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Police Scotland confirms roll-out of cyber kiosk technology

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Police Scotland has confirmed that the phased roll-out of cyber kiosk technology will begin on 20 January 2020. Cyber kiosks are desktop computers, which will be located in police stations across local policing divisions. The technology allows specially trained officers

AI tech projects get funding to help warship crews tackle ‘information overload’

By updatesPosted on 15th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

Artificial intelligence research projects developing technologies to help warship crews cope with “information overload” will receive £1 million in funding, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Nine projects will share the money awarded through the Defence and Security Accelerator (Dasa)’s

Dundee Rolls Out New High-Tech Buses Over the Weekend

By updatesPosted on 14th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, MaaS Scotland, Industry News

The Xplore double deckers feature more leg room, free WiFi, USB charging and cameras instead of wing mirrors. Nine new high-tech low-emission buses that have cameras instead of wing mirrors have hit the roads of Dundee this past weekend. The

UAE Space Agency launches NewSpace Innovation Programme

By updatesPosted on 12th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Opportunity

Selected applicants will take part in a 3-month incubation programme at Krypto Labs’ headquarters in Abu Dhabi The UAE Space Agency has announced its collaboration with the Abu Dhabi-based global innovation hub, Krypto Labs, to launch the UAE NewSpace Innovation Programme. The programme

The dangers of IoT and AI

By updatesPosted on 11th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The risks of cybersecurity are more complex than ever. Due to the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), by 2020 every person will generate 1.7 megabytes of information per second. As new technologies evolve, cyber criminals adapt and

WannaCry was the most common crypto ransomware attack last year

By updatesPosted on 10th January 202015th January 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Almost a quarter (23.56%) of all encryption ransomware attacks that occurred in 2019 had encountered the WannaCry virus according to new research from PreciseSecurity.com. Ransomware attacks against government agencies, healthcare organizations, the energy sector and education continue to rise. While the effects

RBS Entrepreneur Accelerator

By updatesPosted on 10th January 202010th January 2020Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

Accelerator is aimed at established businesses that are looking to grow and scale. The programme is fully-funded. All we ask is that you work as hard as we do to make the most of this opportunity to grow your business.

Map the Gap: autonomous gap crossing survey

By updatesPosted on 19th December 201919th December 2019Posted in Industry News

DASA is launching a new competition to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a competition to develop a semi-autonomous

Code4000, winner of the Vodaphone Non-Profit TechStarter 2019 award, is seeking support to start-up in Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 18th December 201918th December 2019Posted in Skills, Industry News

It’s the same story everywhere you go – the simplest means of reducing reoffending is to find work for ex- offenders, and where better than the fast-growing tech industry. By teaching prisoners coding and helping to find them jobs on

Support for innovation projects

By HeatherPosted on 25th November 20194th December 2019Posted in Industry News

Ten new projects have been unveiled as having joined the Scottish Government’s CivTech Accelerator programme, including an initiative to develop technology that will allow anyone carrying a mobile phone to measure and reduce their impact on climate change. Another project