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ARM and LogMeIn jumpstart IoT revolution

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:29:22 GMT

A transatlantic technology collaboration between ARM in Cambridge UK and NASDAQ-quoted LogMeIn promises to accelerate the commercialisation of products in the mega-connected world created by the Internet of Things.

Deepsea don makes waves with scuba school

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:28 GMT

Essex University faculty and students have pioneered a new wave of education in an initiative that owed more to grampus than campus.

Technology speaks volumes for disabled

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:28 GMT

A Cambridge-Belgium technology collaboration has created a device which helps people whose speech has been impaired by crippling conditions to find their voice.

Cambridge-Singapore alliance launched with real deals

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:43 GMT

The launch of a pioneering alliance between the powerhouse technology clusters of Cambridge UK and Singapore in Asia brought an instant payback.

Cambridge shares £50m MedTech bonanza

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:10:17 GMT

The University of Cambridge and University College London (UCL) will share in a £50 million bonus haul from the UK government designed to unearth new technology and encourage entrepreneurship to advance medical innovation.

Food fingerprint identifies product provenance

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:44:29 GMT

Waitrose is piloting East of England technology that can validate the provenance of British food products – potentially right down to the local region where it was grown.

Volt of confidence for GridKey

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:02 GMT

New energy monitoring technology from Sentec in Cambridge in collaboration with global sensors specialist Selex has won a significant industry accolade. Their invention, GridKey – a low voltage substation monitoring system – has won the UK Energy Innovation award for the ‘Best Smart Grid Technology’.

Cambridge team creates virtual studio for Expressen

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:59 GMT

A video production company in Cambridge has plugged into a global boom by switching news providers onto their own video channels using virtual studios.

Hancock lauds Marshall commitment to apprenticeships

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:54:13 GMT

Matthew Hancock MP for West Suffolk and Minister for Skills, visited manufacturing giant Marshall of Cambridge to be updated on the work the company is undertaking and to be briefed particularly on its many and varied training initiatives.

Proserv makes real waves in subsea sector

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:42:57 GMT

Great Yarmouth based energy services company Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract in Angola, underpinning the company’s fast-evolving subsea status and increasing demand for its sampling system innovations.