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Smart Data Could Help Scots Football ‘Build Back Better’ After Pandemic

By updatesPosted on 6th October 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

A study by the University of Edinburgh has found that smart analysis of football data could help Scottish clubs build a better game after the pandemic. Using a wealth of available digital information, clubs can gain a clearer understanding of who their

ScotSoft2021 – Glimpse into the Data Stream

By updatesPosted on 4th October 20214th October 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

This year’s ScotSoft 2021 event will bring together a whole host of global speakers covering a huge range of topics, from the leadership variety of digital transformation or retaining talent, to the highly technical subjects of artificial intelligence or space

Time to thrive for data and the Scottish tech sector

By updatesPosted on 1st October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData

Recent figures show that the Scottish Tech sector is performing well and demonstrating significant growth. Across the country, Tech companies have raised £446 million this year which is a record for the sector. There has also been a dramatic increase

Bold new strategy to fuel UK’s world-class space sector

By updatesPosted on 29th September 202129th September 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

New plans to strengthen the UK as a world class space nation by firing up its multibillion-pound space industry have been set out in a National Space Strategy launched this week. From connecting people with their friends and family and monitoring climate

Heriot Watt’s New Telepresence Tech Shown for the First Time

By updatesPosted on 23rd September 202115th October 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

The National Robotarium is pioneering intelligent sensing and tele-presence robotic tech to allow health practitioners to remotely assess a person’s physical and cognitive health from anywhere in the world. Hosted by Heriot-Watt University, the Robotarium’s assisted living lab believes this will

Edinburgh Tech Startup Secures £1.4m to Disrupt Car Rental Sector

By updatesPosted on 22nd September 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

Scottish tech startup Coastr has secured £1.4 million in funding through London-based investment platform, GroVentive. Formerly known as Nuvven, Coastr was founded in 2018 by Biswajit Kundu Roy, a University of Strathclyde graduate and former PwC tech strategist. The Edinburgh-based firm offers a

Data and AI industry set to discuss ways to grow economy at Data Summit 2021

By updatesPosted on 21st September 202121st September 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, is set to host leading figures in the AI and data industry at its annual flagship conference, Data Summit 2021, this November. With data proving to be a vital component

Glasgow’s New Open Data Hub Offers Insight into how the City Operates

By updatesPosted on 13th September 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The recently launched open data hub offers a view on how the city operates. The hub is a place to access data, provide tools to enable people to visualise this, and to tell some simple stories about what the data means for

Data within Space

By updatesPosted on 3rd September 20213rd September 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

In this latest blog from our Head of Data, David looks at the advances of the space sector in Scotland, and how space-derived data can help on the journey to achieve net zero targets. The recent rocket launch from Benbecula

Female-led Scots Reusable Packaging Firm Gets £312k for Climate Fight

By updatesPosted on 1st September 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, Climate Tech

A Scottish tech startup focusing on reusable packaging has gained substantial investment to create an Open Data Standard (reuse.id) for firms. Edinburgh-based Reath has secured £313,000 in pre-seed funding, which it said will be used to improve it’s systems and build its