Projects
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 borrowed and linked to individuals through a personal QR code, displayed on an…
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.
Enabling electrical mobility
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 separate products so far. The first is a prototype…
Chlorinating water
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 in decentralised water systems. Chlorine is one of the most affordable…
Water testing
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 European standards for water testing in terms of sensitivity,…
Exploring the use of VR systems in helping autistic children
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 to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in partnership…
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 barcoding, the system is able to detect and count single molecules of DNA or RNA…
Using wearable technology to improve the ergonomics and postural awareness
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 sterility and patient-support equipment to ensure comfort and wellbeing during and…
Identifying the best routes to market for a simulation tool
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 inventors are world-leading experts on Gallium Nitride (GaN), and have already created a spin-out…