In Formula 1, optimizing team performance based on data is crucial to getting ahead. Engineers continuously refine the balance of a car, pit crews strive to shave milliseconds from a pit-stop, drivers practice and prepare for every on-track decision and maneuver. It is the difference between winning and losing.
The same can be said for cybersecurity. Informed by a continual stream of...
Bristol-based cyber security firm Immersive Labs has announced a multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing as an Official Partner supporting cyber workforce optimization of the McLaren F1 team. The deal, announced on the Immersive Labs website, sees the team using the Immersive Labs Platform, as well as carrying branding on both cars from the 2022 season.
Marty Reid will become Director of SETsquared Bristol from January 2022.
He takes over the role from Monika Radclyffe who has led the University of Bristol’s world leading tech incubator since 2016 and is leaving to join innovation company Plexal.
Marty has been the Head of Engine Shed since January 2020. He will continue in this role alongside his new appointment to ensure...
A patent has been granted for a new goal line technology that could replace TMO, VAR and Hawk-Eye at sporting events.
Current designs rely on cameras which track a ball’s trajectory to check if it crossed the line.
But the new patent, developed by University of Bristol research engineer Patrick Sullivan and University of Bristol philosopher Dr Mo Abolkheir, would use...
I am a marketer now turned founder/consultant. I started my business back in 2017 as a social media marketing agency and then I found a problem and became obsessed with it. It started with the lack of diversity I noticed in stock images. I started with a project that highlighted this issue which got featured on the BBC. Then I went on to look...
Stapleton Cricket Club (CC) have teamed up with educational technology company Virti to produce a virtual reality (VR) training programme that will allow players to practice and retain essential skills while off season.
Stapleton CC, established in 1863, will be the first amateur cricket club to adopt VR for the purpose of enhancing and improving player performance, according to...
In SWTD's third profile of the nominees for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tech South West Awards , we look at the career of Greville Commins, who recently retired as SETsquared Bristol's Entrepreneur in Residence [EiR] after 15 years in the role.
During his time at SETsquared Bristol, Greville personally supported about 100 start-ups in their growth journey, through their...
In our second story on the nominees for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tech South West Awards , SWTD profiles Zara Nanu, founder and chief executive of software business Gapsquare.
Zara founded Gapsquare in Bristol where, with her talented team, she has developed software that analyses pay gaps for employee demographics such as gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and...
Bristol-based technology start-up Matter , has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, as it looks to scale-up its innovative solutions for the capture, harvest and recycling of microplastics.
Matter was founded in 2017 by Adam Root, a former Dyson engineer and keen scuba diver. After discovering the size of the microplastics problem, Adam set about using his skills...
