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Wideblue Presents Case Study at the Encompass Event

Wideblue Design and Development Director Grant King will be presenting a case study on product design in the real world at the Encompass event on 25th March at 200 St Vincent Street in Glasgow. The event entitled “ Developing a new product from concept to market “ will focus on how to turn a basic idea into a commercial business. Other presenters at the event are Bill Corr from Scottish Enterprise who will be talking about how to fund your idea and Simon Andrews from Strathclyde University who will talk about managing creativity and innovation.

Wideblue Moves to The West of Scotland Science Park

After eight years in the Polaroid Building in Dumbarton, Wideblue have now moved to The West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow. Located in Block 7, Kelvin Campus, our design studio and laboratories are kitted out with excellent new facilities for optics and photonics, electronics and software, mechanical engineering and medical device development. Our neighbours are a broad variety of hi-tech companies and University research departments all located in a modern campus environment.

Originally a 2006 management buyout from Polaroid Corporation, we have spent the last eight years strengthening our skills and broadening our experience. In that time we’ve accumulated over 100 person-years of experience, creating an incredible range of product designs from synthetic biology assembly systems to underwater barnacle scrapers, all for a broad range of organisations ranging from Dragon’s Den winners to US and European multinationals.

After two days, three removal trucks and a two-hour search for the box with the kettle the photo shows the Wideblue move team having a well-earned rest with a piece of cake.

Wideblue Design and Development Director Grant King said “The new studio, the labs, and the surrounding area are an excellent fit with our business and are much nearer our customers. We are looking forward to the next 8 years in our new home”.

Wideblue Client Calcivis granted a CE Mark in Europe

Calcivis, a medical devices company focused on revolutionising the management of tooth decay, today announces that its Calcivis® Caries Activity Imaging System has been granted a CE Mark in Europe. A CE Mark is required before a medical device can be marketed in the EU and a number of other countries and signifies that the manufacturer meets the requirements of European legislation.

A series of advanced prototypes of the system were developed and manufactured in-house by the Wideblue team who also supported the CE mark and medical device approvals.

Read more in our case study, and on the Calcivis website.

Wideblue wins new TSB Photonics for Health Competition

Wideblue is to lead a new collaborative Research and Development project to develop a fast, accurate and low cost medical respiratory rate monitor and capnometer based on solid state infra red optics.

Wideblue teamed up with Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) and Cambridge Respiratory Innovations Ltd (CRiL) to put together a winning bid in the recent Technology Strategy Board Photonics for Health competition.

The project is co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, Wideblue, GSS and CRiL.The project will utilise Wideblue’s experience and strength in Optics, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Prototyping, Medical Device Development and Project Management.

For more details read the consortium’s joint press release.

SKF – Insight^TM Demonstration Rig, Hanover Trade Fair

The SKF Condition Monitoring Centre at Livingston has developed a new integrated, self-powered, sensor package that uses a unique package of sensors and electronics to create a smart bearing capable of sending a wireless message when performance anomalies are detected. The technology was launched at the Hanover Trade Fair at the end of Q1 2013.

Against a fixed tradeshow deadline Wideblue worked with a broad spectrum of suppliers to create the demonstrator rig to SKF’s industrial design standards, delivering the unit in time to be launched at the show by Tom Johnstone, SKF President and CEO.

For more details see our SKF – Insight^TM case study.