Is ‘customised vending’ an effective vehicle for mass personalisation?
Consumer demand for more personalised food and beverage products continues to escalate, so how will the industry rise...
The science of beauty – how digital devices can unlock customized personal care
Engaging consumers on a personal level to build lasting emotional connections is an ongoing quest for personal care...
Holes not drills – the next big thing for fluid handling systems
Chris Covey is Vice President, Industrial at product development and technology consultancy, Sagentia. In this...
Engineering solutions for synthetic biology
The world is facing a series of major challenges which could threaten the way we live our lives today. How will we...
Preventive health goes mainstream – a pipedream?
Regular health monitoring promises to improve outcomes and reduce costs – so why does it remain niche and elitist? By...
Novel dispense tech could unlock ‘mass personalisation’
Anticipating and delivering on evolving consumer demands is never easy. How do you predict the next big thing, how do...
Micro-robotics get a grip
By Nick Collier As robotics get smaller, a new challenge emerges – how to design a ‘gripper’ in miniature and...
Shaping complex sound fields from single ultrasonic transducers
A recent article in ‘Nature’ demonstrated how acoustic holograms can be simply manufactured using commonly...
Data, bots & chips: a menu for the IoT version 2.0?
According to Gartner’s top strategic predictions for 2017, by 2022, the Internet of Things (IoT) will save consumers...
Nanoscale computer processing
This year Sagentia is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion the team takes a look at some of the key...
