Tag Archives: Idea Fund
Visit to an Idea Fund project
An inspiring visit yesterday to see progress on Johana Hartwig’s Idea Fund project based in Cardiff Bay. Johana is exploring how her city could find ways to feed itself utilising a kind of hydroponic system, grown on the waste discarded … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – Developing a Field Insect Microscope
Our latest ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund award is to Freddy Sarathchandra, a mechanical engineer and public health scientist. During his PhD research and subsequent start up company Enstic’s work on acoustic ID devices for automated insect detection, Freddy has … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – Tree Hugger Robot for detecting early signs of tree disease & environmental stress
Suhandan is a 14 year old student living in Scotland who’s passionate about robotics and environmental conservation. Suhandan has built a first prototype of his Tree Hugger robot idea which will use a range of sensors: Thermal, to take readings of … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – using urban river waste to create aesthetic, floating structures for growing food
Our latest ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund award is to Johana Hartwig, a Cardiff based artist exploring creative solutions to urban environmental issues. Her work has focused on water bodies within populated spaces and public access to natural resources. Johana … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award : Detox Bio Embellishment: Non-mined gemstones
Our first ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund award of 2025 is to Cassie Quinn for her lab experiments into creating reflective sparkles using biopolymers. Intriguingly, the idea was born from a mistake made in an experiment of Cassie’s while producing … Continue reading
Latest Idea Fund Award
We are are pleased to announce the ‘BLCK BOX’ project as the latest winner of an ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund award . BLCK BOX is the idea for an innovative tool that uses granular data from sensors to create … Continue reading
‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund – braille project news
Great to hear update news from one of our 2023 fund winners on their experimental development of a digital Braille Reader to include graphics to enable blind people to play digital games. Ed has sent us 2 short videos of … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – Thermal insulation from crop waste
We are delighted to announce our latest ‘Ive got an idea’ Fund award to Antoinette Oni – an architectural designer, materials researcher and artist. Antoinette is working on how to create thermal insulation boards from a composite based on abundant … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – A Braille reader enabling blind people to play digital games
Blind and partially sighted people suffer from a lack of relevant Braille reading tools that allow them to engage with digital literature, televised sporting events and online gaming. Since 2011, Edward Rogers, CEO and founder of Bristol Braille Technology CIC … Continue reading
New Idea Fund Award – Contact lenses from fish waste
We are delighted to announce our latest ‘I’ve got an idea Fund‘ award to Nicole Hakim who recently completed a Masters in Biodesign at Central Saint Martins. Nicole explains the twin problem that she’s motivated to address. On the one … Continue reading
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