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Bahir Dar i-Teams
This summer, students and early career faculty at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia participated in Bahir Dar i-Teams, an immersive seven-week innovation programme designed to equip young innovators with the tools, networks, and confidence to turn real technologies into locally adapted solutions. Delivered by Amy Weatherup, the i-TeamsProgramme Director at the IfM, the Centre for Global Equality (CGE) and the Business Incubation…
Upcoming Events
I-Teams end-of-term presentations Innovation i-Teams presentations Wednesday December 10th at the Maxwell Centre and on Zoom. Networking from 6.30pm, with presentations starting at 7pm. Registration will be via Eventbrite. Social i-Teams presentations Thursday December 4th at the Maxwell Centre and on Zoom. Networking from 6.30pm, with presentations starting at 7pm. Registration will be via Eventbrite. Associated events…
ASEAN i-Teams: Sharing insights on technology commercialisation across ASEAN
On 9th October 2024, the ASEAN i-Teams programme jointly hosted a reflections session in Singapore in collaboration with the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology & Innovation (COSTI), the ASEAN Secretariat, and the UK Mission to ASEAN. The event brought together representatives from across ASEAN to share insights on developing a culture of technology commercialisation in…
Cambridge Festival winners 2024
At the recent Cambridge Festival weekend at the Institute for Manufacturing, hundreds of attendees were treated to demonstrations of technology and engineering in practise. Visitors sampled hands-on experiments, and helped with the “Colouring Cities” community mapping project. Talks on “Your Life is Manufactured” by Professor Tim Minshall, getting the most out of your education by…
Announcing ASEAN i-Teams
We are delighted that i-Teams continues to expand globally. Amy Weatherup who runs i-Teams in Cambridge has been working over the summer with Dr. Lara Allen and Ben Moore from the Centre of Global Equality (CGE), delivering i-Teams online at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) for the first time. HUST i-Teams has been set up in collaboration…
Cambridge Festival competition winners announced!
At the recent Institute for Manufacturing open day at the Cambridge Festival, hundreds of visitors were treated to demonstrations of technology in practise. IfM scientists demonstrated their latest research on drug delivery to the brain, and the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring team shared some of their low-cost, low-risk digital solutions. Visitors were invited to…
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 in Kenya for three new technologies. Two are from leading ventures in the…
i-Teams referenced in the House of Lords
Baroness Coussins, Co-Chair of the APPG on Modern Languages and Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, spoke today about the necessity for language skills to be considered as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. As part of her speech she cited three Cambridge-based technology organisations, Viridian Solar, Alchemie, and the i-Teams innovation…
myICUvoice – scaling in a pandemic
Author: Nadya Pohran Website: myICUvoice In 2018 I applied for the Medical i-Teams programme while doing my PhD at the University of Cambridge because I wanted to participate in a project called myICUvoice. myICUvoice is a communication tool designed specifically for mechanically-ventilated patients (who cannot verbally-speak) and their nurses. I am an anthropologist and I…
