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10 yrs ago, Bristol became a testbed for the future of networks.

The Smart Internet Lab, didn’t just build 5G infrastructure - it rethought how networks should be built: open, programmable, embedded in cities.

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Smart Internet Lab at 10. Pioneering 5G, shaping 6G, and training tomorrow’s network innovators - Foresight
Professor Dimitra Simeonidou reflects on a decade of the Smart Internet Lab, and how Bristol has become a testbed for the future of networks.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Quantum investors are shifting focus: strategic clarity, team maturity, and tooling over theory.

At Optica’s summit in Bristol, exits are coming earlier - and founders are being asked tougher questions.

No one’s funding prototypes forever.

#quantum #investors

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Investors on quantum’s next big moves: what founders need to know - Foresight
Panel at Optica’s Quantum Industry Summit was candid on challenges and opportunities.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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To make quantum computers more efficient and reliable, some of their basic components must be constantly reused – several quantum computer designs can now do just that
Quantum computers that recycle their qubits can limit errors
To make quantum computers more efficient and reliable, some of their basic components must be constantly reused – several quantum computer designs can now do just that
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December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A decade after its launch, the UK’s quantum programme is shifting from policy to delivery.

With £670m invested, new research hubs, and pilots across public services, quantum is becoming infrastructure.

The ambition now: lead in impact, not just ideas.

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What is the UK government doing to support the quantum industry? - Foresight
Ten years on, the UK’s quantum ambitions are becoming reality – but the hard work is only just beginning, say speakers at UKRI event.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
UK quantum start ups are booming - until Series B hits.

At #QuantumTech, VCs & advisors called out the “moonshot gap,” slow pension capital, and commercial traction as key hurdles.

The next wave? Smarter, scrappier, and aiming way past unicorns.

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Five issues VCs and advisors consider when it comes to investing in quantum - Foresight
The UK’s quantum community has never been more connected, but understanding how the money flows, who controls it, and how to make it work at scale is key to its future.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Digital and net zero aren’t two strategies any more, they’re the same system

£55bn in R&D + AI, modelling & supercomputing is turning climate goals into computation problems

Regions with depth in both could move fastest. Is yours one of them?

#newzero #AI #climate

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Where digital meets decarbonisation. Can the UK turn convergence into competitive advantage? - Foresight
As £55 billion in R&D funding sets the tone for clean energy and health breakthroughs, experts say the real prize lies in how digital and sustainability innovation now collide.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Quantum’s momentum is shifting from #qubit races to the software that makes those machines useful.

Strong insights from QuEra’s Yuval Boger, Phasecraft’s Ashley Montanaro and the Riverlane ecosystem.

If you want to see where quantum is really heading, start here

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Why quantum software is a movement for the ages - Foresight
As investors shift focus from quantum hardware to software, the race is on to prove utility, and to overcome the twin limits of talent and time.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
New snapshot on robotics in 2025: the shift is from prototypes to deployable systems across warehouses, hospitals, production lines and human-centred spaces.

The story is not “more robots,” but better integration. Where scale happens next will define the next decade

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Robotics in 2025: from warehouse floors to operating theatres and humanoids - Foresight
Key trends, numbers and regional breakthroughs shaping robotics innovation.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The UK has the research strength and the founders to lead in semiconductors - what’s missing is scale.

The gap isn’t ideas, it’s integration: moving from breakthrough to production, from labs to global markets.

Can we build the coordination to match the ambition?

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UK powers up trillion-pound tech ambition with semiconductor drive - Foresight
Experts at Foresight Live say unlocking the UK’s semiconductor potential is key to scaling world-class companies and closing the gap between university research and industrial impact.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of air pollution. Evidence is now revealing what effects this could have and how to tackle it
How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?
We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of air pollution. Evidence is now revealing what effects this could have and how to tackle it
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October 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
UK can’t outscale on chips - but it can outthink.

Prof. Martin Kuball is betting on GaN, SiC, even diamond.
High-voltage semiconductors = faster EV charging, smarter grids.

“Unless the charging’s better, no point in having an EV.”

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Beyond silicon: how compound semiconductors are sparking industry innovation - Foresight
Professor Martin Kuball on industry, start-ups, and a Japanese collaboration.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The UK has world-class semiconductor strengths in Cambridge, Bristol, Glasgow and Newport.

With fresh investment, stronger coordination and the National Semiconductor Centre, the country is poised to lead globally in chips, photonics and compound semiconductors.

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What will it take for the UK semiconductor industry to innovate and grow? - Foresight
Serial entrepreneur Rupert Baines warns that while the UK has untapped strengths in chips and photonics, without unified strategy and deeper capital those advantages could slip away.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Quantum, robotics, semis, AI, fusion

Deep tech is pulling in serious capital: $1bn for PsiQuantum, $2.5bn for Anduril, £100m+ for UK's PhysicsX, $55m for Paragraf.

