Spotlight on: Last chance to invest in new virtual reality chair from VRGO
VRGO, a new virtual reality (VR) chair which offers a unique way to control your VR experiences, is running a fund-raising campaign on Kickstarter – and there are only 7 days left to invest. The chair,...
View ArticleSETsquared university business incubator ranked global number one
It’s a great day for entrepreneurs in Bristol and Bath as the national university business incubator SETsquared has been declared the best in the world in UBI Global‘s world ranking list. It’s not too...
View ArticleVR World Congress to keep South West at the forefront of virtual reality...
Having already proven its talents at creating high quality VR games, Opposable VR is investing in the future of its chosen medium by once again hosting the UK’s largest Virtual Reality conference in...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Bob – the first humanoid robot avatar to present at a TED talk
Just a few weeks ago TEDxBristol set itself the challenging theme of ‘GreatXpectations’ and treated its audience to a day’s worth of moving, through-provoking and mind-boggling talks. But even with...
View ArticleBristol’s successful Global Game Jam showcases the city’s game development...
This month I took up the chance to take part in the Bristol Global Game Jam 2016, where game creators, and those new to creating games (such as I), get together to make a working game within a set time...
View ArticleBathCamp returns as part of the Bath Digital Festival, and it’s back to stay!
Bath Digital Festival saw the return of a favourite event of the techies of Bath and the surrounding region, the BathCamp meetup. If you are interested in tech and how it works, and want to meet others...
View ArticleThe UK’s largest Ruby developer conference returns to Bath in March
Calling all coding enthusiasts, the Bath Ruby Conference which was such a smash last year, bringing 500 developers together at the gorgeous Assembly Rooms, will be back in Bath on 11 March with another...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Keymailer – revolutionising the way gaming companies interact...
Keymailer is a site that connects content creators on Twitch and YouTube to game publishers and developers so that they can request review copies of games (known as keys). “Yeah, right!” we hear you...
View ArticleMeet the WITT – a renewable energy harvester which has raised £1million in...
It all started with a self-winding watch. Back in 2012 engineer Martin Wickett was playing with his watch, which he knew harvested energy from moving his wrist up and down or left and right, and got to...
View ArticleNew crowd-funding programme Crowd10 launches to help ambitious start-up...
Applications are now open for an exciting new scheme looking to help startups based in the South West raise money using crowdfunding to help them grow and succeed. The Crowd10 South West crowd-funding...
View ArticleVR report shows the importance of virtuality reality tech to the South West
On the day VR World Congress hits Bristol, with 600 VR enthusiasts descending on the city to learn about and try out the latest cutting-edge virtual reality tech and hear from industry leaders such as...
View ArticleSuccess of VR World Congress proves Bristol is a world leader in virtual reality
Having never experienced virtual reality I was both nervous and dizzyingly excited to attend this year’s Virtual Reality World Congress at the Marriott Hotel in Bristol City centre. Organisers...
View ArticleLearn about Deloitte’s technology trends for 2016 at our Techie Brekkie
Want to know what a leading digital global consultancy thinks are going to be the hottest tech trends this year? Our Techie Brekkie on 18 March at Bristol and Bath Science Park will be a discussion...
View ArticleLess than one month to go until VR World Congress hits Bristol
Bristol’s VR World Congress (VRWC), a celebration of the latest innovations in VR and AR tech, is taking place on 12 April at the Bristol Marriott City Centre hotel. Building on the success of last...
View ArticleEquity crowd-funding initiative Crowd10 South West reveals its 10 finalists
The 10 South West startups judged by crowd-funding initiative Crowd10 South West to be the most promising have now been chosen. Each startup will now receive 1-1 support in building a strong...
View ArticleSouth West tech collaboration makes 3D printed bike you can modify yourself...
A collaboration between South West-based tech and precision engineering companies Altair, HiETA and Renishaw has allowed bike-production startup Robot Bike Company to create designs for bespoke bikes...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Meet the self-driving cars that will be hitting the streets of...
Last week TechSPARK was invited to the F1 Williams Advanced Engineering Centre to see the progress the Venturer Cars consortium has made in bringing self-driving cars to the South West. And an...
View ArticleCompany profile: Cloud Heroes – saving you from online villains
From TalkTalk to Ashley Maddison, data security has got to be one of the most scandalous digital crimes. Don’t be fooled into thinking that super-clever-geek hackers are only interested in credit card...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Festival of Female Entrepreneurs 2016
Today more women than ever before are making the decision to start a business and take control of their own destiny. And female entrepreneurs from around Britain are preparing to descend on Bristol in...
View ArticleSpotlight on: GHAIA the AI healthcare chatbot, saving the vulnerable and the...
Many of us have used and seen the capabilities of conversational software systems such as Siri or Cortana, and we’ve even marvelled at the possibility of Iron Man’s JARVIS. The ability to have a...
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