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ScotlandIS member, Space Intelligence, has made it into the final phase of the GRAVITY Challenge 04 – the fourth round of a global space innovation program connecting real world problems with the experts who can solve them. Seven technology companies
Delivered by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, the venture is part of the Data-Driven Innovation initiative, supported by £21 million from the UK Government and £1.4m from the Scottish Government through the £1.3 billion Edinburgh and South-east Scotland City Region Deal.
A robot has successfully surveyed an underground radioactive ventilation duct in redundant laboratories at Dounreay. Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) and the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear (RAIN) Hub teamed-up to develop a robot capable of accessing areas that
New 5G innovation hubs in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock will see the deployment and adoption of 5G technology in the hopes of supporting economic growth. Based in ONE Tech Hub, the new location in Aberdeen is a partnership with Opportunity North East. In
This is an exciting opportunity for innovative UK businesses to collaborate with Germany or Canada on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. Germany and Canada are known for being driving forces in AI initiatives. These funded programmes are a chance to showcase
What a fantastic day yesterday at our first in-person ScotlandIS Cluster Ecosystem Conference, held at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. Along with our partners at Technology Scotland, we celebrated some of the thriving tech clusters that Scotland boasts and
Edinburgh robotics startup Touchlab has announced the successful raising of $4.8 million in seed funding. The Scottish firm, which develops an electronic skin (e-skin) for robots, had its investment round led by Octopus Ventures, one of the EU’s largest early-stage investors. Octopus Ventures
PureLiFi, the Edinburgh-based firm behind technology that uses light to transmit data, has unveiled what it claims is a ground-breaking system aimed at home users. The company’s “LiFi@Home” system has been launched at a major industry conference in Barcelona. LiFi is
A Scottish space tech firm has appointed three high-profile executives to its team as it eyes global expansion. Edinburgh-headquartered R3-IoT has also acquired an office space in Glasgow and announced a series of further senior hires and promotions. The scale-up,
A fresh £445,000 cash injection has gone towards getting 10 UK space science projects off the ground across the UK. The Technology for Space Science initiative is a joint venture between the UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme and the Science
