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The role of Medical Devices in increasing efficiency in Healthcare
By Alan Richardson - Last updated: Wednesday, June 1, 2011Healthcare costs are a major driver of government spending in many parts of the world driven by demographics and innovative product development that generate treatments for ever more conditions (at a cost). Some of this innovation needs, as in other fields, to be directed at efficiency and effectiveness. One driver of healthcare costs is wastage of pharmaceutical drugs and lack of patient compliance with the therapy leading to increased overall costs of treatment. Innovative medical device development, for instance in drug delivery, can address these problems.
Integrating Open Innovation into your R&D organisation
By Patrick Pordage - Last updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011Got a smart R&D function already? Well, at this year’s Front End of Innovation conference there has been good and constructive discussion on how to successfully embed Open Innovation it into your R&D organisation and throughout the rest of the company structure in order to deliver improved performance. This included an interesting panel session with ...
So you’re concerned about your Smart Phone being tracked – you ain’t seen nothing yet
By Alan Richardson - Last updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011There are real challenges to innovative wireless product development. Not so much from the difficulty of implementing wireless technologies though that can be challenging but from the system complexity that often attends wireless product development and deployment. One facet of the increasingly wireless connected world in which we live is that data about all of ...
China’s hi-tech product development revolution
By Patrick Pordage - Last updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011When we think of China in terms of product development, most of us think about it as a home to manufacturing but not, necessarily, as the home of innovative product design. But according to a recent story from the BBC, China is all set to change that. The story, produced by the BBC’s Beijing office, ...
Innovative Product Development – where do I look for the opportunity?
By Alan Richardson - Last updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2011New innovative product development has many engineering challenges, but most projects that fail won’t fail for engineering reasons, they’ll fail for business or organizational reasons. So how do you reduce these risks?
Can intelligent transport solutions save lives?
By Patrick Pordage - Last updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2011According to a recent article published by Autoblog, nearly all of us are either safer than, or as safe as, the average driver. In other words, it must be all the ‘others’ out there who cause the accidents. However, whichever way you cut it, there are still way too many automobile accidents each year. Wiki ...
Home / Consumer Diagnostics – A Step too Far?
By Alan Richardson - Last updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2011One segment for innovative medical product development has been in the home medical diagnostics area. A Which report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12905687 has pointed up the shortcomings of such tests
A mixed weather forecast for solar?
By Patrick Pordage - Last updated: Thursday, March 31, 2011In a move that surprised few observers, the UK government recently slashed subsidies for solar projects. So what does this cut mean for solar power in this country? Does it make any sense, or should we be supporting other innovative energy technologies? Stimulated by a growing market for sustainable energy generation, the solar industry has advanced ...
Energy pricing – set to get more confusing with smart meters
By Alan Richardson - Last updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011Yesterday, there was a flurry in the news about the confusing tariffs offered by the six major energy suppliers in the UK, but you ain’t seen nothing yet! To secure carbon emissions benefits some major innovative product developments are underway but if human factors and security are not prioritised then the result could be confusion and limited progress to the goal.
To share or not to share?
By Patrick Pordage - Last updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011As an innovative product development company, Cambridge Consultants clearly embrace new and different ways to interact with the world, be it with customers, potential customers, consumers, or the media. With our roots firmly planted in technology, we’re excited about the plethora of new and innovative communications platforms that are now available to us all, the ...
