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Cambridge Design Partnership has created a groundbreaking ‘smart pill’ to gather crucial nutritional information to help develop innovative new pet foods. CDP scientists and engineers worked with the world-renowned Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition on the electronic pill, which can collect food samples inside the canine gut and analyse how various ingredients are digested. “It was certainly an
unusual request and a major challenge,” said Will Bradley, who led the project for CDP.
Work has started on Apple’s new Cambridge research base.
The new building at 30 Station Road is due to be completed in summer 2021, and will have space for up to 800 employees. Apple joined the Cambridge Cluster in 2015 when it acquired Cambridge University voice recognition spin-out VocalIQ. It currently has an office on Hills Road, where its team works on the Siri personal assistant software. The move to Station Road will see it sitting alongside other global big names such as Amazon and Microsoft Research. Struggling software company Brady Plc will soon be under new ownership. The Cambridge-based developer of risk software is set to be acquired by Hanover Bidco in a deal worth £8.3m. In September, Brady announced it needed to raise £1.5m to keep going until the end of November, with a further £15m required over the long term. Global financier Hanover plans to modernise the company’s software portfolio, which is used by traders in the energy and commodities markets to minimise risk.
Azuri Technologies, a leader in pay- as-you-go solar home technology in Africa, has opened a new off-grid energy centre in Kenya. The Milton firm believes the centre in Kisumu County will bring affordable clean energy to the many thousands across the county who lack access to mains electricity. More than 600
million people in sub-Saharan Africa continue to struggle without reliable power, and only 46% of Kenyans are connected to the grid. Using an innovative application of solar power combined with mobile payment technology and energy- efficient appliances, Azuri says its technology is enabling off-grid African families to experience modern digital technologies, such as clean, powerful LED lighting appliances and satellite TV, for the first time. “Kenya’s agenda is to provide universal access to electricity by 2022, and we are delighted Azuri shares and supports this vision and journey. The launch of Azuri’s Off-grid Solar Centre in Kisumu brings modern devices and services to our residents while addressing the challenge of energy access,” said Daniel Okia, chief officer in the Ministry of Energy and Industrialisation, Kisumu County. The Off-grid Solar Centre features the latest solar home solutions from Azuri, which local consumers can see and try. The centre also provides face-to-face customer support in addition to servicing and repairs.
The launch of Azuri's Off-grid Solar Centre brings modern devices and services to our residents"
ABOVE Only46% of Kenyans are connected to the grid. Azuri is trying to change this with its pay-as-you-go solar home technology providing affordable clean energy
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