What is good technology? Is it even possible? And how can feminism help us work towards it? The Good Robot addresses these crucial questions. Co-editor Dr Kerry McInerney (Mackereth) tell us more about the book, its contributors, and carving her own way in the world of AI Ethics #CamTechPod

Cambridge based medical robotics unicorn CMR Surgical has smashed through another milestone barrier and announced a further upgrade for the medical technology. More than 20,000 operations have now been completed worldwide using its Versius robot system. tinyurl.com/8suyr6ux

Johnson Matthey Plc, which has a major base at Cambridge Science Park, is returning £250 million to shareholders after agreeing to sell its Medical Device Components business (MDC) to Montagu Private Equity (Montagu) for $700m (£550m) cash. tinyurl.com/bcvw8d6f

Cambridge headquartered AstraZeneca has agreed to acquire Canadian and US company Fusion Pharmaceuticals to accelerate the development of nextgen radioconjugates (RCs) to treat #cancer . tinyurl.com/39tk95mm

Boutros Bear is a company founded after an aggressive course of breast cancer where Founder and CEO, Sheila Kissane, saw first-hand a gap in her own treatment and care. This is a very personal and insightful conversation

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#TBT to the Cambridge Tech Podcast episode dedicated to Cambridge Tech Week 2024. It starts with a recording of the panel at the Cambridge launch, and an interview with Russ Shaw CBE from the London launch event.

#CamTechPod #CTW24 #CamTechWeek

A highlight of the annual calendar is the announcement of the #21toWatch Top21 – the seven people, companies and ‘things’ that are leading the way in innovation across the East of England, including from the centre for Science and Innovation, Cambridge.

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Business Weekly has a great article on QPT and our plans to transform the electric motor market: 45% of world electricity usage & often shockingly inefficient. businessweekly.co.uk/posts/qpt-in-w…

Categories in the 2024 Business Weekly Awards include Life Science Scale-Up, Life Science Innovation, Investment of the Year and Quoted Company of the Year.

Submissions need to be made before June 30.

Full details - ow.ly/pPu950QIKEB

Automotive tech pioneer Secondmind has moved into a new Cambridge headquarters and made what Business Weekly believes will be the first of a select number of senior hires designed to take the company to fresh heights internationally. tinyurl.com/2ddur3p7

Taxing issues for the Chancellor in March 6 Budget tinyurl.com/3rch3dr9 – article by Ian Woolgrove and Helen Kent-Woolsey Ensors Accountants

Business Weekly is working with Cambridge University Library on CHIP – Cambridge History of Innovation Project – to create a new public archive of #Cambridge #technology . They are looking for contributions, can you help with photos and memories? Read more here: ow.ly/TeYe50Qyc5Q

Cambridge-based genomic data pioneer Zetta Genomics has expanded its second seed round, attracting new investment of £1.8 million alongside additional growth expertise. tinyurl.com/mvafajyh

Cambridge-based BugBiome, a biotech harnessing nature’s microbial defences for pest protection to benefit human and planet health, has closed a pre-seed funding round, securing £310k from Cambridge Angels and Discovery Park Ventures. tinyurl.com/55r4tx6m

Cambridge video games company Jagex has been sold by the NASDAQ-quoted global investment firm Carlyle to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII and Haveli Investments. tinyurl.com/ynsraf7t

#Cambridge helped the UK retain top spot in Europe for #biotech equity financings in 2023 with a number of VC funds in the city earning plaudits in the latest report from BioIndustry Association (BIA): ow.ly/5WbB50Qvlxy via Business Weekly

#Finance #VC #Funding

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#BusinessWeeklyAwards Business of the Year Paragraf™ is acknowledged as the first company in the world to mass produce graphene-based electronic devices using standard semiconductor processes

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.Kalium Health, a Cambridge start-up backed by Kidney Research UK to develop the world’s first blood potassium rapid self-test, is recruiting UK patients for a new clinical study. tinyurl.com/3bwsu439

PwC has announced a new Digital Accelerator – a series of 12-week innovation programmes backed by multinational corporations working with #technology scale-ups. The programmes are part of a new tech division, initially run from PwC UK’s Cambridge base. tinyurl.com/bdfjsuuf

Cambridge location tech specialist 1Spatial has won a €9 million multi-year contract with a Belgian customer which further expands the company’s reach across Europe. tinyurl.com/mr3u59mj