This blog is now closed
This blog is now closed
The Defence Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics community has been using different channels to communicate its work, so we will no longer be updating this blog.
Extreme cleanliness for an extreme hospital
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John Abbott, Posted on:
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Defence industry, Science and Technology, Support to Operations
All medical facilities need to ensure cleanliness. But with the nature of military operations always changing, and the potential of chemical and biological attack, military hospitals may have to keep clean both inside and out. All this and be ready …
E-learning saves lives in Sierre Leone
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Fergus Baillie, Posted on:
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Education and training, International Cooperation, Science and Technology, Support to Operations
An international crisis requires information to be created quickly, amended quickly and communicated instantly to a multilingual audience. E-learning is able to reinforce classroom content with ‘flipped learning’, providing interactive and video content in advance of classroom training, leading to …
New Year resolution - to boost defence innovation
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Wendy Jacob, Posted on:
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Defence industry, International Cooperation, Policy, Science and Technology
The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), published at the end of 2015, recognised that the UK is a global leader in science, technology, medicine, energy, and the creative industries. Many new ideas and funding …
Preparing for Reality of the Battlefield with latest in Virtual Reality
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Collette Johnson, Posted on:
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Defence industry, Education and training, Science and Technology
Virtual reality technology is no longer a futuristic concept, as the UK government invests in making a more realistic training experience for frontline soldiers. Plextek Consulting has been working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to create an …
Socks are not just for Christmas!
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Wendy Jacob, Posted on:
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Education and training, History, People, Science and Technology
If you received a gift of a pair of socks this Christmas, you may reflect for a moment on the importance of these small articles of clothing and a history of innovation. In 1914-18, protecting soldiers from trench foot meant …
Oceans ahead with government's support for innovation
ASV is a small and medium sized enterprise (SME) based in Portchester. We design, build and operate a wide range of unmanned marine vehicles, delivering over 70 systems to 10 different countries. We have benefited from funding from across government - …
Innovators and small businesses welcomed to defence by SBRI
You are an innovator and have a great idea that will benefit defence. How do you find a way into the market and find advice and support to develop your idea and take this forward to success? Enter the Small …
Out with the Hackers
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Leo Borrett, Posted on:
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Defence industry, Education and training, Policy, Science and Technology
As part of a new effort to Catalyse Innovation through Defence Science and Technology, MOD recently hosted a 'hackathon'. MODHACK 2015 - Mining the Deep Web – provided an opportunity for software teams to explore the web, using tools from …
Medical advances in World War 1
The figures were high – 244,1673 killed, wounded, missing and prisoners on the British sector of the Western Front from February 1915 - October 1918. As the technology of warfare developed during WW1, causing death and injury that had not been …
Henry Moseley: A Scientist Lost to War
Henry ‘Harry’ Moseley was an exceptionally promising young English physicist in the years immediately before World War I. His work on the X-ray spectra of the elements provided a new foundation for the Periodic Table and contributed to the development …