Inventor of paper-based sensor to help identify sepsis is named UK’s most promising young engineering entrepreneur

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George Winfield, Founder and CEO of SPYRAS, announced as winner of the prestigious JC Gammon award, receiving a £15,000 prize with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub. SPYRAS is developing a low-cost, paper-based sensor to help identify sepsis in hospital patients by accurately monitoring their breathing rate. Finalist innovations ranged from a […]

National day for engineering announced to combat narrow perception of profession

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Royal Academy of Engineering highlights that misconceptions about engineers and lack of understanding of the profession means young people are missing opportunities to make a difference to our world New research1 has revealed that 76% of young people aged 11 – 19 do not know a lot about what people working in engineering do Engineering […]