Building commercial confidence in engineering innovations
My son Leif was five years old when he went blind in his left eye. This was because a detached retina was not detected soon enough. At the time, ophthalmologists…
Scottish MedTech to develop proprietary blockchain for handling records and data
Glasgow-based health company HCi Viocare is devloping a proprietary blockchain-based system for handling sensitive client records and the data produced from the medical applications of Flexisense, its sensing technologies system for…
Breastfeeding app and GPs’ real time analytics platform share hackathon win
Thirteen teams competing at Product Forge’s hackathon, Public Health Product Forge, presented their prototypes at the weekend to overcome obstacles within public health. In a surprising twist and for the…
Utilities and health firms could be fined up to £17m for cyber failures, says UK Government
Leaders of Britain’s most critical industries are being warned to boost cyber security or face hefty fines for leaving themselves vulnerable to attack following a UK Government consultation. Energy, transport,…
Hackathon tackles childhood obesity, substance abuse, and mental health
Product Forge has partnered with NHS Information Services Division to host the Public Health Product Forge which kicked off Thursday evening at the Biscuit Factory in Edinburgh. The event will…
Public health hackathon will bring together technologists and medical professionals
Entrepreneurs, the wider technology community, population health, and medical personnel will gather later this month for a three day hackathon focused on solving challenges surrounding public health. Product Forge is…
30% of Scottish 18-24 year olds feel “socially isolated” by social media
The Mental Health Foundation has warned that loneliness is creating mental health problems among tens of thousands of young people across Scotland and social media can be an exacerbating factor….
Andy Murray invests in GoodBox and ZoomDoc
Tennis champion Andy Murray has invested in two early-stage technology startups on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. GoodBox The first is GoodBox, a company that’s hoping to disrupt the charity sector….
West of Scotland health boards create regional portal to access results quickly
Scottish health boards covering 2.2m people are able to share patient information after the completion of a two-year project to create a regional portal. Five west of Scotland health boards…
‘It has big ramifications for patient care’ – winner of medical visualisation hackathon
Eight teams at Product Forge’s hackathon, ‘Medical Visualisation Product Forge’, presented their prototypes to improve medical care on Sunday evening, at CodeBase in Edinburgh. The winning team, Relay, made up…
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