The £25m North West Fund for Biomedical has announced its investment in ...
29.08.11
The North West Fund for Biomedical is a sub-fund of the £185m evergreen The North West Fund that is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Med ePad has developed a cost-effective interactive touch screen mobile internet device for healthcare service providers, aimed at improving the efficiency of treatment and empowering patients to better manage their self-care.
The 7-inch tablet has been designed to come loaded with condition specific apps created in conjunction with NHS healthcare professionals.
Its vast array of functions include the ability to record medication regimes and daily living patterns, send appointment reminders, conduct online consultations and access specific information relating to a particular condition, and where appropriate in the language of the patients choice.
Source: Science Business
New arrivals at science park
18.08.11
New arrivals at science park
18 Aug 2011, 15:36
Liverpool Science Park has signed three new tenants, taking the
number of companies at the city centre campus to 65.
Afentis Forensics, is a forensic investigation practice offering
services including computer and telecommunication analysis,
audio-visual exhibit assessments, DNA profiling and firearm
studies, and is the only forensic provider that makes its own
software.
The second deal sees the arrival of the Huntington's Disease
Association, which provides information to families, friends and
healthcare professionals involved in research of the disease.
Lastly, start-up company Med Epad has signed to take space in
one of the two innovation centres. Med Epad is receiving support
from early-stage venture capital firm SPARK Impact to develop a
mobile internet device with the potential to improve patients'
health and social care.
Source: Place North West
Tablet War Is Heating Up...for Second Place
05.09.11
New tablets are being unveiled and launched at a dizzying pace. If the rate of new tablets being introduced was an effective measure of the tablet market, everyone would have two of the devices already and be shopping for a third. The feverish pace of tablets isn't an indication of the tablet market as a whole, though--just a sign that the race for second place is in high gear.
Just in the past couple of weeks we have seen demand for the HP TouchPad reach Cabbage Patch doll Black Friday levels, Lenovo has quietly unveiled a sub-$200 tablet, and some details have emerged about the mythic upcoming Amazon tablet.
In a matter of less than two months, HP went from launching
Source: PCWorld.co.nz