Past i-Teams projects have scooped three prizes in this year’s Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £1k competition and teams including i-Teams alumni won three more. Many many congratulations to all the winners!!!!! The successful i-Teams entries were: Camses (Giorgio Divitini & Caterina … [Read more...]
Building Collaborative Networks – finding the best market opportunities
Contact: Dr. Rafael Carazo Salas, Genetics Mentor: Simon Pulman-Jones The WEAVER software was first invented to meet the researchers' own needs as they reached the end of a collaborative research project across three countries. How could they ensure that their meeting attendees received the … [Read more...]
Enhancing teacher professional development with advanced digital technology
Contacts: Dr Steven Watson & Dr. Phil Kirkman, Faculty of Education Mentor: Dr. Moira Sheehan, Villiers Park Educational Trust The team at the Faculty of Education are developing a range of advanced multimedia materials to help existing teachers improve their teaching, as well as to help … [Read more...]
Capturing industrial CO2 emissions and adding value to large-scale mining wastes: two markets, one technology
Contact: Michael Priestnall, Cambridge Carbon Capture & Dr Vasant Kumar, Materials Science Mentor: Wouter Meuleman, Illumina The inventors have been working jointly with researchers in Cambridge and Sheffield to develop a 2-stage chemical process that adds value to large-scale … [Read more...]
Developing a new platform for protein biomarker diagnostics
Contacts: Dr. Aron Rachamim & Dr Sai Giridhar Shivareddy, Engineering & Orphidia Mentor: Dr. Karin Schmitt A team of researchers from the department of Engineering have developed and patented a new idea in medical diagnostics, which could revolutionise the time to market for new … [Read more...]
Insights for Entrepreneurs
Our guest entrepreneur speaker in Michaelmas 2013 was venture investor Kelsey Lynn from Imperial Innovations. Originally an Engineer from Stanford with passion for working with people and building things, she has pursued a successful career as a venture capital investor, firstly at Firelake Capital … [Read more...]
i-Teams success in the CUE £100 for 100 words competition
i-Teams have scooped three prizes in this year's Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £100 for 100 words competition. Many congratulations to all the winners!!!!! Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Sam Chaudhary (ClassDojo), Andrew Thompson (Proteus Digital) and Stanley Yang (Neurosky) handed over the … [Read more...]
Delivering nutrients and medications via breastmilk – developing an appropriate disposable device for use in developing countries
Contact: Rebekah Scheuerle & Stephen Gerrard, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, and JustMilk Mentor: Marc Bax The JustMilk Nipple Shield Delivery System (NSDS) is a device for dosing infants with nutrients and medications during breastfeeding. By supplementing breast milk with … [Read more...]
Finding the best market for a self-cleaning anti-reflective coating for lenses and other glass or plastic surfaces
Contact: Professor Ulli Steiner, Physics Mentor: Paul May The research team has been working on anti-reflective coatings for more than 10 years. Although such coatings are widely used already, they decided to investigate them from a physicist's perspective to try to design more optimal coatings … [Read more...]
Commercialising a point-of-care blood testing system
Contact: Dr Tanya Hutter, Department of Haematology Mentor: Karin Schmitt Using her background in optical sensors, Dr Hutter has developed a new type of blood sensor, based on microfluidic chips and optical measurement techniques. Blood tests to look at the number of red blood cells and … [Read more...]
Video data analysis via object segmentation – labelling video content, tracking biological cells and more
Contacts: Ignas Budvytis, Dr. Vijay Badrinarayanan, Prof. Roberto Cipolla, Department of Engineering, Cambridge Interactive Video Solutions Ltd. Mentor: Adrian Swinburne Website: http://www.cambridgeivs.com The research team, working in the Department of Engineering under the supervision of … [Read more...]
Bio-photovoltaics – producing green electricity from algae and moss
Contacts: Professor Chris Howe, Dr. Paolo Bombelli, Ross Dennis & Dr. Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley, Biochemistry and Plant Sciences Mentor: Michael Katz The research team, led by Professor Chris Howe, are experts in the detailed biochemistry and molecular evolution of photosynthesis. Starting with … [Read more...]
Making sweating cool: expanding the use of a fitness device based on sweat and temperature measurements
Contacts: Dr. Christof Schwiening, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Brian Corbett, Cambridge Enterprise International Outreach Mentors: Tom Copeland & Andrew Chapman, 42Technology Assessing fitness, during a period of athletic training, is surprisingly … [Read more...]
i-Teams Plus – a further investigation of a hydrogen generation technique for fuel cells and combustion
Contact: Enass Abo-Hamed & Dr. Roger Coulston, Chemistry Mentors: Dr. Julian White & John Hunter A previous i-Team in Easter 2013 investigated the uses for a new method of hydrogen-production, and concluded that the two best markets for the technology were those where hydrogen is used as … [Read more...]
