Knowledge Centre

Jenni McDonnell, Thermal Energy Systems Knowledge Transfer Manager at KTN, was awarded an MBE for her contributions to the Green Economy in the Queen’s birthday honours list this weekend.

Immerse UK – the immersive tech membership group powered by KTN – has launched The ‘UK Immersive Tech: VC Investment Report’ in collaboration with HTC Vive. This landmark piece highlights 31 highly innovative, fast-growing immersive tech ventures that have already raised significant amounts of VC and Angel investment.

Energy efficient magnetic gears, motors and generators.

Welcome to the second edition of the Future Flight newsletter. In this issue, we’re taking a closer look at two projects, Skyfarer and Airspace Integration for Drones, that are beating a path towards regulatory approval for drone deliveries of medical supplies to help in the fight against Covid-19. 

Recently Bill Gates has invested in metamaterials. In this article, we look at the successful commercialisation of acoustic metamaterials and try to understand how we might move other metamaterials from the laboratory into commercial applications.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership introduced by KTN between the University of Sheffield and disruptive UK tech company, Logically, looks to help users, platforms and organisations combat fake news, misinformation and problematic content through a diverse ecosystem of tools built by combining advanced AI and human intelligence.

Join the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and KTN to understand the scope and priority areas of the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. The NZIP will decrease the costs of decarbonisation and set the UK on the path to a low carbon future as we look to build back greener.

Bath-based anaesthetics innovator Somnus Scientific, which improves sedation and anaesthesia outcomes for patients undergoing medical procedures, has raised £600,000 following investment readiness support from Innovate UK EDGE.

In a year full of change, the British Animal Science Society (BSAS) held their first virtual conference, bringing the livestock sector together online and reaching across the globe to talk about “the Challenges of Change”.

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc acquires Verifiable Credentials, provider of Identiproof™, boosting prospects for Covid-19 Status Certificates.