Five businesses from Cornwall visited the National Renewable Energy Centre last week on a fully funded trip, for an in-depth tour of the test facilities at the site in Blyth, Northumberland. The flagship centre, which is owned by ORE Catapult, is one of over 20 world-class test facilities which businesses supported by Marine-i can access, in order to accelerate innovation in marine technology...
Support from Marine-i is helping Falmouth-based business, Openarc Marine, develop a completely new approach to on-board generators for use when cruising under sail. This hydroelectric technology would have worldwide applications and help to eliminate reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation at sea.
Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed...
Lizard Yacht Service has signed an agreement for a new superyacht service centre in Palma, covering the Mediterranean and the South of France.
Lizard Yacht Service will support the Wills Ridley company in Spain and the South of France for servicing and repair on all steering gear on the many superyachts in their portfolio that are based in the Med.
Marine-i has welcomed the news that floating offshore wind projects will receive more than £60m in public and private investment, to develop new technologies that will accelerate development of the fast growing renewable energy industry.
Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly...
People who work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are being offered a free mental health training package to help them cope with the stresses and strains of the pandemic.
According to research in the county, the number of people experiencing possible anxiety and/or depression has almost doubled since the pandemic began.
The package is made up of short films which feature...
AI has become the most talked about, most sensationalised technology in the world today, but it’s meaning and how it can be used is often misunderstood. Many people are unsure of how AI affects their own lives and industries.
For their first ‘Tech Connect’ event of 2022, not-for-profit membership organisation Software Cornwall has collaborated with members and partners to confront...
The head of the UK’s first horizontal spaceport, based in Cornwall, has been named by the Observer as one of 2022’s “faces to watch”.
Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, has been named alongside incoming Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and UK foreign secretary Liz Truss as a key figure “who will be making headlines this year”.
Marine-i has announced that it is providing support to offshore specialist, Reflex Marine, who are developing a new system for anchoring floating offshore wind (FLOW) installations.
Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly grow through harnessing the full potential of research...
Mike Barritt, Co-founder and Director of not-for-profit membership organisation Software Cornwall has scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Tech South West Awards , hosted last Thursday (Nov 25) at the Market Hall in Plymouth.
Back in 2010, Mike was working for Oxford Innovation and created a Director peer group, bringing founders of software companies together which...
Audio visual reading app xigxag has opened a £250,000 public funding round on the crowdfunding platform Seedrs with over 72% already raised.
Xigxag, available on Google Play and the App Store, is the first app to offer customers audiobooks and ebooks in a single format called the x-book, which indexes human-voiced narration to the corresponding text so users can listen and read...
