2024-2025
Analysing the market for a low-cost community-based hearing test for
Inventor: Dr. Louise Allen, Cambridge University Hospitals and DigiBel Over 5% of the world’s population including 34 million children have disabling hearing loss. In children the most common cause of hearing impairment is “glue ear” (otitis media with effusion), and approximately 80% of primary school children in the USA and Europe experience it during their…
Sharing best practice with schools
Inventor: Mairead Ryan, School Health Pulse School Health Pulse is on a mission to transform how schools approach student health and well-being, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and everyday practice. Founders of the newly launched venture are tackling the disconnect between academic research, and its practical application within schools. Countless studies about child and…
Conservation Copilot: Guiding Evidence-Based Decisions for Biodiversity Net Gain and beyond
Inventors: Rebecca Smith, Sam Reynolds, William Morgan, Conservation Evidence Conservation Evidence is a free, authoritative information resource designed to support decisions about how to maintain and restore global biodiversity. Their thesis is that use of evidence is vital to maximise benefits and reduce costs to people and nature. However, time and a lack of customised information…
Analysing the route to market for a new technology to
Inventor: Dr. Xiaoyi Chen, Chemistry The inventor has developed a new technique for stabilising drug formulations. This technique would allow drugs such as insulin and semaglutide to be transported and stored without needing refrigeration, which would increase the access to such drugs in countries without reliable refrigeration chains, and long-term should help reduce the cost…
Identifying target markets for detailed artificial anatomical models
Inventors: Dr. Mark Golab, Dr. Sam Massey & Dr. Senthooran Kathiravelupillai, Cambridge Surgical Models Cambridge Surgical Models (CSM) is an early-stage start-up based in Cambridge and founded by Cambridge University alumni. CSM is focused on producing the next generation of high-fidelity human anatomical models for use in surgical training and medical education. Their products aim to…
Researching the route to market for a new technique to
Inventors: Tim Chisholm & Mohit Dhiman, Chemistry The inventors have developed a new technique to identify and measure protein aggregates in the blood that arise in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s. The technique is designed to detect these aggregates at biological concentrations and aims to provide an accurate diagnosis at the first presentation of symptoms.…
Exploring the need for low-cost cell testing and second-life applications
Project owners : LiFETIME, Cambridge The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is growing exponentially. While this will reduce CO2 emissions and help address climate change, it is putting pressure on the global supply of critical minerals needed for EV batteries, such as lithium, and is already generating a large amount of toxic waste in…
Analysing the market need for systems to improve the efficiency
Project owners: Dr. Justin Pradipta, Institut Teknologi Bandung , Anaïs-Marie Celestine Berkes, University of Cambridge Solar power is increasingly being used in a variety of formats and purposes. For example, solar energy can be used to produce electricity, which can then be stored in large-scale batteries, or can also be used directly to heat water…
Oviotrap: internet of things for monitoring, detection, analysis and control
Ir. Endra Joelianto, Ph.D – Institut Teknologi Bandung OvioTrap is an innovative, IoT-based solution designed to tackle the spread of dengue fever by focusing on its primary vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The OvioTrap includes several key features and functionalities including mosquito detection and counting, egg counting, measurement of environmental conditions and predictive analytics to…