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What is good technology? Is 'good' technology even possible? And how can feminism help us work towards it? The Good Robot - Why Technology Needs Feminism addresses these crucial questions through the voices of leading feminist thinkers, activists and technologists, and co-editor Kerry McInerney tell us more about the book, its contributors, and carving her own way in the world of AI Ethics.
With such a huge amount of thought-provoking content in the book, we highlight four of the essays written by:
· Blaise Aguera yArcas, Google Research, Cerebra - Good technology is cooperative
· Margaret Mitchell, Hugging Face - Good technology is inclusive
· Ranjit Singh, Data & Society - Good Technology is Slow (to Scale)
· Kanta Dihal, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence - Good technology needs good stories.
We talk about ideas and compromises of good tech and the tensions between if it is even possible to have good tech in the environments we live in, and the need to have technology ‘community-driven’.
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Boutros Bear is a company founded after an aggressive course of breast cancer where Founder and CEO, Sheila Kissane, saw first-hand a gap in her own treatment and care.
Boutros Bear delivers comprehensive rehabilitation programs, empowering individuals facing cancer, chronic pain, and mental health challenges.
This is a very personal and insightful conversation with someone who has taken an issue that affects many, understood it, and created something to improve health and wellness.
· From civil engineering to a healthcare entrepreneur
· An initial 12-week programme to an integrated #employeewellness platform
· From blind naivety to raising initial capital and the move to Series A
· Scoping what ‘tech’ meant in such a people centric programme (and how tech for healthcare / passive apps don’t necessarily have the benefit for the user)
· 18-months of persistence to sign up the perfect partner
· How to engage with corporates on #CorporateWellness #WorkplaceHealth
· Scoping out the US market and being ‘in-pursuit- of sales
· A pursuit of asking questions and flowing honesty!
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A highlight of the annual calendar is the announcement of the #21toWatch Top21 – the seven people, companies and ‘things’ that are leading the way in innovation across the East of England, including from the centre for Science and Innovation, Cambridge.
Running since 2019, now in its 6th year, the programme has seen 1,736 applications and 126 winners. It is recognised as the most independent listing of the who’s who of startups in the region covering every conceivable type of science and technology.
Some of the programmes alumni includes Unitary, VividQ, Paragraf, Riverlane, Broken Strong BioSciences, Xampla, Sano Genetics, SATAVIA, Colorifix, Flusso, Porotech, Cambridge Gan Devices, and in this episode we will find out who the 2024 winners are.
This episode features alumni and the staggering £415m (not including undisclosed amounts, private acquisitions, and the behemoth of CMR Surgical) raised between 2019-2023; interviews with Dr Alicia Showering CEO of BugBiome (People); Mohammad Saghafifar, Co-founder and CEO, Remedium Energy (Company) and Dmitry Khazhdan, CTO, Tenyks (‘Thing’); and much more.
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As official podcast partner to Cambridge Tech Week 2024, we’re delighted to run our first full episode dedicated to the event, starting with the recording of the panel at the Cambridge launch, and an interview with Russ Shaw from the London launch event.
The Cambridge event really highlighted the desire to bring the outside in – to create a #SXSW for Cambridge and the tech space, where the objective is to bring the outside in. The panellists (Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, CEO, Nu Quantum, David Moore, CEO, Pragmatic, Pam Garside, Chair, Cambridge Angels, and Harriet Fear MBE) had an open discussion about innovation, funding, and challenges of growth, as well as sharing feedback on last year’s event and their wishes for 2024.
As one of the events ‘ambassadors’, Russ Shaw, Founder of Tech London Advocates, talked about Cambridge’s global reputation for Science and Innovation – “Cambridge punches enormously above its weight in terms of its size and scale”.
And we also caught up with Douglas MacDonald, Partner who heads up the national tech sector at Mills & Reeve who are also one of the event sponsors (others include Rathbones, Cambridge Management Consulting, UK Telecoms Innovation Network UKTIN, HSBC and Cambridge Consultants).
And of course, we caught up with the man himself, chair of the organising committee Chris Bruce, to find out which three words are on the top of his mind for 2024.
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Providing a snapshot of what it has been like trying to raise and deploy capital over the last year, is Chris Keen, Head of Emerging Companies in Cambridge, at Mishcon de Reya.
We discuss the more challenging market of 2023, but with a deal level that remained almost the same as previous years, it’s looking rosy for 2024.
From Pre-seed through to Series D, Private Equity (PE) and Mergers and Acquisition (M&A), we talk about the dynamics of deals locally in Cambridge and throughout the UK. And Chris gives some useful guidance on when to engage with a lawyer, and note, the advice is to bring it further forward than you may think.
