Imperial.Tech.Pitch | Affordable technologies for an ageing society
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Event recording of Imperial.Tech.Pitch: Affordable technologies for an ageing society on Wednesday 26 May 2021, 11.00 BST via Zoom
Around 12 million people in the UK are aged 65 are over, and this figure is projected to grow: by 2030, estimates show that 1 in 5 people in the UK will be over the age of 65. Research from Public Health England shows that increases in life expectancy have outstripped increases in healthy life expectancy.
So how can we meet the needs of an ageing population and develop technologies that improve healthy life expectancy? This event brought together speakers from across Imperial College London to showcase Imperial's research and technologies aimed at providing solutions to this question.
Research pitches
Rapid delivery of vaccines and personalised medicines
Dr Cleo Kontoravdi, Department of Chemical Engineering, will speak about her research, focusing on rapid delivery of vaccines and personalised medicines.
Next generation orthopaedic implants
Dr Richard Jan Van Arkel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, will pitch his research in the area of optimising and pre-clinically testing next generation orthopaedic implants
Human machine interfaces and motor rehabilitation
Professor Dario Farina, Department of Bioengineering, will present his research on developing human machine interfaces and other neurotechnologies for motor rehabilitation.
Technology pitches
MINT: Micro Implantable Neural Technologies
Dr Dorian Haci will present on neural implant technologies developed in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial.
Ultrafast and super-resolution ultrasound for visualising flow
Professor Mengxing Tang will present on a technology for Ultrafast and super-resolution ultrasound for visulaising maco- and micro-vascular flow dynamics in vivo, developed in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial.
A bioinspired treatment for skin wounds
Dr Claire Higgins will present on a bioinspired treatment for skin wounds, developed in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial.
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