Interested in how new technologies are commercialised? Looking for some hands-on business skills and experience? Then read on! "I was one of the first students who joined i-Teams. The experience really shaped my career, as I changed professional course and from an engineering student doing … [Read more...] about Apply for Michaelmas term i-Teams by Tuesday September 27th
Assessing the market for flexible living spaces, enabled by reconfigurable wooden partitions
Inventor: Ms Ana Gatóo, Architecture Partners: Prof Michael Ramage, Department of Architecture, Ron Bakker, PLP Architecture, & Charles Boulton, Engineering Mentor: Elena de Orbe, i-Teams alumni The inventor has focused her research activities on questions of sustainable and participatory … [Read more...] about Assessing the market for flexible living spaces, enabled by reconfigurable wooden partitions
Investigating possible real-world uses for a non-uniform random number generator, from sensors to predictive maintenance
Inventor: James Meech, Sensors CDT, Nano DTC Mentor: Steven Tunnicliffe-Wilson, Inca Printers The inventor has been working on non-uniform random number generators since 2018 and is now looking for the best commercial market opportunity for his novel approach. He and a colleague were awarded … [Read more...] about Investigating possible real-world uses for a non-uniform random number generator, from sensors to predictive maintenance
Assessing market opportunities for a novel technique in molecular engineering, from sensing applications through to drug discovery and diagnostics
Inventors: Dr Siddharth Ghosh, DAMTP, Dr Moumita Ghosh & Brian Corbett, ICEND Mentor: Dr. Alex Smeets The inventors have developed leading edge innovative techniques to manipulate materials at a molecular level (down to 25nm), delivered through a proprietary chip design. This Lab-on-chip … [Read more...] about Assessing market opportunities for a novel technique in molecular engineering, from sensing applications through to drug discovery and diagnostics
Assessing the market entry strategy for an open-source device that makes high-quality blood smears for medical diagnostic tests
Inventor: Dr Samuel McDermott, Physics & autohaem Mentor: Dr. Bill Matthews Blood testing is a key diagnostic for a wide range of diseases and conditions. Reliable blood testing requires a high-quality and consistent process for making blood smears. While this tends to be assumed in high … [Read more...] about Assessing the market entry strategy for an open-source device that makes high-quality blood smears for medical diagnostic tests
Bridging the gap between planetary climate models and country level or regional policy-making
Inventor: Dr James Keeble, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Chemistry Mentor: Kirsty Mackinlay, Centre for Global Equality The inventor’s research focuses on using models of the atmosphere to understand how a global change to a hydrogen economy is expected to impact the climate and air quality. … [Read more...] about Bridging the gap between planetary climate models and country level or regional policy-making
Investigating the need for monitoring foetal movements in pregnancy
Inventors: Dr. Kathryn Hesketh, MRC Epidemiology Unit & Dr. Cassi Henderson, Institute for Manufacturing Mentor: Johannes Wolff The inventors are developing a method of measuring foetal movements outside of clinical settings, allowing longer-term monitoring of foetal movements than is … [Read more...] about Investigating the need for monitoring foetal movements in pregnancy
i-Teams launches in Nairobi
In collaboration with the Centre for Global Equality (CGE), we are delighted to announce the start of the first Nairobi i-Teams programme in collaboration with Strathmore University in Nairobi. Three multi-disciplinary teams of students will meet weekly to investigate the commercial opportunities … [Read more...] about i-Teams launches in Nairobi
Dr Gillian Davis, Intellectual Property lecture
Gillian is the Commercialisation Director of the Technology Transfer Team at Cambridge Enterprise, working with researchers to help them commercialise their research. She has worked with scientists in the Physical Sciences space to bring together teams that have turned research ideas into … [Read more...] about Dr Gillian Davis, Intellectual Property lecture
Dr. Sarwat Howe, Presentation skills lecture
Sarwat Howe is a Project Manager at the University of Manchester Innovation Factory, (technology transfer office of the University of Manchester), helping academics across the university commercialise their research. Sarwat holds a Masters' degree in Chemistry (University of Bristol) and an MRes … [Read more...] about Dr. Sarwat Howe, Presentation skills lecture
Investigating the need for a point-of-care blood test for Vitamin K
Inventors: Dr. Alex Patto & Professor Jeremy Baumberg, Physics Mentor: Dr. Alex Smeets Vitamin K is essential for effective blood clotting, and deficiency of Vitamin K has disastrous consequences for newborns. Currently Vitamin K is only tested in central labs with no point-of-care test … [Read more...] about Investigating the need for a point-of-care blood test for Vitamin K
Eliminating single-use food and drink takeaway containers
Inventors: Lisa Kent & Luisa Deragon, REUSE2GO Mentor: Claire Rose, RS Components REUSE2GO's mission is to eliminate the use of single-use food and drink takeaway containers, by replacing these with reusables. Similar to a library book management system, reusable containers are digitally … [Read more...] about Eliminating single-use food and drink takeaway containers
Measuring immune system effectiveness in real-time
Inventors: Dr Andrew Lynn & Dr. Tuomas Knowles, Fluidic Analytics Mentor: Dr. John Pritchard, Expert in Residence at Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS) Details to follow. General information about the technology behind the project is available here. … [Read more...] about Measuring immune system effectiveness in real-time
Enabling electrical mobility (Nairobi i-Teams)
Project Contact: Judy Komen, Solar E-Cycles Mentor: TBC Solar E-Cycles is a Nairobi-based startup which was founded in 2015 with the goal of decentralising access to energy. Solar E-Cycles were the first company in Kenya to promote the concept of electrical mobility and have developed two … [Read more...] about Enabling electrical mobility (Nairobi i-Teams)
Chlorinating water (Nairobi i-Teams)
Contacts: Francesca O’Hanlon & Rebecca Donaldson, BlueTap Mentor: TBC 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 first product provides chlorine dosing technology designed to be used … [Read more...] about Chlorinating water (Nairobi i-Teams)
