Online community launched to help Scottish firms thrive in a digital world
Scotland’s innovation centre for data has launched a new digital community to contribute to economic recovery as businesses adapt to a post-pandemic and increasingly digital world. Available to join from...
Simulation software to help tackle disability bias
Simulation software – including the use of virtual reality environments – is spearheading a change to the recruitment and retention practices of disabled scientists at a Scottish university. Digital visualisation...
Robot serves up squash tips to players in ‘world first’ Edinburgh coaching experiment
The world’s first robotic squash coach is stopping players’ motivation from hitting a wall, in a project led by Scottish scientists. The groundbreaking National Robotarium experiment, which seeks to improve...
Paper folding ‘origami’ and app-based Malaria test developed by Glasgow researchers
A paper-folding ‘origami’ and smartphone-based diagnostic test for Malaria has proved to be 98 per cent accurate in field trials in Uganda. The new method for detecting one of the...
Diversity and inclusion should not be a tick box exercise, say Scottish women in tech
Diversity and inclusion in the workforce should not just be a ‘tick box exercise’, some of Scotland’s leading women in technology have said. Businesses can benefit from the experience and...
Edinburgh AI scale-up programme opens its doors to global applicants
A Scottish scale-up programme has opened its doors to find 12 data-driven startups that are ready to make “transformational change”. The University of Edinburgh’s AI Accelerator programme, which helps the...
Covid tech transformation doubles revenues at Scottish data centre
Digital transformation driven by the pandemic has seen a Scottish data centre and multi-cloud services provider more than double its revenues in the last year. The contracted revenues of DataVita...
Scotland’s AI and data innovation centre names new chairperson
Scotland’s innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence (AI) has appointed a high-profile businessman to the role of chairperson. Les Bayne, former managing director of global professional services company Accenture’s...
Six-figure investment in 3D laser beams could ‘transform’ Scottish manufacturing
Edinburgh researchers have secured £586,000 to develop 3D laser beams that can change shape – a move which could “transform” the capabilities of Scotland’s manufacturing and healthcare technology industries. This...
Scottish software firm set for significant growth after US supercomputer win
An Edinburgh-based technology company has won a second key contract with the US Government and is now looking to grow in the UK and internationally as demand increases for its...
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