New technology at Torquay’s coastal zoo means you can colour in a sea creature and see it come to life in front of your eyes. The coastal conservation charity has installed an electronic wall where drawings are turned into animations. It’s the first time tech of this kind has been seen in the UK. Guests can colour one of a range of marine creatures, including tropical fish, seahorses and rays...
Dartmoor Zoo, renowned for its international conservation and education programmes, has welcomed 167 young women and schoolgirls to an evening of inspiring talks, expert advice, and close-up encounters with some of the zoo’s smaller amphibian and invertebrate residents.
Arranged by Women in STEM Plymouth (WISP), and sponsored by Babcock International, the event, which was designed to...
The Civica Group, a market leader in business-critical software applications, digital solutions and outsourcing services has acquired specialist software provider Carval Computing Limited.
Plymouth Science Park based Carval provides integrated HR and payroll systems and related payroll processing services.
Its software applications are used in more than 300 installations,...
Award-winning South West based company, WITT Ltd, is to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology - and is launching with its Crowdcube raise on 7th March.
The WITT is the only device in the world that can capture energy from all movement and turn it into electricity. No other energy system can exploit the full spectrum of...
Online giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users.
Analysis by Professor Steven Furnell, Director of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at Plymouth University, looked into the password security controls in place among 10 of the world’s most visited websites....
Have you ever exchanged business cards with someone you believe could transform your fortunes, only to subsequently lose the vital piece of paper containing all their details? If so, a graduate entrepreneur has developed the perfect solution with a technical innovation she believes could transforming face-to-face networking in the 21st century.
The desire for flexible working amongst staff has resulted in more businesses in the south west moving towards new mobile technologies, an IT study has found.
Carried out by Stem Group and Plymouth University, the South West Business IT Survey 2012 reveals that many companies are now looking into new technologies like the Cloud and mobile computing as a result of a demand from...
The first phase of a new partnership between IMP Software and ISBL , the central hub within the Centre for Education Operational Excellence , is set to give finance teams a single place to see how each school in their trust is performing against the industry-standard metrics used in ISBL’s Advanced Strategic Optimisation Tool (ASOT) .
IMP Planner , the flagship budgeting, forecasting and reporting platform for multi-academy trusts (MATs) from Exeter-based IMP Software , has won the Product of the Year award at the prestigious national MAT Excellence Awards 2026 .
The awards, which give school trusts and organisations supporting the MAT sector the opportunity to celebrate their achievements and recognise...
