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Wideblue client Impossible joins with Polaroid

Wideblue client Impossible joins with Polaroid as Impossible’s largest shareholder Wiacezlaw (Slava) Smolokowski acquires the iconic Polaroid brand. This latest Polaroid deal brings two related brands under one roof. In October 2008 The Impossible Project purchased the last remaining Polaroid factory in Enschede, Netherlands, for $3.1 million after Polaroid announced the end of its instant film production in February 2008. Since 2008, Impossible has successfully launched a number of new instant film lines, as well as its first camera, the Wideblue engineered I-1 instant camera.

Read full details of the acquisition deal here.

Wideblue win double Platinum Product Design Award for Peek Retina

Wideblue are pleased to announce that they have won two platinum awards in the 2017 European Product Design Awards. The European Product Design Awards recognizes the efforts of talented designers and design teams who aim to improve our daily lives with practical and beautiful creations, designed to solve a problem, make life easier or simply spread joy. Wideblue have designed, prototyped and arranged manufacturing of a Mobile Phone Ophthalmoscope for Peek Vision. This medical device, the Peek Retina, has won Platinum awards in the “Designs for Society” and “Designs for Life Science” categories. Both Wideblue and their customer Peek Vision are delighted to receive this prestigious award.

Wideblue named as finalist in Knowledge Exchange Awards

Wideblue are delighted to learn that our MAPS project has been named as a finalist in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2017 for the Multiparty Collaboration Award. This highly innovative project brings together Wideblue with Sellafield Limited, National Nuclear Labs, University of Strathclyde and Inspectahire Ltd. This multi party team are developing a new ground breaking technology to carry out both laser scanning and imaging inside important structures. The winners of the awards categories will be named on Tues 21st Feb.

Wideblue will be showing a case study at the forthcoming UWS Health Technologies and Medical Devices Showcase

Wideblue director Russell Overend will be showing a case study on the design and development of a low cost personal IR Capnometer at the forthcoming UWS Health Technologies and Medical Devices Showcase on 8th February 2017. The Showcase event, held at the Lord Smith of Kelvin International Research and Enterprise Centre at the University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus, is a unique opportunity to learn about some of the innovative applied research being conducted in photonics, materials, biomedical technology and digital health.

Full details of the event can be found here.

Wideblue clients reach finals of 2017 Scottish Life Science awards

Congratulations to Wideblue clients Reprocell Europe and Calcivis for reaching the finals of the 2017 Scottish Life Science awards. Winners will be announced at the Life Sciences annual dinner to be held on Thursday 2nd February at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Click here for full details of the event.