Insights
From stratospheric antennas to implantable bio-sensors, from the thermodynamics of carbon capture to quantum technology and AI-designed biology, we use deep tech to challenge and change the status quo.
Read our latest research and insights to help you see beyond the innovation hype and find out how emerging technologies are solving important business problems.
What next for active smart implants?
The future of smart active implantable medical devices – our experts share key insights for medical implant manufacturers ...
Desirability, Viability, Feasibility
Not everyone knows how to embark on the road to a new market breakthrough – or has the confidence to overcome natural hesitancy. At CC, we believe in the design thinking approach known as DVF (Desirability, Viability, Feasibility) ...
Quantum sensing technology for the life sciences
Swiss company Qnami, a leader in quantum sensing technology, tasked us with identifying potential applications in the biomedical area where NV magnetometry could provide clinical value and open new commercial avenues ...
Sustainability at the heart of drug delivery product design
Lizzie Thomas presents her case for designing improved, sustainable drug delivery product design. Currently, the approach is dominated at the outset by patient-centricity. This focus means that wider, more long-term implications simply aren’t considered early enough ...
Collaboration can unlock a successful connected future for global pharma
Global pharma is hitting a major fork in the road, and one way leads to failure. For me, it’s vital that the industry comes together to grasp the once-in-a-generation opportunity that emergent technology is offering ...
Start-up technology risk management in The Engine venture ecosystem
Founders of early-stage start-ups are passionate, driven and optimistic. So, as they embark on the mission to sell their vision, they should accentuate the positive and keep negative thoughts of risk to the back of their mind, right? Wrong ...
AI-enhanced imaging for superhuman surgery
AI-based methods are offering superhuman image enhancement. But their medical applications are not without risk – unless, that is, you consider a hybrid approach… ...
CC and The Engine venture ecosystem: an alignment of ambition
We're ramping up our commitment to The Engine, the ambitious venture ecosystem spun out of MIT to support ‘Tough Tech’ companies and solve key challenges in climate change, human health and advanced systems ...
Why the world needs digitally connected active implant innovation
Dr Ashwini Sharan and Cambridge Consultants provoked debate with a film, ‘A day in the life of a Parkinson’s patient in 2030’, which imagined seamless therapy enabled by smart active implants, surgical robotics, digital connectivity and AI ...
