Helping blind people navigate stations with technology
Assisted travel platform Ostrum and its digital companion Purple Door started out with trials at two UK airports. Now the developer has signed commercial deals with operators.
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Infrastructure clients can drive productivity by scaling green solutions
We speak to the experts leading the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership’s (i3P) focus on the adoption of low carbon technologies and circular economy principles.
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Investor predicts brighter future for scale-ups seeking finance
Enthusiasm to invest is returning to transport and construction, says Alex Bateman of Ambition Capital, who is supporting a new scale-up accelerator delivered by Connected Places Catapult.
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West Mids battery company expands its global reach
Batteries powered by salt rather than rare earth minerals are about to be launched by a Catapult-backed West Midlands company; which is growing its operations in Africa.
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Meet the innovator striding forward with walking deliveries
Joey Grigg and colleagues from Osta Studios have designed a walking delivery cart to transform last mile logistics, with support from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants programme.
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Helping blind people navigate stations with technology
WeWALK is to showcase its Smart Cane and assistance system for visually impaired persons at InnoTrans in Germany, alongside Connected Places Catapult.
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Cracking the productivity challenge in infrastructure
Collaboration and new thinking encouraged by i3P – the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership – are helping major project clients improve productivity.
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Making journeys smoother with personalised instructions
Journey Alerts will showcase its passenger assistance technology at the InnoTrans event in Berlin, after joining a Station Innovation Zone scale-up accelerator programme delivered by Connected Places Catapult.
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Keeping people safe in transport hubs using AI
Createc will be demonstrating its crowd monitoring technology that helps keep people safe in train stations and airports at InnoTrans in Germany, alongside Connected Places Catapult.
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Meet the innovator using AI to improve the school run
Moria Bennett is growing a tech business whose AI platform is helping to make the school run safer, greener and smarter.
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Powering infrastructure without waiting for the grid
Access to reliable, affordable power is becoming an increasing challenge for transport and infrastructure organisations looking to reduce emissions and modernise operations.
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Energy storage firm sets its sights on success
Catapult-backed H2CHP is securing investment and growing its customer base for shore-side energy generators used in maritime applications.
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Industrialised Construction championed to accelerate housing delivery
Standardising the manufacture and assembly of built environment infrastructure – including housing – is the premise of Industrialised Construction, an emerging approach supported by Connected Places Catapult and discussed at UKREiiF.
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Infrastructure pipeline: an unmissable opportunity to drive growth through innovation
Leveraging even a fraction of Britain’s £725bn infrastructure pipeline in support of innovative new approaches will deliver significant benefits for UK businesses and the economy.
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8,468 jobs and £698m investment linked to innovation support
Economic growth depends on businesses being able to commercialise innovation, win customers and scale.
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Shape-shifting lorry promises greener and cheaper logistics
Freight trailers might soon be transformed at the push of a button, to improve aerodynamics when carrying smaller loads.