We also find out that many advisors are providing line of sight of investment potential from the Cambridge ecosystem to investors outside of the region – so that’s great news for our homegrown tech and innovation.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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This week’s guest shares his career path from military, to a large corporate, to building a startup that supports …start-ups.
Owen Thompson, CEO and co-founder talks about Cambridge Future Tech’s ethos and how they support technical founders to grow from the pre-ideation phase, commercialise and support the business set-up.
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This week we talk to Cian Hughes, Partner at Sure Valley Ventures to find out about the inner workings of a VC – of course it’s about providing money to startups, but also about providing a platform to access other investors, partners, and experts. Investing predominantly at mid-seed stage, Sure Valley Ventures helps to identify gaps and fill them at acritical stage of development.
We talk about
· the different between the tech ecosystem in Silicon valley to Cambridge
· the importance of Universities in tech ecosystems – ideas and spinout
· access to talent
· a can-do mindset
· access to customers
And Cian showcases some of their portfolio companies including VividQ (see Aleksandra Pedraszewska in episode 53), whilst also giving a quick 101 on how to approach investors.
Watch out for Cian – he may well just strike up a conversation with you!
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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We talk to Farbod Shakouri who is the Co-Founder and CEO at Phantom Technology, a Cambridge-based start-up elevating human capabilities with AI wearable technology.
Having spotted a trend of 3D graphics being used in applications other than games, Phantom Technology was founded in 2019 to improve the ‘contextual awareness’ issue with #AR which, in reality, is more of an AI problem.
The company is delivering high-end AR software for low-cost hardware, helping OEMs integrate Phantom OS into their products quickly and efficiently. Their special AI assistant called CASSI™ which has got the industry interested and we are expecting some significant announcements in the coming months.
Oh, and they chose to base themselves in Cambridge over Silicon Valley!
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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In this episode we hear from all eight finalists of The Trinity Bradfield Prize, with the live announcement of the three winners made by Sir Greg Winter at the end of the event.
The pitches covered a broad range of innovative ideas – (1) targeting T cell therapies for solid tumours (Alceus Bio); (2) developing a next-generation platform for spectral imaging (ProSpectral); (3) creating new class of biofilm inhibitors, providing an alternative to traditional antibiotic treatments (BioTryp Therapeutics); (4) a first-in-class enabling technology for X-ray imaging at lower radiation doses than today's technology (Hayden Salway); (5) creating software aimed at eradicating counterfeit/compromised, or environmentally unfriendly electronic hardware (Ethicronics); (6) developing a fully automated point-of-care sepsis test in under an hour (Cambridge Nucleomics); (7) an app where anyone can take a photo of their eye at home to help detect and monitor eye disease progression (AngioGenius); (8) a novel sensor to tackle food waste (Compound Hound).
Will any of these be unicorns of the future?
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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This episode we are joined by Pam Garside, chair of Cambridge Angels. Pam introduces us to Cambridge Angels and how they handle deals.
She shares her priorities as chair of the Cambridge Angels ‘network’, and we learn about Pam’s unique background, and her journey into investing.
We also delve into the Health tech space, and how AI and automation is revolutionising the sector but requires caution - don’t ‘move fast and break things’ as Mark Zuckerberg would advise!
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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Epidemiologist to business leader. A pack of crisps and a diet coke, and next thing this episode’s guest is COO of #QuantumComputing company Riverlane.
Of course, we talk about Quantum, and the huge potential and reality of what we can expect. But we also have a great conversation about:
· availing yourself of the tech ecosystem in Cambridge – ‘the best place in the world’ to start a world-changing business
· being a #tech #COO – from buying the milk, to negotiating contracts
· setting up a new business –risk, change, lack of sleep – not for the light-hearted, and the importance of paying back
· building a culture and the importance of #InternalCommunications – helping scientists and engineers flourish (including a deep snack jar)
Bek calls for more women to get involved in the #DeepTech space, but for Bek, the ‘class’ conversation is also critically important. A non-privileged upbringing taught her never to take things for granted, gave her a super-power of being able to talk to people from all backgrounds, and allows her now, not to succumb to #ImposterSyndrome.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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Kieren Paterson started his career in 1998 at significant Cambridge employer Marshall majoring in engineer and technology and working with major #aerospace companies. He then moved into management within the business, and then, as part of company’s constant innovation, the idea of FutureWorx was born and Kieren found himself there.
