University of Lincoln, UK
3D-printed robots from the University of Lincoln, UK, have taken their first overseas trip to attend Europe’s largest annual technology event in Dublin. Web Summit, which runs from 4th to 6th November 2014, has been called ‘the best technology conference on the planet’. MARC (Multi-Actuated Robotic Companion) and TAMMIE (Technologically Advanced Multi-Modal Interactive Entity), two…
Computer scientists and security specialists have created an innovative electronic smart key system that aims to provide a safer and more flexible security system for homes and businesses. Funded by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, eLOQ is a new software system for the creation and management of electronic keys and locks which…
PRaVDA exhibition, an international research team developing world-first technology for use in cancer treatment, has been named as a finalist in a global competition to recognise the best innovations in engineering, science and technology. The PRaVDA project, headed by Professor Nigel Allinson MBE of the University of Lincoln, UK, is a finalist in the Institution…
Members of the University of Lincoln’s Performance and Games Network project participated in one of the world’s largest writers’ festivals to help novelists think about how they might be able to create interactive gaming experiences. Dr Conor Linehan and Dr John Shearer, from the School of Computer Science, were invited to lead a session at…
Computer scientists have created a low-cost, autonomous micro-robot which in large numbers can replicate the behaviour of swarming honeybees. Colias – named after a genus of butterfly – is an open-platform system that can be used to investigate collective behaviours and be applied to swarm applications. Robotic swarms that take inspiration from nature have become…
Leading researchers in cancer treatment, retinal disease and the health benefits provided by companion animals will be speaking at a science, arts and heritage festival celebrating the area’s close connection with Sir Isaac Newton. The Gravity Fields Festival, which takes place in Grantham, Lincolnshire, from 24-28th September 2014, pays homage to the world’s most influential…
The University’s Twitter-reactive garden has been presented with a gold award at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show. Part of the STAN (Science Technology Architecture Networks) project within the Schools of Architecture & Design and Computer Science at the University of Lincoln, the garden responds to social media by monitoring Twitter and translating the trends into…
Channel 4’s Gadget Man will feature the latest sensation in aerial remote control aircraft, using 3D-printed quadrocopters built by the University of Lincoln’s Dr John Murray. In the third series of the show, presenter Richard Ayoade still isn’t finding life any easier. Cooking, shopping, going out or even staying in are among the activities that…
Advances in medical imaging technology which could make proton beam therapy a viable treatment for many more cancer sufferers will be described on an international stage. The University of Lincoln’s Distinguished Professor of Image Engineering Nigel Allinson MBE will deliver the keynote talk at the tenth International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors. The conference, which…