Innovation
Sharing agricultural expertise to address the impact of climate change
Inventors: Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya and Mr. Hemelkart Ataya, CRASSH, Sociology and Cambridge Sustainability Initiative One of the observable impacts of climate change is the effect on which agricultural crops and products can be produced in different regions. In some cases this opens up the opportunity for farmers to grow new types of crops for their…
Identifying senescent cells in vivo
Inventor: Dr. Ljiljana Fruk, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology The inventors have developed a material made of organic dyes which moves selectively in the body to areas of aged (senescent) cells, allowing in vivo imaging of the location and number of these cells. The material is formulated as a nanocapsule which can fluoresce but also has…
Assessing the market for flexible living spaces, enabled by reconfigurable
Inventor: Ms Ana Gatóo, Architecture Partners: Prof Michael Ramage, Department of Architecture, Ron Bakker, PLP Architecture, & Charles Boulton, Engineering Mentor: Elena de Orbe, i-Teams alumni The inventor has focused her research activities on questions of sustainable and participatory design that are developed through working directly with affected communities. She has worked extensively on the…
Investigating possible real-world uses for a non-uniform random number generator,
Inventor: James Meech, Sensors CDT, Nano DTC Mentor: Steven Tunnicliffe-Wilson, Inca Printers The inventor has been working on non-uniform random number generators since 2018 and is now looking for the best commercial market opportunity for his novel approach. He and a colleague were awarded the 2022-23 NanoFutures Leadership Award to stimulate and support the translation…
Assessing market opportunities for a novel technique in molecular engineering,
Inventors: Dr Siddharth Ghosh, DAMTP, Dr Moumita Ghosh & Brian Corbett, ICEND Mentor: Dr. Alex Smeets The inventors have developed leading edge innovative techniques to manipulate materials at a molecular level (down to 25nm), delivered through a proprietary chip design. This Lab-on-chip combines nanofluidic techniques, single molecule techniques, and semiconductor nanofabrication. The chip is currently…
Using smartphones to manage ongoing health conditions
Contact: Dr. Neal Lathia, Computer Lab Ongoing health conditions are generally managed via intermittent visits to doctors, which works well for detecting gradual changes, but will not pick up rapid change. Similarly, these visits cannot detect changes to a person’s behaviour which may make them at higher risk of either relapsing and developing a new…
Creating the hydrogen economy using small-scale hydrogen-generation
Contact: Enass Abo-Hamed & Dr. Roger Coulston, Chemistry Mentor: John Hunter The hydrogen economy has huge potential but has so far not yet reached reality. Visions of the future range from large-scale hydrogen power stations to tiny fuel cells powering mobile electronic devices, to mid-size hydrogen engines for vehicles. The main problem and limitation of the hydrogen…