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ISO 11608: All change for injector standards
As the review of ISO 11608 approaches completion, Steve Augustyn outlines the changes device manufacturers and designers should anticipate.
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Making it last: Why testing is vital to product sustainability
How long do we expect a product to last? Many sophisticated technology products, such as phones and tablets, are routinely replaced after a few years as specifications evolve rapidly. But what about a chair or a toaster? There are a huge range of products that we only replace when they…
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What next for events in the world of COVID-19?
The impact of the pandemic has dramatically shaken up the world of conferences and events. Ana Romero, Digital Marketer and Events Coordinator at Cambridge Design Partnership, looks back over a tumultuous year and asks, “what next”? [CDP team at Pharmapack in Paris, February 2020. Left to right; Jon Powell, Senior Consultant,…
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Blockchain in real-world applications. It’s not just about cryptocurrency.
James explores how blockchain is moving away from its cryptocurrency roots, providing a tool for solving challenges in numerous real-world applications.
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CDP on inhalation trends and what we learned at DDL2020
We look at the themes from the virtual Drug Delivery to the Lungs conference and how these mirror the work being done by CDP.
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Women in innovation: Design & Research
Women play a crucial role in innovation and business success at CDP. We’re proud of the critical contribution made by our women colleagues, who lead in diverse areas of innovation including design, research, science, technology, engineering and human factors. In this first interview of Women in Innovation series, we talked…
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Six strategies that accelerated innovation in 2020
Mike Cane reveals the strategies that delivered continued growth this year, ensuring that innovation never stops.
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The future is smaller, faster, cheaper… and more energy efficient
Power electronics technology is enabling big advances in electric transportation and smart energy delivery, as well as playing an important role in meeting the ever-increasing demand for global connectivity and data storage. In this blog, we explore some of these opportunities and the up and coming technology solutions that are…
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Dreaming big during COVID-19
Product designer Laura Sierra reflects on what she learnt during a virtual design competition.
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Innovation visionaries and entrepreneurs converge for the Global Innovation Forum 10th anniversary, in an inaugural Virtual Edition
Ben, Chris & James will host a series of diverse talks at this years Global Innovation Forum.
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Circularity in context
Picture the scene: a room full of executives are watching a presentation on company strategy (actually, let’s move with the times… they’re all at home, watching on Zoom). A simple, elegant image of a circle dominates the screen. Will they support the adoption of circularity principles across the business? In…
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Crankl: from the bike shed to the operating theater, how CDP created a novel surgical tool.
It is important to start each innovation journey with the broadest possible mindset because this opens the door to all sorts of different solutions that might exist outside one team’s experiences. A great example of this philosophy in action was the design of a surgical torque wrench that we developed…