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Thinking the Unthinkable at COP29

21 Nov 2024

Engineer Dr Shaun Fitzgerald reports from COP29 on his discussions about climate repair as a looming necessity.

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Talking about a revolution: 25 years of BT and Cambridge

14 Oct 2022

Cambridge and BT have been working together for more than 25 years developing new technologies, exploring human behaviour and considering how those...

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Self-healing materials for robotics made from ‘jelly’ and salt

18 Feb 2022

Researchers have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial hands and...

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Smart speaker

The Internet of Stings: research will probe privacy and legal concerns of smart devices

22 Oct 2021

What happens to all the sensitive personal information our smart devices collect from us? Where does the data picked up by our smart watches...

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Smartphone screens effective sensors for soil or water contamination

22 Jul 2021

The touchscreen technology used in billions of smartphones and tablets could also be used as a powerful sensor, without the need for any...

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Predictive touch system

AI-based ‘no-touch touchscreen’ could reduce risk of pathogen spread from surfaces

23 Jul 2020

A ‘no-touch touchscreen’ developed for use in cars could also have widespread applications in a post-COVID-19 world, by reducing the risk of...

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‘The Next Leap Forward’ – four quantum technologies hubs to lead UK’s research drive

12 Jul 2019

Technologies that will allow fire crews to see through smoke and dust, computers to solve previously unsolvable computational problems, construction...

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Printer 3D technology

Skilling up, smart

04 Mar 2019

Businesses need the skills to adapt to new technologies, such as 3D printing, but when they emerge fast and change quickly, how do workforces plan...

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Quantum leap

06 Feb 2019

Cambridge researchers are devising new methods to keep sensitive information out of the hands of hackers. They launched the UK’s first ‘unhackable’...

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Robot hand playing the piano

3D-printed robot hand ‘plays’ the piano

19 Dec 2018

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist. And while the robot...

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New video game teaches teens about electricity

24 Jul 2018

A new video game, designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, gives teenagers an understanding of electricity by solving a series of...

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Mix 2 colours

Cambridge receives £10 million in funding for new AI supercomputer

27 Apr 2018

The UK’s fastest academic supercomputer, based at the University of Cambridge, will be made available to artificial intelligence (AI) technology...

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