Scottish Technology News

A centre of excellence for digital media businesses

This month saw the opening of the Digital Media Quarter (DMQ) in Glasgow – a dedicated business location for Scotland’s digital media industry.

Getting a clearer picture in medical imaging

With a number of University initiatives underway to develop medical imaging expertise, Scotland has the potential to be very well placed in this fast moving global sector.

There are a number of medical imaging technologies in use, each with unique strengths. However there is currently no single modality that gives everything which will be required for medical diagnosis in the future.

Pioneering Scottish research makes its mark in the USA

Work on a ground-breaking Universal Video Decoder by a research team at Robert Gordon University has attracted international attention from California’s Silicon Valley.

In September, Professor Iain Richardson from the University’s Centre for Video Communication delivered a keynote speech about the Decoder to the International System on Chip Conference in California.

Spotlight

Keypoint technology helps streamline typing

A Glasgow software company is to use a successful funding round to further develop and market its innovative multilingual text software product.

Keypoint Technologies (KPT) is developing the text application for devices like PDAs, and the first smartphones using its patented Adaptxt system will be unveiled in Autumn.