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Detecting water contaminants with touchscreen devices in low and middle income countries

Inventors: Professor Lisa Hall (Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) Dr. Ronan Daly, Sebastian Horstmann (Department of Engineering) Mentor: Dr. Clara Aranda-Jan More information Touchscreen technology is ubiquitous in our everyday lives : the screen on a typical smartphone … [Read more...] about Detecting water contaminants with touchscreen devices in low and middle income countries

Assessing and enhancing the quality of chlorinated water in Africa

Inventor: Francesca O’Hanlon & Rebecca Donaldson, Blue Tap Mentor: Dr. Ian Willis Blue Tap is a social enterprise founded by Cambridge University students which aims to deliver safe drinking water to families all over the world. Their initial technology provides chlorine dosing technology … [Read more...] about Assessing and enhancing the quality of chlorinated water in Africa

Improving the long-term monitoring of neurosurgical patients in low resource environments

Inventors: Brandon Smith, Angelos Kolias & Professor Peter Hutchinson, Clinical Nuerosciences Mentor: Dr. Bill Matthews In global healthcare settings, there is a lack of formalised long-term outcome monitoring, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where loss to follow-up rates … [Read more...] about Improving the long-term monitoring of neurosurgical patients in low resource environments

Exploring the market need for easily-manufactured vibration-dampening polymers

Inventors: Dr. Eugene Terentjev & Mohand Saed, Physics & Cambridge Smart Plastics Mentor: Bob Pettigrew The research team are experts in creating smart polymeric materials with unusual properties, and have set up a startup company called ‘Cambridge Smart Plastics’ which has successfully received … [Read more...] about Exploring the market need for easily-manufactured vibration-dampening polymers

Using VR to reduce the perception of pain and stress during medical procedures

Inventors: Dr. Gita Khalili Moghaddam, Clinical Neurosciences Mentor: Dr. Alex Smeets Dr. Modhaddam, founder of GlycoVue and TumourVue, is collaborating with Partizan International Ltd and Vision3 to develop new solutions to the problem of stress and pain during medical procedures. The aim is … [Read more...] about Using VR to reduce the perception of pain and stress during medical procedures

Investigating new markets and applications for the Chairless Chair concept

Inventor: Dr. Fumiya Iida, Cambridge Bio-Inspired Robotics Lab, Engineering Mentor: David Foster The research interests of the Bio-Inspired Robotics Lab lie at the intersection of robotics and biology. Through abstraction of the design principles of biological systems, Dr. Iida’s team have … [Read more...] about Investigating new markets and applications for the Chairless Chair concept

Investigating the market need for a low-cost paper-based point-of-care anaemia diagnostic

Inventors: Professor Alex Routh & Sheila Bhatt, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Mentor: Alim Thawer Anaemia is a widespread problem in low and middle income countries. It is estimated that 70% of women in rural India will be anaemic for most of their working lives, due to a … [Read more...] about Investigating the market need for a low-cost paper-based point-of-care anaemia diagnostic

Improving food quality and livelihoods of people in low and middle income countries by using a tool to analyse and monitor food supply chains

Inventors: Dr. Jonathan Cullen & Samantha Islam, Resource Efficiency Collective, Engineering Mentor: TBC The researchers are working on a food traceability project for low and middle income countries, sponsored by the Cambridge Trust and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. The primary focus … [Read more...] about Improving food quality and livelihoods of people in low and middle income countries by using a tool to analyse and monitor food supply chains

Visualising 3D data – identifying the markets with the greatest need, from microscopy to drug discovery to materials research

Inventor: Dr. Daniel Esteban-Ferrer, Chemistry & ViRe Instruments S.L. Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest The inventor and his team are focused on producing tools to allow the effective use and visualisation of three-dimensional datasets, for example using VR to visualise super-resolution microscopy … [Read more...] about Visualising 3D data – identifying the markets with the greatest need, from microscopy to drug discovery to materials research

Investigating the market need for improved cancer treatment using antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics

Inventors: Dr. Steve Walsh, Dr. Jessica Iegre & Professor David Spring, Chemistry Mentor: Dr. Cathy Boucher There is a clear need for better and kinder treatments for cancer patients, with improved safety and lower rates of side effects, and one route to this involves the use of antibody-drug … [Read more...] about Investigating the market need for improved cancer treatment using antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics