accelerate programmes, prompting the common question: “What are we doing to move so fast together?”Having…
I recently hosted a group of entrepreneurs from Latvia and Estonia at our Cambridge R&D centre. They were on a course, led by Professor Alan Barrell, that helped and encouraged them to learn from the Cambridge innovation ecosystem that we are proud to be part of. It was fascinating to…
Is 2018 the year of the plastic revolution? It’s certainly starting to feel that way. The ‘Blue Planet II effect’ – what happens when the devastating impact of our plastic lifestyle is laid out in exquisitely shot detail to more than 10 million viewers – seems to have set in…
Government-sponsored industrial strategies in the UK have rather fallen out of fashion since Margaret Thatcher was elected in the late ‘70s with free market policies. So you might have missed the launch of the Industrial Strategy in November last year. It’s the UK government’s innovation initiative to address our growing…
Technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has unveiled a new approach to pharmaceutical packaging. An intuitive design coupled with an injection of fun has resulted in a single-use medicine pouch that is a world away from traditional pharmaceutical packaging.The BeeBetter pouch is easy to use – the…
www.linkedin.com/in/conor-devine-0566b286/As Europe’s dedicated pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery event, Pharmapack is the industry’s go-to place to kick off the year. At least that’s what the event website says and, after my visit, I’m inclined to agree. With 411 companies exhibiting their services in everything from primary, secondary and tertiary packaging…
As someone who was originally trained as a physicist, I am often asked how I have found myself in an innovation insight and research role – something more commonly associated with social science rather than technical disciplines. I can be honest and reply that, at the outset of my career,…
Las Vegas is crazy – and the CES tech show is even crazier. I needed a long drive through Death Valley and Yosemite afterwards to work out what on earth I’d witnessed.CES is full of ideas and new, shiny gadgets – but, just like Vegas, not all that glitters is…
Coming back from the Christmas and New Year break, I realised how blessed I am. I’m in good health, I’ve been able to spend enjoyable time with my family and I’ve now returned to my exciting job surrounded by a team of enthusiastic and very smart people. For many people,…