Edinburgh open document and data platform acquires household bill tech firm
An Edinburgh software company specialising in life planning has acquired a platform that allows consumers to manage all their household bills and subscriptions. Legado, an open document and data platform…
Glasgow patient intelligence firm appoints US executive as it eyes overseas expansion
A Glasgow based artificial intelligence-driven health firm has appointed a New York based executive as it eyes US expansion. Industry sales and marketing veteran Mike Strassberg will take on the…
Edinburgh data consultancy to double headcount after £2.3m boost
An Edinburgh-headquartered data science and transformation consultancy will double its headcount after a seven-figure boost. Growth capital investor BGF has invested £2.3 million in Optima Partners, supporting it to grow…
Robotic sensors could help transform prosthetics
A “pioneering” project which aims to develop advanced sensors for use in robotic systems could transform prosthetics. Scottish researchers hope to improve the dexterity and motor skills of robotic limbs…
Glasgow students’ climate change satellite to be launched into space after competition win
A team of Scottish university students will see a satellite they designed sent into space after winning a £600,000 national competition. The Glasgow University students were announced as the winners…
Scottish health experts lead ‘gamechanger’ AI bowel cancer project
Scottish health researchers are at the forefront of a new €6 million (£5.1m) project to make artificial intelligence-assisted capsule endoscopy a part of future bowel cancer diagnostics. Bowel cancer is…
James Webb telescope scientist to speak at Edinburgh’s Data Summit
One of the lead scientists involved in the ground-breaking James Webb telescope programme – which captured stunning images this week of the early cosmos – is to be a speaker…
Three startups to get access to private 5G network to road test health technologies
Three startups are to get access to a private 5G network to road test their technologies after winning a digital health and social care innovation challenge. Care Reality, DDM Health and Safehouse…
Glasgow student team scoop top Amazon Alexa ‘conversational AI’ challenge
A team of computing science students from the University of Glasgow has won a major international competition to develop next-generation conversational assistants. The GRILL team (grilllab.ai) from the school of…
The Data Lab joins UK-wide manufacturing industry innovation consortium
Scotland’s national agency for data and artificial intelligence is joining a UK-wide consortium to foster innovation in the manufacturing industry. The Data Lab will collaborate with the likes of Cambridge…