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Athos - innovation in climbing shoes
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st August 2022
The lowdown on Athos, the Spanish startup that has created a customized climbing shoe that's been made with 3D printing technology.
Sometimes in life, you find yourself in front of a big rock. Not a metaphorical rock; a very real, stony, rocky rock. You could go around the rock. You could call a taxi. Or, you could chalk up and climb that rock like your prehistoric ancestors would. And then, be...
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Wires - the startup changing how eyewear is made and worn
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th August 2021
Wires is an innovative London-based startup that's on a mission to bring sustainability to the eyewear industry
In the UK alone, 74% of people wear corrective lenses, be these contact lenses or glasses. Billions of glasses are made every year, and millions are thrown away every year. The most common material for making glasses is plastic, a product of the oil industry, which is the biggest poll...
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Nourished - the personalised and 3D-printed vitamin startup
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th July 2021
The lowdown on Nourished, the Birmingham-based healthtech startup that's on a mission to change the way the world thinks, buys and experiences nutrition
With our diets and our lack of sunshine in the UK, it’s of no surprise that a lot of people, adults and children, have insufficient levels of vitamin B2, vitamin D, vitamin A, zinc, magnesium, potassium, copper, iron, selenium, and iodine...
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Microsoft of Cell Therapy?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th January 2020
The Cambridge-based startup BiologIC Technologies that has created an empowering tool to drive the next wave of biological innovation
Cancer. The big C. It’s something that we’ve been working towards a cure for - not Startacus personally - for a long time. One way of going about this is cell therapy, but the barrier is, as always, money. The cost is prohibitive. As...
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NI MedTech company axial3D raises a healthy £2.4m
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd July 2019NI-based medical technology company, axial3D, has raised £2.4m of investment following a successful ‘Series A’ funding round.
Based in Belfast, axial3D is a pioneering medical 3D printing company specializing in the use of patient-specific medical models to advance both standards and efficiency of surgical intervention. Creating precise 3D models generated from patient CT, ...
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An entire community of 3D-printed homes
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th May 2019The initiative that's aiming to use 3D printing to create a global solution to homelessness, with an entire community of 3D-printed homes.
We may be a long way from doing a Jean Luc Picard and asking our wall for an Earl Grey (hot), but 3D printing is a rapidly evolving technology that has a lot more potential than just printing out a little plastic Infinity Gauntlet, and yes we have gone of...
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axial3D - medical 3D printing
by: Startacus Admin ~ 31st March 2019Patient data made real! axial3D - The award winning startup that is leading the way in medical 3D printing for medical applications...
Medical 3D printing transforms how surgical consultants prepare and plan for surgical intervention and how they communicate details about abnormalities and treatment options to the patient and to their colleagues. By delivering improved efficiency, advancing ...
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Think 3D printing for knitting - Meet Kniterate the digital knitting machine
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th April 2017We are liking the look of Kniterate, a compact digital knitting machine (think 3D printing for knitting) that can create custom designed knitted garments like scarves, beanies, shoe uppers, sweaters, and dresses, and aims to bring fashion fabrication back to the masses!
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, it looks like the general public agree too, and with 20 or so days left (at th...
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Museum in a Box - replica museum objects in a tiny box
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th February 2017We are loving the look and sound of Museum in a Box - an edtech company from London who are aiming to increase the accessibility of museums and their objects with an innovative interactive handling box. Intrigued?
Museum in a Box - is pretty much just that. It is a box of miniature objects found in museums from around the world that you can have sent to your school, office or to home. Insid...
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5 Retail Innovations to Dissuade Complacency
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th March 2016We have been shopping for hundreds of years. We’re fairly sure how it works. Yet even the retail industry in which we participate practically daily can be improved upon and be a platform for innovation. It just goes to show that all business is evolving, always. Here for example, are five retail innovations that show us that we should never rest on our laurels.
i.Dummy...
Creepy mannequins...
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- OneTech Spins Out from Capital Enterprise to Support Underserved Communities in Tech Across the UK 18th May 2023 Not-for-profit OneTech has spunout from Capital Enterprise to expand its offering and continue its mission of creating a more equitable, diverse and supported startup ecosystem.