Eric Schmidt references Nesta reports alongside pledge to fund computer science teachers
The Google Executive Chairman namechecks Next Gen and BBC Micro reports while announcing the company is to fund the training of more than 100 science teachers over the next three years.
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Birmingham community issues mapped live online for first time
6/10/11
Birmingham City Council and local residents can now work more closely together to discuss issues and identify trends in the community through a brand new web tool.
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Tom Uglow
The Creative Director of Google and YouTube, Europe on idea generation, innovation and the creative process at one of the world's biggest companies
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PlayMob receives investment to drive in-game fundraising
7/3/12 - In-game micro-payments firm PlayMob today announces that it has secured £500,000 funding from NESTA and other investors, including newly appointed Chairman Ian Livingstone, to expand its team and grow the marketplace.
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Our Frugal Future: Lessons from India’s Innovation system
July 2012
This report explores the policies, institutions and industries that are driving research and innovation in India.
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Response to Ed Balls' proposal to spend 4G windfall on housing
1/10/12
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has today called for the 4G windfall to fund housing and stamp duty breaks. In September, Nesta's economic plan for innovation-led growth, Plan I, highlighted the need to invest the 4G windfall back into science, technology and innovation - not into mostly 19th and 20th century infrastructure such as housing, rail and roads.
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Dr Sarah Chan
Watch our interview with Dr Sarah Chan, Deputy Director of ISEI & Research Fellow in Bioethics, University of Manchester, who talks about how developments in the field of human enhancement are likely to influence our views on disability.
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Collective Intelligence draft paper
October 2011
We've just published a draft of our Collective Intelligence paper on Google - it's open for comments, so let us know what you think and share your ideas with us.
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Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh
Watch our interview with NESTA Creative Pioneer Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh, inventor of Sugru
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Million pound boost to develop UK hyperlocal media sector
29/3/12
A major new £1million programme designed to understand and stimulate the development of a UK hyperlocal media sector, is being launched today, led by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board.
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Kiel Gilleade
In this interview, Kiel Gilleade, Liverpool John Moores University, talks about how he got involved in the Quantified Self movement and outlines some of the work he's currently doing in the field.
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The Secret Sauce for cooking up your own People’s Supermarket
26/7/12
The People’s Supermarket (TPS), with support from Nesta, today launches Secret Sauce, a new publication to inspire, excite and share the lessons from TPS’s London venture so that others can do good, while also operating at the heart of the consumer economy.
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Carbon reduction shouldn’t be a stab in the dark: help shape better CO2 measurement
1/10/12
A Carbon Data challenge prize will be launched later this year, run by Nesta, to overcome a lack of effective, usable carbon measurement and data – a major barrier to greenhouse gas reduction.
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Nesta welcomes Heseltine's Review, but looks to the Government for concrete action
31/10/12
Nesta commends Heseltine’s vision for an industrial strategy for the UK: what we called for in Plan I. A strategy with innovation at its centre, along with a commitment to long-term funding for science and innovation.
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Silicon Valley comes to the UK 2011
19/9/2011 - Silicon Valley Comes to the UK is back for 2011, and our elite group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and business leaders will be sharing their knowledge and insights into some of the most innovative ideas of the 21st century.
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New research reveals new tier of businesses poised for growth
17/11/11
One in ten UK businesses has the potential to join the elite ‘Vital 7%’ of the UK’s fastest growing firms.
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Zombie fitness app a runaway success for UK business
3/4/12
A British-made fitness game – Zombies, Run! – has become a worldwide hit, getting players from across the globe running away from ‘zombies’ to get fit and reaching #14 on the list of Top Grossing Apps worldwide.
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Adriana Lukas
In this interview, Adriana Lukas, London Quantified Self, discusses interesting trends emerging from the Quantified Self movement and considers the implications for the emerging platforms for collating the data.
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Denise DeLuca
Watch the interview with Denise DeLuca of Swedish Biomimetics 3000, who discusses some of the biomimetic projects her company is currently working on including a new spray system based on the Bombardier beetle.
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Professor Jaideep Prabhu
Watch the interview with Professor Jaideep Prabhu who talks about the opportunities presented by India's innovation system.
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