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Whitepaper

Net zero product discovery

Apr 12, 2021

In this whitepaper we examine the potential rewards of sustainable yet multidimensional business growth and reveal why whole system mapping is a prerequisite for driving essential system-level – not just product-level – innovation.

  • Industrial design
  • Physical sciences
  • Product realisation
  • Strategic advice
Sencare Red Dot Award
Opinion

Our Red Dot Design Award winner was shaped by the needs of Parkinson’s patients

Oct 6, 2022

We're pleased to share that we’ve won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award for a holistic wearable medical device concept that puts the needs of Parkinson’s patients at the very core of its design.

  • Digital health
  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • Sensing
  • User Experience (UX)
2022 Cambridge Consultants Associate Prize for Breakthrough Design
Opinion

Celebrating award-winning design innovation in an underserved area of women’s health

Sep 23, 2022

The design and technology teams working in medical technology innovation at Cambridge Consultants are passionate about improving women’s healthcare. We were delighted to welcome to CC Aashi Srivastava, the winner of Cambridge Consultants ‘Excellence in Breakthrough Design’ at the New Designers award ceremony to hear more about her perineal tear recovery kit to aid new Mums. 

  • Digital health
  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Medical Device Design
Opinion

Time to get emotional – my top six insights into successful medical device design

Feb 28, 2022

Six insights into successful medical device design. Designing a medical device is a challenging creative task. Not only must it be safe, reliable, easy to use and have market appeal, the device must be accepted into people’s lives and lifestyles...

  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

Start early and think big – how to ensure the security of your automated and autonomous machines can be trusted

Oct 25, 2021

The coming world of automated and autonomous machines will transform how we live, travel, work and engage with the world.

  • AI & Analytics
  • Digital security
  • Industrial design
  • Robotics
Opinion

AI safety might be a worry, but innovators of autonomous systems have no need to panic

Sep 24, 2021

Now don’t be alarmed, but I want to pose a potentially unnerving question: just how safe is artificial intelligence? Those of you of a sensitive disposition might already be recalling images of James Cameron’s self-aware Terminators hunting down humankind in a post-nuclear wasteland.

  • AI & Analytics
  • Connectivity & IoT
  • Digital security
  • Industrial design
  • Strategic advice
Opinion

Welcoming talented young graduates has underlined my faith in the future of industrial design

Sep 17, 2021

The future of industrial design and technology is in good young hands. That’s my overwhelming reaction after welcoming the winner and runners-up of a major student award we sponsored to honour excellence in breakthrough design. 

  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

Our four iF DESIGN AWARDS put us in the top three nationally

May 5, 2021

Winning a prestigious international design award for our product innovation here at Cambridge Consultants is obviously fantastic – so scooping not just one but four gongs in the coveted iF Design Awards is great for everyone involved. Andy Pigeon, our head of User centred Design reviews the four winners.

  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

Digital transformation: securing your place in the new critical care ecosystem

Apr 15, 2021

The pandemic has compressed a decade of incremental change into a matter of months. Medical device companies sit on the cusp of radical change. Gavin Troughton, Head of Acute and Critical Care, surveys the fast changing landscape and poses the questions that can inform your digital transformation play…

  • Connectivity & IoT
  • Digital health
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

Is your AI & data processing approach fit for purpose in a telehealth world?

Mar 19, 2021

With the increasing need for remote diagnosis and monitoring, telehealth solutions are on the rise. But how do you choose the correct data strategy to deal with the wealth of data – is there a trade off?

  • Connectivity & IoT
  • Digital health
  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

The path to successful telemedicine system architecture

Jan 21, 2021

Telemedicine is where telecommunication and healthcare converge.

  • Connectivity & IoT
  • Digital health
  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • User Experience (UX)
Opinion

Medical device sustainability takes centre stage at DDL2020

Dec 16, 2020

Sustainability emerged as a hot and emotive topic at this year’s Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference, read Donal Taylor's thoughts on other key trends that emerged.

  • Human factors
  • Industrial design
  • Physical sciences
  • Product realisation