FutureWorx looks at the Horizon Three (10+year) space and aims to identify opportunities early and then look at ideas that have the possibility of solutions created to fill the gap. If the idea is successful, it could then be spun out of, or back-in to the business ticking both the #entrepreneurship and #intrapreneurship boxes.
Their first product is LilyPad – a permanently deployed system of #UAVs located on offshore wind farms.
Kieren talks to us about how they work with the entrepreneurial community, manufacturing companies, and the larger corporations who would be interested in the R&D at FutureWorx. It’s a really great story of a way of building new businesses within an established company.
Tune in for a great story of a large company that goes through transformation to keep relevant in a very competitive space.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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Ben Stanton, Insights Manager at Deloitte returns to talk to us about the 2024 #TMT Predictions, and to look back on the 2023 predictions to see what was a hit, and what was a miss.
The four main prediction themes are:
#GenerativeAI
#Sustainability
#Media #Entertainment and #Sports
#Telecom and #Technology
Tune in for a whistlestop, and insightful tour of the insights and let us know which you think will be the biggest hit for 2024.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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This is a short episode, looking at some of the things we’ve done in 2023, and some of the plans for 2024. Neatly sandwiched in the middle are a short selection of bloopers, fluffs (or bluffs!) to make you giggle.
Season’s Greetings to all our listeners, and we wish you all good health and happiness.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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In this episode we recorded at the Form the Future annual conference held on 1st December at the Moller Centre in Cambridge. Many of us are responsible for hiring, and certainly working with colleagues of all generations, so this was an insightful day on how we can better engage.
We had a fantastic time listening to the sessions, and talking to politicians, teachers, employers and academics who are all part of the community that supports the vital work that Form the Future and Cambridge LaunchPad does. Tune in and hear some great ways that you can engage in building the next generation of our workforce.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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This week we were delighted to be on site at the Cambridge Wireless International Conference #CWIC2023 as the official podcast provider.
Paul Crane introduces the conference ‘From the moon to the deep blue sea’. Then we talk to Peter Kibutu of TTP ‘At Altitude’ about #NTN; ‘Terrestrial’ with Nick Johnson of UKTIN; James Thomas of Jet Connectivity about #MarineTech, and finally Ben Timmons of Qualcomm about #Convergence.
Tune in for a really interesting overview into the current cellular/mobile and wireless industry.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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Our two guests this week are Michelle Lim, Behavioural Scientist at Cambridge Consultants and Micol Spitale, Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Computer Science and Technology investigating #robotics.
A collaboration between academia and business, the duo has collaborated on using #technology to address one of the biggest challenges in society – in this instance using a robotic coach to focus on #mentalhealth and #wellbeing in the workplace.
Would a robot supplement practitioners in supporting good mental health of our employees?
Should technology be used as a preventative measure?
How do you handle confidentiality?
We talk about how robotics can be used in future immersive experiences in healthcare and beyond and consider whether models that are being created are fair, un-biased and ethical.
Tune in to find out more about this exciting project, and the potential for robotics in our everyday life.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.
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Today we are introduced to Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture – what it means and why it is needed.
We start with a detailed explanation of the challenges and opportunity from Aurelia Li and David Fairen-Jiminez.
We learn how Immaterial is working to address the expense of decarbonisation and enable companies to achieve net zero targets with their advanced materials and systems solutions, particularly for the more complex industries where processes are difficult to evolve.
And of course, we find out more about Aurelia and Davide, including how things sometimes happen as an accident!
Take a look at the following link's if you would like to see what MOFs look like:
Model of a MOF that’s well-studied in academia3D printed model of a MOFProduced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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We are joined by Shamus Husheer and Oriane Chausiaux who are co-founders of Heartfelt Technologies.
Heart failure is a chronic condition costing the NHS £2bn a year, and most hospitalisations are preventable. And that’s where Heartfelt Technologies comes in with their #AI and non-invasive tracking system.
Tune in to find out more about the AI solution and their experiences with setting up businesses, filing patents, clinical trials, fundraising, team building, awards, and much more
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV
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It’s the 2023 Chris Abell Post Doc Business Plan competition and we’re joined by Christine Martin from Cambridge Enterprise.
We hear from the six finalists before finding out who picks up the 2023 prizes. Watch out for these people, who are certainly ones to watch of the future - Mark E. Carrington, Oxonium Energy; Abolfazal Mostaani, XinaTec; Ismail Sami, Mostli; Molly Haugen, Aetosense; Kamil Sokolowski Semantics, Ahmed Elwaraky, K-STEM.
Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.
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