Full breakdown of 2025’s biggest deep tech deals

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Top deep tech deals: who’s got what from whom? - Foresight
From quantum and robotics to semiconductors, AI, and materials, we look at some of the top funding deals so far this year…
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September 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
From London expos to deep-dive forums in Rennes, Tel Aviv + Singapore, the 2025/26 cyber calendar is packed.

And in just 2 weeks, @techsparkuk.bsky.social CyberCon Bristol - the South West’s flagship, mixing AI×cyber, space + skills in one compact, curated event.

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Essential cybersecurity conferences - Foresight
Ten cybersecurity events and conferences to watch in 2024-2025. The insights and connections you need to stay at the forefront of the field.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From Bristol’s octopus-inspired soft robot to record industrial installations, UK robotics is on the rise.

The challenge now?

Turning breakthrough science into scaled impact.

With the right skills, safety and support, the UK can lead the next wave of robotics.

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September 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Swedish researchers have developed two types of 3D bioprinting technology to artificially generate skin containing blood vessels. It could be a breakthrough in the quest to regenerate damaged skin. www.wired.com/story/resear...
Researchers Create 3D-Printed Artificial Skin That Allows Blood Circulation
Swedish researchers have developed two types of 3D bioprinting technology to artificially generate skin containing blood vessels. It could be a breakthrough in the quest to regenerate damaged skin.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
At a time when raising investment is difficult and cash is vital, it is more important than ever to understand fully the approach taken by investors when considering an investment opportunity.

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September 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
AI is reshaping R&D: from drug discovery to materials, it cuts time + cost, freeing researchers to focus on big questions.

With Isambard-AI powering UK science and demand rising for photonics, the ripple effects span labs, data centres + investment

#ai #compute

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How and where R&D is getting a boost from AI, according to McKinsey - Foresight
From drug discovery to materials science, AI is streamlining R&D and reshaping the infrastructure and skills needed to support it.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
From jazz clubs to quantum labs, Christopher Bishop shows why deep tech needs rock stars, not just researchers.

Robotics tells the same story: ideas only scale with skills, policy + creativity.

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August 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
From bass lines to qubits: Christopher Bishop
shows how curiosity, not credentials, can unlock the quantum workforce.

Quantum needs translators as much as physicists.

840k roles by 2035 - are you ready?

#quantum #music #technology #jobs #deeptech #qubits

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From bass lines to qubits: what can the quantum job market learn from a musician? - Foresight
Quantum technologies will redefine how we think about work, education, and crafting businesses.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Shaping the future means looking beyond the headline breakthroughs to the systems that turn ideas into impact.

Technology will only scale if we build the right bridges between research, skills, and business.

#quantum #robotics #deeptech #technology

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From Curiosity to Commercialisation
Shaping the future means looking beyond the headline breakthroughs to the systems that turn ideas into impact. Whether it’s quantum jobs, robotics innovation, or deep tech commercialisation, the commo...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Soft robots, big ambitions.

From Bristol’s octopus-inspired arm to warehouse and surgical bots, UK robotics is scaling fast.

With skills, regulation and investment aligned, the UK could turn ingenuity into global industrial strength.

#robotics #bots #business

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Soft robots, hard truths… Can the UK deliver on robotics vision? - Foresight
A new industrial strategy highlights robotics as key to UK growth, but regulation, confidence and skills must catch up.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Europe’s deep tech strength is clear – now it’s about scale.

SPIN: Rise from EITDigital shows how structured commercialisation can turn research into ventures.

The UK has the assets to match – and a chance to lead together in the “intelligent age”.

#DeepTech

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What the UK can learn from SPIN: Rise, Europe’s bid to close the innovation gap - Foresight
EU model shows how structured commercialisation can unlock sovereign tech leadership.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Quantum tech is “hard squared” says Boeing’s Jay Lowell – so why put it in space?

Earlier this year Anna Demming explored Bristol’s John Rarity, Boeing & Rotonium in a new space race aiming for an entangled, photonic, quantum-secure planet.

#quantum #space

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Quantum technology takes on the space race 2.0 - Foresight
Specialists in quantum technology are partnering with space experts to reach for the skies, but what is driving these collaborations? And what makes them the obvious next step for a better connected p...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Innovation is rarely the product of a single breakthrough – it’s the sum of the networks, rules and environments that either accelerate or obstruct it.

The blueprint may already exist.

The challenge is to scale it.

#telecoms #quantum #innovation #technology

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Innovation at the crossroads
From the structure of telecoms regulation to the physical foundations of deep tech, the UK’s innovation landscape is being reshaped by forces both structural and strategic. The question is no longer j...
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August 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM