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
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
