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Edinburgh tech firm unveils digital home breakthrough using light to transmit data

By updatesPosted on 16th March 202216th March 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

PureLiFi, the Edinburgh-based firm behind technology that uses light to transmit data, has unveiled what it claims is a ground-breaking system aimed at home users. The company’s “LiFi@Home” system has been launched at a major industry conference in Barcelona. LiFi is

Scottish space tech firm appoints high-profile executives as it eyes global expansion

By updatesPosted on 16th March 202216th March 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A Scottish space tech firm has appointed three high-profile executives to its team as it eyes global expansion. Edinburgh-headquartered R3-IoT has also acquired an office space in Glasgow and announced a series of further senior hires and promotions. The scale-up,

UK Space Science Projects Receive £455k Funding Boost

By updatesPosted on 16th March 202216th March 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A fresh £445,000 cash injection has gone towards getting 10 UK space science projects off the ground across the UK. The Technology for Space Science initiative is a joint venture between the UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme and the Science

UWS Helps Develop New Robotic Precision Engineering System

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202215th February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Industry News

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Livingston-based Helia Photonics have developed a new robotic engineering system to make laser diodes with greater precision than current methods. The ‘HelBot’ system can be used in a range of applications

Frog Systems Begins Quarter of a Million Pound AI Project

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20228th February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

A quarter of a million-pound Artificial Intelligence project to develop a next generation software platform for welltech scale-up Frog Systems has begun, with the arrival of the lead scientist from Brazil. Dr Aasim Khurshid joins Frog Systems from Samsung’s R&D

Scottish tech firm makes satellite data available to all with groundbreaking innovation

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20228th February 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Climate Tech

Earth Blox, a Scotland-based tech company, recently showcased its revolutionary satellite data analysis software in a webinar with its partner, Google. Launched in 2019, Earth Blox is the foremost provider of consumer-level satellite intelligence that can be accessed and run

University of Edinburgh partners with space firm

By updatesPosted on 1st February 20221st February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

A LEADING light of the UK’s space industry has completed a prestigious contract with The University of Edinburgh (UoE) to provide guidance for anyone looking to get involved in the emerging sector. The capital-headquartered AstroAgency has finished a successful pilot project, guiding

Accelerated Data Capture creating Demand

By updatesPosted on 21st January 202221st January 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

In his first blog of the new year, Head of Data David reflects on the changes the past 20 months has brought to our sector and the significance of increased data capture that we are now witnessing. As we start

Equity Firm Key to Use Scots Platform Aveni.ai to Help Vulnerable Customers

By updatesPosted on 19th January 202219th January 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Equity release firm Key has revealed it is working with Edinburgh-based speech analytics platform Aveni.ai as it seeks to build on its customer service with artificial intelligence. Aveni.ai’s tech will be at the heart of Key’s customer interactions – monitoring conversations with AI to

Scots Uni-developed AI Claims to Diagnose Covid-19 “In Minutes”

By updatesPosted on 19th January 202219th January 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has developed a new, state-of-the-art method of accurately diagnosing Covid-19 using AI. The UWS AI tech utilises x-ray technology, comparing scans to a database of around 3,000 images belonging to patients with Covid-19,