Project Tag: technology

Naneum made portable instruments to detect and analyse nanoparticles, with applications in climate research, workplace air-quality assessment, and health studies.

TTP designed a small, noise-free air pump for patients to use in their daily lives, earning an Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics. The technology benefits from a deep understanding of physics and is manufactured in the UK.

ZBD Solutions developed low-power, wireless networked e-paper displays for retail, winning an Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics.

Aurox simplifies 3D imaging for lab microscopes through basic physics. Their affordable, instrument provides high-quality 3D imaging for individual researchers.

From humble beginnings as mechanical apprentices in Ireland and Wales, Sir David McMurtry and John Deer founded Renishaw, a company that has become one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of precision measurement equipment.

The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) network is widely held to be an exemplary model for interaction between universities and industry. Professor Richard Parker, Dr Mike Howse and Professor Philip Ruffles from Rolls-Royce plc were awarded the 2011 Glazebrook Medal by the Institute of Physics for the creation, development and expansion of the UTC network.

Graham Batey, a physicist at Oxford Instruments NanoScience, has developed refrigerators that can reach temperatures just a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero without using liquid gases like nitrogen and helium.