Today I’ve attended this event, organised by the Technology Strategy Board to support the recent calls for collaborative research projects in the fields of detection and management of sepsis.
First talk was by microbiologist Jonathan Edgeworth of Guy’s & St. Thomas hospital. His priority was on a rapid test that could avoid overprescription of antibiotics for [...]

I’ve added a benchtop injection moulder to my workshop

Sniffer bee article in “the Engineer”

Charge for razors or blades? For instrument manufacturers it depends, and it makes sense to look at all options.

The book “Angels, Dragons & Vultures” by Simon Ackland is an excellent primer for (aspiring) entrepreneurs looking at raising venture capital.

I’m designing and building CHIP - a base design for a handheld instrument onto which client-specific sensor modules can be added to quickly create a functional, representative product demonstrator

mbed is a powerful and easy to use tool for embedded systems prototyping

Selfoc Lens Arrays (SLAs) can be used to build compact optical imaging systems e.g. for use in detection and measurement devices

At last Wednesday’s event we heard that improvements are most needed in sample collection and processing rather then pure detection technologies

Cambridge researchers develop low-cost production process for carbon nanotubes - i-Teams group looks at application areas.