Webinar
The ethics of AI
Join Pari Gaikwad in conversation with Dash Simons (Managing Consultant for ethics at IBM) during GIF 2022 Virtual Edition.
Tag: Consumer Technology
Webinar
Emotion by design
Join Martha Hodgson in conversation with Greg Hoffman (author and ex-CMO at Nike) at GIF 2022 Virtual Edition.
Webinar
The future of smart packaging, and its positive potential for sustainability
Join James Harmer, Amy King and Matt Morris as they discuss the development of smart packaging and its future potential, with a particular view on how it can enhance packaging sustainability.
Analysis
How to boil your egg perfectly every time – according to simulation
Search ‘how to boil an egg’ on Google, and you get over three billion results, some telling you to put the egg in cold water after boiling to preserve the runny yolk. Intrigued, we decided to investigate the science behind this advice.
Analysis
Reducing the carbon footprint and plastic waste of LFTs: Evidence-based opportunities
With urgent and important demand for LFTs, jeopardizing performance, ease-of-use, supply chain availability, and low cost isn’t an option – but sustainability strategies are evolving in response to consumer expectations.
Analysis
Mastering fluid flow to enhance user experience
Ice cream and blood are two things you probably don’t want to think about simultaneously, but how a substance flows is a vitally important consideration for many products.
Analysis
Product design: Is plastic ever the best choice?
Plastics’ reputation has gone from miraculous to maligned in the last half-century. However, there are many applications where these unfashionable materials may still be the best choice.
Analysis
The lockdown beauty trends here to stay
Lockdowns, video calls and masks dramatically altered our relationship with beauty. Meanwhile, COVID-19 restrictions shook up how we bought cosmetics and skincare.
Analysis
Ten ways to reduce E-waste in product development
From making products modular to using apps over embedded electronics, we look at ways innovators can help reduce electronic waste.
Case Study
AI-powered smart building system
We undertook the end-to-end development of the system’s hardware and communications backbone. We designed, built, and tested the system components and implemented Asian based manufacturing for a market trial in 300 apartments, all in just 12 months.
Case Study
Technology to enable a new home monitoring service
We designed and manufactured an ingenious connected sensor to prove the monitoring technology to market leaders in home automation. The unrivalled performance and ease of use of the sensor, together with positive trial results led to a successful new product launch.
Case Study
Satellite-enabled wildlife monitoring and threat detection system
Distributed sensors spot poacher activity over large remote areas and send threat alerts over a bespoke network to local wildlife rangers. Within 18 months the system was developed, prototyped and trialled in Kenya. It has won international acclaim and has enormous conservation potential.