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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

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

Exploring the use of VR systems in helping autistic children prepare for everyday situations such as shopping

Inventor: Bang Ming Yong, Institute for Manufacturing Mentor: TBC The inventor has been working with Virtual Reality (VR) systems over the past 4 years, investigating their use in a variety of scenarios. More recently he has been working on the use of VR to help with training approaches … [Read more...] about Exploring the use of VR systems in helping autistic children prepare for everyday situations such as shopping

Using wearable technology to improve the ergonomics and postural awareness of surgeons

Inventors: Dr. Brandon Smith & Ms. Stasa Stumpa, Clinical Neuroscience and Surgeonomic Mentor: TBC Since the dawn of surgical practice as we know it today, innovations to improve patient outcomes have been rife - from new instruments and robotics, to intra operative visualisation, to … [Read more...] about Using wearable technology to improve the ergonomics and postural awareness of surgeons

Identifying the best routes to market for a simulation tool for GaN wafer and Micro-LED manufacture

Inventors: Dr. Simon Fairclough & Professor Rachel Oliver, Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride Mentor: TBC Multi-layer semiconductor devices are the heart of the modern electronics industry and are constantly being developed to produce ever more energy efficient and smaller devices. The … [Read more...] about Identifying the best routes to market for a simulation tool for GaN wafer and Micro-LED manufacture

Making autonomous systems safer and more trustworthy using uncertainty-tracking computing and sensing

Inventor: Dr. Phillip Stanley-Marbell, Electrical Engineering & Signaloid Mentor: TBC Autonomous systems such as self-driving cars, drones and robots represent a rapidly-growing market that will touch every aspect of human life. To be widely deployed, they must be trusted by humans. Today, … [Read more...] about Making autonomous systems safer and more trustworthy using uncertainty-tracking computing and sensing

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

Investigating the market need for an ultra-miniaturised spectrometer

Inventor: Dr. Tom Albrow-Owen, Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics, Engineering More details: Nanowires replace Newton's famous glass prism Mentor: Marc Bax Spectrometry is a key workhorse in all scientific disciplines, using light to probe matter and identify its constituent … [Read more...] about Investigating the market need for an ultra-miniaturised spectrometer