See our impact
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Helping Microform leverage the latest technology to drive business performance
Find out how our researchers have collaborated with document management solution providers, Microform, to help them leverage technologies such as AI and machine learning to increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge.
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“Our placement student has brought new insights to our company, helping us to think about our work from different angles.”
We caught up with Shannon Hirst, Senior Research Lead at OnePlusOne to find out what value student placements bring to the organisation.
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How our research is helping businesses to innovate
Our facilities and expertise can help your business go further.
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TacMap
Dedicated researchers, experienced designers and real world users are guiding the way for visually impaired tourists. Sometimes visually impaired people can be dependent on sighted people for the information they need to navigate new cities, building and rooms.
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Taking on asthma and transforming patient treatment
Many asthma attacks are brought on by panic at not having any reliever, leading to emergency hospital admissions. One of our students developed an idea for a new type of inhaler. We are currently negotiating a deal to make the product a commercial reality.
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The new technology helping curators get creative
Researchers at Design Futures have devised cutting-edge technology to enhance customer and curator experience in museums and heritage sites.
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Changing attitudes towards food and eating better
Lincolnshire County Council decided to tackle problems in their local schools and communities, to help change behaviours and culture relating to food
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Providing accurate ways of monitoring children's respiration
Our client, Sheffield Children's Hospital, identified a need to develop new equipment to monitor the respiration activity of patients.
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Rice milling for the future — transforming rice milling in India and creating value from waste
Our research is transforming rice production.
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Analysing the performance of and characteristics of hockey sticks
How Sheffield Hallam University’s Centre for Sports Engineering Research helped Wasp Hockey, an established manufacturer of hockey sticks