Aberdeen City Council launches new website with upgraded AI assistant
Aberdeen City Council has launched a new website with an upgraded version of an AI-powered assistant that provides instant responses to residents and streamlines ‘customer care’. The new platform is...
Augmented reality platform that guides patients through surgery shortlisted for national award
An augmented reality platform that allows patients to visualise and gain deeper understanding of surgical procedures has been shortlisted for a national award. The Cleft Lip Education through Augmented Reality...
New analysis shows AI could slash public sector admin task time by over a third in Scotland
New analysis has shown that artificial intelligence deployment in the public sector could help slash administration time by over a third in Scotland. So-called ‘repeatable’ office tasks such as documentation,...
Edinburgh’s £1.3 billion ‘city deal’ hailed for creating 30,000 jobs
The £1.3 billion ‘city deal’ powering economic growth for Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland has been credited with creating 30,000 jobs. The deal, which launched in 2018, is at the...
Budding founders encouraged to join national tech startup accelerator programme
Budding founders are being encouraged to join the latest cohort of Techscaler – the national tech startup accelerator programme. The Scottish Government’s flagship startup creation and development scheme – delivered...
Glasgow City Council signs £45 million deal to use local datacentre to provide ‘core compute and storage services’
Glasgow City Council has penned a £45 million deal with a local datacentre provider to provide the city’s ‘core compute and storage services’. DataVita, the green datacentre pioneer, which has...
Social care minister visits innovative ‘home recovery’ service in Lanarkshire
Scotland’s social care minister visited a Lanarkshire-based ‘home recovery’ service yesterday which is speeding up hospital discharge and supporting people to live independent lives. Tom Arthur, minister for social care...
Data-driven platform could help ease pressure of major events in Scotland
A new data-driven platform being developed in Edinburgh could help ease the transport and accommodation pressures of major Scottish events. Edinburgh’s Smart Data Foundry has received £35,000 in funding from...
Glasgow IoT cluster bolstered by appointment of former Volvo chief executive
A Glasgow-based internet of things (IoT) cluster has been bolstered by the appointment of a former chief executive of car giant Volvo. Jim Rowan, who led the Swedish auto manufacturer...
Early years kids get taste of tech with new ‘STEM Starts’ centre in Moray
Early years children are getting a taste of tech with the opening of a new ‘STEM Starts’ centre in Moray. The new centre, based at Elgin Library, was formally launched...
