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Connected Places

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Creating a new future for Belfast

Belfast has been working hard to create a new future but the region’s productivity gap remains, with Belfast’s productivity standing at 6% below UK levels, and the gap rising to almost 20% for Northern Ireland as a whole.

Connected Places

Creating a new future for Belfast

Belfast has been working hard to create a new future but the region’s productivity gap remains, with Belfast’s productivity standing at 6% below UK levels, and the gap rising to almost 20% for Northern Ireland as a whole.

Satellite Applications

Satellite-enabled technologies to halt the loss of Kenya’s biodiversity

Providing UK businesses with the opportunity to help maintain Kenyan biodiversity, habitats and local livelihoods using the latest satellite application technology.

Connected Places

Leveraging UK expertise to address Net Zero challenges in Latin America

The quest for a green recovery from the pandemic and renewed Governmental commitments to tackle climate change, is fuelling the translation of Net Zero pledges, plans and ambitions into real world actions in cities globally. Connected Places Catapult is helping to address these challenges with several collaborations in Latin American cities.

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Delivering change for Cacao in Colombia through a cross-Catapult collaboration

Since 2018 the Satellite Applications Catapult has been working with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult) on a project to transform the way farmers produce cacao in Colombia.

Offshore Renewable Energy

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Durham University reduce the duration and costs of wind turbine blade testing

Working in collaboration with Durham University, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s blade experts developed a bi-axial testing method to address the challenge of reducing the duration and costs of blade testing, while making it more representative of real-world operating conditions.

Connected Places

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Intelligent mobility solutions

With support from Connected Places Catapult, Ginger Town, a micro-mobility fleet operator, is accelerating its deployment of e-mobility solutions in UK towns and cities.

Connected Places

Intelligent mobility solutions

With support from Connected Places Catapult, Ginger Town, a micro-mobility fleet operator, is accelerating its deployment of e-mobility solutions in UK towns and cities.

Satellite Applications

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Transformation in UK satellite based services

A collaboration between the Satellite Applications Catapult and AAC Clyde Space has led to the development of a new miniature satellite (UKube-1).

Satellite Applications

Transformation in UK satellite based services

A collaboration between the Satellite Applications Catapult and AAC Clyde Space has led to the development of a new miniature satellite (UKube-1).

Satellite Applications

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Connecting Emergency Responders

With support from the Satellite Applications Catapult, Excelerate Technology, pioneers of the provision of resilient, zero-gap connectivity in the Emergency Responder market, is leading work to design, develop and deliver major advancements in coastal connectivity.

Offshore Renewable Energy

A launch pad for innovators to get new solutions to market

The Launch Academy is Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s offshore wind technology accelerator programme for enhancing the UK’s supply chain, boosting UK content and supporting cost reduction through innovation.

Offshore Renewable Energy

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Advancing technology innovation for green energy

The Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine (LDT) in Fife provides a unique, world-leading facility, hosting some of the offshore renewable energy industry’s most exciting new technologies.

Medicines Discovery

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Mobilising national high scale COVID-19 testing

In March 2020, the UK government announced the launch of a national testing effort to support the UK’s fight against coronavirus via the establishment of a network of high-scale testing laboratories, known as “Lighthouse Labs”.

Medicines Discovery

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Developing new treatments to prevent thrombosis

LUNAC Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company, together with the Medicines Discovery Catapult and the University of Leeds, are working on the development of an innovative first-in-class anticoagulant treatment drug with minimal bleeding risk.

Medicines Discovery

Developing new treatments to prevent thrombosis

LUNAC Therapeutics, a UK based drug discovery company, together with the Medicines Discovery Catapult and the University of Leeds, are working on the development of an innovative first-in-class anticoagulant treatment drug with minimal bleeding risk.

High Value Manufacturing

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Enabling battery technology for green heating

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Centre at WMG supported Arriba Technologies Ltd to develop a solar-powered heat pump for large buildings including hospitals, factories and schools reliant on natural gas, set to slash carbon emissions.

High Value Manufacturing

Enabling battery technology for green heating

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Centre at WMG supported Arriba Technologies Ltd to develop a solar-powered heat pump for large buildings including hospitals, factories and schools reliant on natural gas, set to slash carbon emissions.

High Value Manufacturing

Technician building a ventilator

Delivering vital medical equipment, saving lives

Following a call with the Prime Minister, Dick Elsy, CEO of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult convened an industrial consortium to support produce vital ventilator devices and support the NHS in its fight against Covid-19.

Large scale real-world testing for energy consumption products

Through the Living Lab facility, Energy Systems Catapult provided U-Floor Technologies Ltd, with a wealth of data about the performance of their smart ventilation product – AirEx, enabling them to validate their initial energy savings estimates.

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Incentivising energy efficiency in the home

Energy Systems Catapult’s Innovator Support Platform (ISP) delivered tailor made business incubation and acceleration support that enabled Equiwatt, a provider of digital smart meter automation technology, to secure over £300,000 in investment.

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Making the next generation of immersive content a reality

Digital Catapult, in partnership with immersive media company Hammerhead Interactive Limited and Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studio, launched DimensionTM, a state-of-the-art volumetric and 3D capture studio for the next generation of immersive content.

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Building trust and resilience with Distributed Ledger technologies

Digital Catapult’s DLT Field Labs offer businesses the opportunity to explore how distributed ledger technologies can address commercial and operational challenges.

Building trust and resilience with Distributed Ledger technologies

Digital Catapult’s DLT Field Labs offer businesses the opportunity to explore how distributed ledger technologies can address commercial and operational challenges.

Cell and Gene Therapy

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Pioneering technology to increase effectiveness of gene therapeutics

A collaboration between the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and Synpromics set out to develop novel scalable manufacturing processes and technologies to produce viral vectors at scale.

Cell and Gene Therapy

Pioneering technology to increase effectiveness of gene therapeutics

A collaboration between the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and Synpromics set out to develop novel scalable manufacturing processes and technologies to produce viral vectors at scale.

Compound Semiconductor Applications

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End-to-end supply chain development for Automotive Power Electronics

The Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult has rapidly established itself as a key resource in vehicle electrification, and new delivery partner to meet the Government’s Net Zero target by 2050.

Connected Places

Supporting integrated transportation ecosystems

The Connected Places Catapult worked with Arrival to meet sustainability targets through the use of existing motorway infrastructure together with autonomous vehicles and new transport hubs, to provide more frequent services across the country.

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