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
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)
Water testing (Nairobi i-Teams)
Contact: Alex Patto, WaterScope Mentor: TBC WaterScope is a Cambridge-based social enterprise that has developed a simple-to-use solution for testing water for bacteria. The system is patented and initially will be manufactured and assembled in the UK and China. It is being designed to meet the … [Read more...] about Water testing (Nairobi i-Teams)
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
Developing tools for early-stage cancer diagnosis
Inventors: Ulrich Keyser, Mohamed Alawami, Max Zhu, Kaikai Chen, Cambridge Nucleomics Mentor: TBC Cambridge Nucleomics is a new university spin-out company based on technologies developed at the Keyser Lab in the Cavendish Laboratory. Using a combination of nanopores and single-molecule … [Read more...] about Developing tools for early-stage cancer diagnosis
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
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 … [Read more...] about Exploring the market need for easily-manufactured vibration-dampening polymers
