Dec 08, 2023 50 Technologies to shape the future By Gareth Williams An absolutely fascinating read, this report from Innovate UK sets out technologies which might be expected to disrupt, innovate, and...
Dec 06, 2023 Project Funding from the European Space Agency - ESA - for any sector! By Robert Carpmael I attended a fascinating event on Monday 4th December in which The Rail Innovation Group , Network Rail, the Department for Transport and...
Oct 26, 2023 Eastern Agri-Food Innovation Launchpad open for funding applications By Gareth Williams Food security and the environmental impact of agriculture are very hot topics at the moment, and companies and research institutes from...
Oct 17, 2023 Preparing for National Engineering Day on 1 November 2023 By Robert Carpmael Despite being a patent attorney by profession, and thus working in the legal space, I am also a civil engineering graduate. Realising...
Sep 29, 2023 Defra's Farming Futures Automation and Robotics competition winners announced By Robert Carpmael In the Farming Innovation Programme's 17th Competition since October 2021, 19 winners have been announced as the recipients of a share of...
Sep 26, 2023 Luminescent GMO plants approved for sale in the US By Gareth Williams Many fungi exhibit natural bioluminescence. The lab of Karen Sarkisyan at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences published a paper...
Sep 07, 2023 UK rejoins Horizon and Copernicus programmes By Graham Burnett-Hall In a boost to UK research that will be welcomed, not just by scientists based in the United Kingdom, but by research groups across...
Aug 23, 2023 Realising a green energy system By Robert Carpmael The UK is one of the shining lights on wind energy. According to the article below, "wind power supplies more than a quarter of the UK’s...
Jun 15, 2023 Automated tomato harvesting tool designed by AI language model By Lara Sibley An interesting article looking at the use of ChatGPT in the engineering field, to design an automated harvesting tool. The use of AI in...
May 09, 2023 The role of AI in Agritech By Lara Sibley Interesting to see this report looking at the future of agricultural machinery, which highlights the role of AI in this sector. It was...
Mar 31, 2023 Roboharvesting brought into focus By Robert Carpmael This winter's tomato shortage has highlighted the lack of resilience in the salad marketplace. Much of this arises from the lack of...
Mar 04, 2023 Fendt launch prototype hydrogen fueled tractor By Robert Carpmael Fantastic to read about this project from Germany. This joint project is known as H2Agrar and project Green H2 Hub-Haren, and is taking...