Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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A new prototype flexible display created by the University of Cambridge and UK firm Plastic Logic, represents the first time graphene has been used in a transistor-based flexible screen and may well provide the least expensive, easiest to manufacture solution for these devices yet.
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Andrew McPherson and Victor Zappi have designed and built a deliberately simple instrument that produces tones when a player's fingers touch, tap or slide a capacitive sensing strip on one of the wooden cube's faces.
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A new project dubbed the “Personal Appointment Ticketing service” (or PAT) aims to help homeless people keep their appointments.
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Researchers from the UK are developing a wearable solar/thermoelectric power system for soldiers, to lessen the battery weight they have to carry in the field.
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A new early-warning system monitors soil acoustics to determine when landslides are imminent.
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A robotic 'ferret' will help customs find drugs, weapons and people hidden in freight containers.