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October 2015
Digital games and toys for health and healthcare: how to make them work best
This presentation will introduce the main ingredients for a successful implementation of game mechanics (gamification) in e-health interventions intended for health-related behaviour and lifestyle modifications and for use in e-psychiatry, drawing on the best current research evidence in this domain, with some illustrative examples of games and toy gadgets. How do you conceptualise gamification for healthy behaviour change? What are apps for health? Want to find out about gamified interventions? How can a Facebook health game help people with diabetes…
Find out more »January 2016
Nuclear Decommissioning
Speaker: Gordon Tait, Senior Project Manager, Site Decommissioning, Dounreay Fast Reactor Site. Gordon will be presenting a on the challenges of Nuclear Decommissioning. His talk will cover the history and challenges of decommissioning with specific reference to the complete removal of a plutonium critical test facility. This will include a short historical view followed by the challenges of decommissioning a facility that has been out of operation for some time.
Find out more »December 2016
Forth Road Bridge Replacement – Queensferry Crossing Update
Speaker: Ewen Macdonell Ewen is a long-term employee of Morrison Construction (which is part of the Queensferry Crossing joint venture) and joined Morrison in 1979 as Section Engineer, becoming Site Agent, Project Manager then Business Development Manager before accepting a role as Press and PR Manager on the recent M74 Completion Project - all with Morrison in the past 36 years. Before being employed by Morrison Ewen was site engineer with the Glasgow contractor, Whatlings for 3 years. Before that…
Find out more »November 2017
Smart Cities, The Internet of Things, Security and Cyber: An Unholy Alliance
Our speaker, Iain Slater, is an industry expert in IOT, Smart Cities and Cyber Security. This presentation will explore the uneasy relationships emerging between ubiquitous technologies and the need for increasing levels of security at the device, network, data and transmission layers as well as in application access and storage. The presentation is based on readily available material but brings together the challenges facing today’s users and suppliers of IT. The final part of the presentation will touch, albeit briefly,…
Find out more »January 2018
MeyGen Tidal Array – The Future of Tidal Energy?
MeyGen is a tidal power generation array situated in the Pentand Firth, between Scotland’s northernmost coast and the island of Stroma. The first phase of the MeyGen project (Phase 1A) involves the deployment of 4 No. 1.5MW turbines installed on gravity turbine support structures as part of MeyGen’s “deploy and monitor strategy”, and will act as a precursor to the development of the remaining consented 86MW project. The project will demonstrate that the development of tidal array projects is both…
Find out more »March 2020
thisLASScan
The IET, in partnership with other professional bodies (www.cpdc-hi.co.uk ) is running ‘thisLASScan’ on Wednesday 11 March, 7.00 to 8.30 pm at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness. The event will include questions to a panel and then questions from the audience. The panel will consist of females who work in a wide cross section of engineering and technology, from recent starters to experienced engineers. In keeping with the Highlands reach, the panel members all live and work in the Highlands. The…
Find out more »November 2024
A Journey in Spectrum Sharing – from the Isle of Bute to the King’s Coronation and Beyond
“There is no show without spectrum.” The RF spectrum is the critical enabler that supports wireless connectivity. But RF Spectrum – in the frequency bands of greatest practicality (presently) – is a finite resource that needs to be carefully managed and regulated to ensure that it is used to best effect and to maximise efficiency. In this presentation, we will take a 15-year journey in spectrum sharing for wireless comms and seek to convey the early challenges encountered and how…
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