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Electronics

New technique converts ambient radiofrequency signals into DC voltage

C2I 2024

The Engineer's 2024 C2I awards sees launch of new prize for lifetime innovators

This image shows 3D-printed themoresponsive hydrogel with embedded gold nanorods before heating and in the expanded state (on the left) and immediately after photothermal heating and in the contracted state (on the right)
Materials

3D printed photoresponsive structures offer remotely controlled actuators

Energy & environment

Great British Energy and Crown Estate target £60bn investment  

4Degra is a patent protected resorbable photocurable resin based on polycarbonate urethane chemistry
Medical & healthcare

Bioresorbable material specialists raise £3.4m

Skyports Drone Services’ operations in Orkney with Royal Mail, 2023
Aerospace

Consortium created to explore 5G-enabled drone deliveries in rural areas

Medical & healthcare

Video processing and AI track progression of Parkinson’s disease

Aerospace

Boeing backs UK’s Firefly on sewage-based SAF

A customised DJI Matrice 300 RTX drone with an AI-enabled multipurpose high-performance computing module, developed by the research team as a proof-of-concept
Aerospace

Leicester University receives over £600K for AI algorithm shrinking method

TaiSan CEO Sanzhar Taizan and business manager Ainur Zhumasheva
Batteries

Pre-seed funding round raises £1.3m for UK battery innovator

Policy & business

Promoted Content: IP advice from Marks & Clerk

Energy & environment

AI and cooling help drive electricity demand – IEA report