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Westcott: The Healthy Living Lab

 Think like a system. Act like an entrepreneur. The Healthy Living Lab methodology helps technology and healthcare providers co-create and test innovative new equipment....

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Digital Leaders Week: Collaboration for Healthcare Transformation

We are in an era of unprecedented healthcare change, driven by increasing need and accelerating technology opportunities. Even before the pandemic, those within the digital...

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Westcott: Access to the Space Sector

 To know where we’re going, it’s important to understand where we’ve come from. Westcott Venture Park has been at the centre of UK space...

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The Vision for Westcott

 A hub of UK space in the heart of the Oxford-Cambridge arc. With a long and proud history as the home to the UK’s...

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Westcott Expo: Space for the Future

 Westcott, widely considered as one of the oldest rocket propulsion test sites in the world, started its life as an RAF base in 1942....

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Protecting the Blue Economies in West Africa

Africa is the second largest continent in the world and covers one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth, but with 18,950 miles (30,500km) of...

Space Applications
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New Business Support service launched in Leicester supporting the commercialisation of concepts in Earth Observation Technology

Space Commercialisation Engine launched at Space Park Leicester, established by the Satellite Applications Catapult Designed to deliver agile and cost-effective business support to UK wide...

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HGV eCall

Catapult colleagues have co-authored a paper on HGV eCall development. eCall has been a legal requirement for EU manufactured vehicles since 2018. The In-Vehicle System...

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Swimming Against the Waste Current: A Satellite-Mapping Solution for Floating and Underwater Ocean Garbage Patches

Written by Hack the Planet entrants Nabeelah Pooloo & Zaheer Allam With rapid urbanization trends and a subsequent increase in travelling, demand for coastal accommodations...

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The Race to Net Zero: Actionable Steps Towards Innovating for Cleaner Air

Air pollution causes 7 million deaths worldwide every year and can have a devastating impact on the lives of people affected by respiratory illnesses. By...

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Event Follow Up: Opportunities for UK Satellite and Technology Organisations Across Brazilian Agriculture.

On the 30 April, the Satellite Applications Catapult, in partnership with the British Embassy and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Brazil, along with...

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Kepler Largest Canadian Constellation Thanks to IOD Programme

Our phones, devices and homes are getting smarter. 2030 figures anticipate 50 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) – more than double...

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