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Assessing the options for companies setting challenging goals for plastic reduction

In a move to help tackle the problems of plastic reduction, many companies have set themselves ambitious goals for the...

Conventional plastics and bioplastics: How can we move from the former to the latter

Plastic products are ubiquitous due to their particular material properties – properties that scientists and...
Consumer Technologies Video 22 June, 2018

Understanding the materials science of plastics to address end of life challenges

Non-biodegradable plastics build up in landfill or the natural environment as we produce and dispose of them many...

Normalising connectivity – could unconnected devices become the exception?

In this article, Charlotte Harvey, Consultant Mechanical Engineer, considers the growing trend of connected devices...

Breaking up with plastic

Technical steps to rethink, replace and reduce plastic packaging Reducing plastic waste is one of the great challenges...

Agri-tech: Livestock monitoring

Using low-cost wearable and ingestible devices to monitor the health of livestock in real-time - is almost a reality...

Agri-tech: Pollination tracking

While the principles of successful pollination are well understood, there are no current means to monitor the level of...
Industrial 08 March, 2018

Reconstitution Devices: Mixing, Power, Packaging & Regulation

In this article, Charlotte Harvey, Consultant Mechanical Engineer, discusses the challenge of reconstituting...

Energy harvesting: Powering connected drug delivery devices

Drug delivery devices have previously operated without any electrical power but are now increasingly including...
Medical 07 December, 2017
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