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Wideblue exhibiting at this years Scottish Technology Showcase
Once again Wideblue will be exhibiting our technology-based product design skills at the Scottish Technology Showcase, this year held on 26 May in the SECC Glasgow. Please visit our stand to see recent projects first hand, and to hear how we have helped some clients with their start-up and funding process.
Read MoreWide Blue 26 May 2010
Driving Scotland’s Healthcare Innovation
Wideblue managing director Jim Hall is contributing to a seminar at the Scottish Technology Showcase: “Driving Scotland’s Healthcare Innovations”. The seminar brings together some of the health technology sector’s innovative players, to discuss how they have overcome the technological and business challenges to return wider benefits to Scotland.
Read MoreWide Blue 26 May 2010
Wideblue presents workshop at Technology Changing Healthcare event
At this years 5th Convergent Technologies Showcase and Conference, Wideblue will be running an afternoon product design workshop session entitled “From Concept to Commercialisation”. In the course of the workshop Grant King and Stuart Kelly will use real-world case studies to explore the four critical stages in turning technology into a commercial product: Concept, Feasibility, …
Read MoreWide Blue 19 May 2010
Web launch for Kelvin Vision Multifocal Imager
The Multifocal Imager 3GEN, a system for retinal imaging, is the culmination of 16 years of research with experience in over 7,000 patients. See the Kelvin Vision website for more details. Wideblue is currently manufacturing this device having been selected as the design for manufacture partner by Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL).
Read MoreWide Blue 14 May 2010
Centeo Launches First Product
Centeo Biosciences has successfully launched its flagship product – the TG40 – a portable, temperature-controlled microtitre plate with docking station. TG40 is the first system designed specifically to enable optimization and screening of crystallization temperatures in a portable, hand-held device. Wideblue worked in close collaboration with Centeo’s in-house scientific and engineering experts to develop the …
Read MoreWide Blue 15 February 2010
Wideblue supports the John Logie Baird Awards for Innovation
We are once again supporting the John Logie Baird Innovation awards in 2009/10. Wideblue Project Manager Stuart Kelly sat on the Glasgow regional judging panel to assess a wide range of innovative business propositions. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on 12th March 2010.
Read MoreWide Blue 27 January 2010
Wideblue Director presents a case study at the Life Sciences Scotland Med tech Forum
Wideblue Design and Development Director Grant King presented a case study that addressed some of the challenges in successfully taking a home healthcare product from initial idea to full commercialisation. The case study featured the Wideblue designed Breastlight, an award-winning product that assists in the early detection of breast cancer. The Breastlight is a perfect …
Read MoreWide Blue 11 November 2009
Wideblue founding partner in Kelvin Capital syndicate
Wideblue is a founding partner in newly established business angel syndicate Kelvin Capital, which has recently announced its first investment. In association with the Boots Centre for Innovation, the syndicate will focus on innovative technologies in consumer healthcare and medical devices, as well as energy and renewables. Investment deal sizes will be between £50k and …
Read MoreWide Blue 07 October 2009
Starting a business: What the over-50s need to know
Wideblue Managing Director Jim Hall is included in this Guardian article on starting a business, which draws on Jim’s experience of starting up Wideblue as a product design and development consultancy. Read The Guardian article for more details.
Read MoreWide Blue 26 September 2009
PWB Health Product Available at Boots
Wideblue customer PWB Health now has product available for sale through mass retailer Boots. Breastlight is a health and wellbeing product for women. It helps women notice any changes in their breasts over time. Wideblue developed the Breastlight product for PWB Health, and it is good to see the success of the product, already on …
Read MoreWide Blue 04 September 2009
Wideblue Exhibits at major UK Medical Device Technology event
Wideblue is exhibiting at the Medical Innovation Forum at London’s Olympia Conference Centre on 10th June 2009. The Medical Innovation Forum is “the premier UK networking event for all those with an interest in health technologies to discuss innovations, fast-track technology transfer, find partners and seek funding/licensing agreements”. Having built a strong reputation in Scotland …
Read MoreWide Blue 10 June 2009
Scottish Parliament congratulates PWB Health on design award win
ackie Baillie MSP submitted the motion that ‘the Parliament congratulates bioscience company PWB Health on winning a gold award at the 22nd annual Excellence in Design competition in the medical/test equipment category’. For more details see Scottish Parliament Business Bulletin.
Read MoreWide Blue 29 May 2009
Breastlight wins Excellence in Design Gold Award
The Breastlight, made by PWB Health, received a Gold award in the Medical/Test Equipment category in appliance DESIGN Magazine’s 22nd Annual Excellence in Design Awards Competition. The product was designed by Wide Blue.” The purpose of appliance DESIGN’s annual design competition is to honor those designers who have excelled in meeting the modern challenge of …
Read MoreWide Blue 09 April 2009
The Nexxt Big Thing in Women’s Health
Jim Hall will talk on ‘The Breastlight Story. From Enlightened People to Enlightened Breast Awareness’ at the first Horizons in Biomedicine event of 2009. This event will focus on a number of important issues affecting Women’s Health and is to take place at the University of Glasgow on 12 March.
Read MoreWide Blue 18 February 2009
Wideblue Exhibits at ITI Members’ Meeting
Wideblue’s technical team will be available to discuss examples of recently completed projects at the 2009 ITI Scotland Members’ Meeting, on 24th February at the Sheraton hotel, Edinburgh. Wideblue’s skills in turning technology concepts into commercially viable products are particularly relevant to the ITI’s business model, which seeks to identify and commercialise technology-based intellectual property …
Read MoreWide Blue 16 February 2009
Wideblue to Raise Investment Levels
Wideblue is to step up its investment activity, taking six-figure stakes in client businesses as it strengthens its links with Scottish universities. See The Scotsman for full details.
Read MoreWide Blue 07 January 2009
Wideblue Wins Top Innovation Award
Wideblue received the “Breakthrough Product Award” for our work developing the BreastLight product – a unique hand-held device which will help women with self-examination for the early signs of breast cancer. Read the full article.
Read MoreWide Blue 22 September 2008
Wideblue Supports the John Logie Baird Awards Programme 2008
The awards packages, valued at approximately £20,000, “recognise and celebrate innovation by encouraging the commercial exploitation of Scotland’s intellectual capital”. Entries must be submitted by 15th September 2008. Wideblue will also contribute expertise as a member of the Regional Judging Panel.
Read MoreWide Blue 18 August 2008
Scottish Government Minister John Swinney Visits Wideblue
Finance Secretary, John Swinney visited the Wideblue office to see how SMART:AWARD funding had contributed to the development of ‘Breastlight’, a new health and well being product for women. He said that the device would have “potential health benefits for millions as an aid for breast awareness…”
Read MoreWide Blue 30 July 2008
West Dunbartonshire MP John McFall Visits Wideblue
ohn McFall MP said: “I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Wideblue. The work they are doing in the former Polaroid factory is remarkable and really interesting. It’s exciting to have this kind of work going on right here on our doorstep in Dumbarton.”
Read MoreWide Blue 06 July 2008
Wideblue Working with Dragon’s Den Winners to Provide Clean Drinking Water for the Developing World
Red Button won overwhelming backing from the BBC’s Dragon’s Den in 2007 for its Reverse Osmosis Sanitation System (ROSS). Wideblue is to engage with the Red Button team, to refine and develop the product design and functionality.
Read MoreWide Blue 16 March 2008