Industry News
WAG: A major £23.6m investment to grow Wales’ growing marine sector by increasing collaborative research projects between business & universities was announced last week by Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones. Bangor University’s SEACAMS (Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors) project has been given the go-ahead following EU backing of £12.6m from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government.
The project will turn cutting edge research ideas into new processes, services & technologies to encourage over 450 businesses to grow, create new high tech jobs and win more global contracts.
As part of the project, a new Innovation Centre will be set up at the University’s School of Ocean Sciences (SOS) at Menai Bridge, Anglesey. The Centre will provide laboratory and computing facilities for SMEs.
Press release ~ http://www.seacams.ac.uk/ ~ Economic Renewal: a new direction ~ School of Ocean Sciences (SOS)
Newswire – LGA: Councils saved £230m last year by using the latest technology to manage services for the iGeneration & pensioners alike, a new report reveals. Town halls are using mobile, web-mapping and satellite technology to make bin men more efficient, tell people waiting at bus stops where the next bus is & how long it will take to arrive, and keeping them informed about roadworks and planning applications.
Recent innovations also include iPhone applications which allow you to point your phone at a pub, restaurant or take-away and receive its hygiene rating, aps where you can send photographs of fly-tipping & vandalism so councils can deal with it quickly and a program allowing residents to buy a parking ticket before they leave the house.
