Digital Catapult has helped startup See.Sense to springboard from an internet of things (IoT) concept to selling consumer products that make cyclists safer on the road, and creating technology solutions that help city planners to design better transport infrastructure. See.Sense was the first startup to connect to Digital Catapult’s Future [...]
Belfast based custodial IT company Core Systems NI Ltd, has secured a significant deal to provide Australia’s largest prison with digital services to support inmate rehabilitation. Core Systems is a global expert in offender self-service solutions for use in prisons and in the community. Making the announcement, Patricia O’Hagan MBE, CEO [...]
Northern Ireland’s tech sector stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of “Bounce-Back” plans to help firms recover from the challenges of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to business owners from the country at a virtual event, the UK Minister for Exports, Graham Stuart, and Minister of State for Northern [...]
Belfast City Council has launched a new digital innovation matchmaking service www.CovidConnectNI.com in response to Covid-19. The pandemic has created a range of challenges for public, voluntary and community sector organisations, many of which require the innovative use of digital technology to continue to deliver their critical services or to [...]
Belfast company SureCert has been awarded Government NHSx funding through the recent Techforce19 call for its digital platform, which connects people with job and volunteering opportunities. Working in partnership with Experian PLC and the GB Group, SureCert’s platform for digital identity can provide both elements of the recruiting process – [...]
Research by Ulster University has shown that Primary Schools teachers have reported low levels of confidence when using computers and digital devices. The report “Digital Education in Primary Schools” authored by Professor Linda Clarke shows that just 57% of Teachers participating in the study reported that they felt fairly confident [...]
The Department of Finance has opened a £30,000 Innovation and Outreach Fund to encourage the use of open data. Awards of between £300 and up to £5,000 are available to fund the development of apps or other interactive visualisations that make innovative use of data on the Open Data NI [...]
CBI are running a survey to try and quantify which emerging technologies are being used/considered by UK companies, their level of adoption and corporate attitude. The CBI / Accenture Tech Tracker survey is an opportunity for your business to have its say on the technology trends, investment patterns and drivers [...]
A new Small Business Research Initiotive (SBRI) is being launched by the Department of Health to find innovative ideas to address air quality. The competition, called "Project ‘SPACE’ - Space Data Analytics" will open this Friday, 5th July and run until August 30th. You'll be able to access all the [...]
Our latest report suggests that the right components are in place to establish an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Northern Ireland. Working with The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Matrix commissioned a report in December 2018. Entitled “Artificial Intelligence Research in [...]
Belfast AI spin out LIOPA has secured Innovate UK Funding, along with partners Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Queen’s University of Belfast. They will deploy a communications aid for tracheostomy patients, aimed at improving patient engagement and autonomy. Liopa, a spin out of the Centre for Secure Information [...]
Dr. Rob Grundy was recently appointed as MATRIX Chair, following the retirement of Dr. Rob Hardeman. Dr Grundy is the founder of Anglezarke Life Sciences. He was previously CEO of CIGA Healthcare Ltd and Director of Commercial Development and Licensing at Almac Discovery. Rob’s main focus is on the commercial [...]