<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest technologies from University of Surrey</title><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com</link><description>Be the first to know about the latest inventions and technologies available from University of Surrey</description><language>en-US</language><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:38:43 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:31:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><webMaster>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</webMaster><copyright>Copyright 2026, University of Surrey</copyright><item><title>Smart Underwear</title><caseId>BR-003</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5856</link><description><![CDATA[






Summary
Millions of women use 
absorbent products to discreetly and successfully manage their continence 
needs.&nbsp; However, many women worry 
that the product might leak wetness into clothes and furnishings, causing 
hygiene problems and more importantly, embarrassment. The Smart underwear is the 
only technology available to warn continence pad users that their pad has begun 
to leak. 
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The TACT3 Smart 
underwear is specially designed underwear with an integral sensor that allows 
the garment to be worn and washed normally. A removable electronic signalling 
unit is attached ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:31:37 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5856</guid></item><item><title>Online Deliberative Engagement Method and Tool (Vizzata)</title><caseId>BR-002</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5855</link><description><![CDATA[








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Summary&nbsp;
A method, 
and supporting online tool, that seeks to engage people in a way that 
approximates everyday processes of attending to, seeking, and making sense of 
information.&nbsp; The tool allows 
researchers to test text, images, audio or video content and identify the key 
characteristics of participants' sense making. 
The 
method and tool has been developed in a partnership between the University of 
Surrey, Brunel University, web software developers White October and the 
consultancy Brook Lyndhurst. 
A 
prototype tool was built an...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:31:36 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5855</guid></item><item><title>Temperature Desensitised Uncooled Multi-Quantum Well Lasers</title><caseId>TLL-IDF</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5854</link><description><![CDATA[





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Summary

Researchers from 
the University of 
Surrey have developed a 
novel design of multi-quantum well (MQW) laser that possesses a reduced thermal 
sensitivity over a wide temperature range. Bandgap engineering alone is used to 
improve the thermal stability of threshold current and slope efficiency compared 
to traditional techniques. The patent-pending approach is fully compatible with 
standard MQW materials and growth methods, and hence is readily adoptable by 
existing MQW fabricators. Interested parties should contact Dr David Nugent to 
discuss development and licensi...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:42:37 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5854</guid></item><item><title>Mobile Device User's Orientation</title><caseId>RLP-NCS</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5853</link><description><![CDATA[







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Summary
We can accurately estimate which way a mobile phone user is facing 
regardless of the position of their phone or its 
orientation.
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Knowing which way a user is facing can provide valuable information for 
the provision of mobile services and applications. The proposed technology 
utilises inertial sensors that are readily available in mobile consumer devices 
(e.g. smart phones). While providing high accuracy, the solution is able to cope 
with arbitrary wearing positions and orientations of the mobile consumer device, 
making it suitable for use in every-day life ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:42:35 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5853</guid></item><item><title>3D Pain Monitoring</title><caseId>BR-001 MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5806</link><description><![CDATA[














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Summary
The 
3D pain monitoring product from Brunel University reduces the cost of caring for 
patients suffering significant pain whilst improving their overall quality of 
life. It does this by replacing the current 2 dimensional paper based pain 
indication methods during consultations with a system that records patients' 
self-reported pain profile over time, away from the clinic. The data collected 
by the patient is reviewed by clinicians remotely or very efficiently during 
their appointment. This reduces clinician/patient exposure time and increases 
the accuracy ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:55:59 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5806</guid></item><item><title>Mobile Devices Spectrum Sensing</title><caseId>NST-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5519</link><description><![CDATA[










Summary
Spectrum sensing is a signal-processing technique which autonomously 
exploits local vacant frequency bands. The architecture allows simultaneous 
search over multiple frequency sub-bands.
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Benefits

  High 
  reliability and spectral efficiency (high accuracy and sub-band level 
  sensing). 

  95% 
  in probability of detection (PD) and 5% in probability of false alarm (PFA) 
  for -20dB SNR levels. 
  Low 
  latency (2 frames). 

  Low 
  computational complexity. 

  Robust 
  to physical impairments such as time and frequency offsets. 
  
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Applicatio...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:09:33 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5519</guid></item><item><title>Hydrogel based Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (HydroMIPs)</title><caseId>HMI-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5518</link><description>








Summary
Improved growth of protein crystals using molecularly imprinted 
polymers.
Scientists from the University of Surrey and Imperial College London have 
come up with an invention 
which uses hydrogel based molecularly imprinted polymers (HydroMIPs) for protein 
crystallization, providing a higher yield of protein crystals over current 
techniques. This method also works with protein structures that are difficult to 
crystallise using other methods.
MIPs are polymers which are formed in the presence of a molecule 
which once extracted leaves behind complamentary cavities. These al...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:09:31 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5518</guid></item><item><title>Acoustic Source separation</title><caseId>POR1-NCS</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5489</link><description><![CDATA[




Summary
Researchers at the Centre for Communications Systems Research, University of Surrey, have developed a novel method for 
isolating multiple sound sources in a noisy environment. Sound sources can be 
individually separated, emphasized, suppressed, or modified and then recombined 
in any 3D spatial configuration. All processing is done in real-time and no 
prior knowledge of the number or location of the sources is 
required.
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Benefits
The 
intensity vector method supports numerous important advantages over conventional 
BSS techniques.
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      Feature
   ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:06:39 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5489</guid></item><item><title>Improvements in Thin Film Production</title><caseId>NTP-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5488</link><description><![CDATA[
This 
technology is a new composition of matter, namely a new class of nanocomposite 
materials comprising carbon nanotubes dispersed in one, or more, molecular 
organic semiconductor(s), for application in organic electronic 
devices.
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Key 
Benefits:

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Composites 
of carbon nanotubes and organic semiconductors have enormous potential as 
functional materials in organic electronic devices. These materials are expected 
to offer:
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i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Improved 
thermal manag...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:06:31 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/5488</guid></item><item><title>3D Ion Milling With ± 1nm Z-Direction Accuracy</title><caseId>TDM-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4880</link><description><![CDATA[
A new ion milling technique has been developed to 
produce complex 3-dimensional patterns on the nanometer length scale.&nbsp; This is achieved through the accurate 
control of milling depth to within 1nm.&nbsp; 
Conventional ion milling techniques produce pseudo 3D structures - stacks 
of flat-bottomed volumes, which limits their application.&nbsp; Other techniques such as electron beam 
lithography are slow and are still not accurate enough to produce optically 
useful structures.&nbsp; 

Developed jointly by the National Physical Laboratory 
and the University 
of Surrey, this new ion 
mil...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:03:54 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4880</guid></item><item><title>Method for processing RF signals for receiving and transmission</title><caseId>RMS-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4879</link><description><![CDATA[
Summary
Radio frequency (RF) 
radiation is often used in the communication fields for signal receiving and 
transmission. There is however a lot of interference which needs to be 
suppressed and the current techniques used for this are expensive and often hard 
to integrate in to Integrated Circuits (IC's). Integrated circuits are used in 
almost all electronic equipment in use today and have revolutionized the world 
of electronics.

Our technique solves 
the current problem of integrating high quality filtering components with RF 
signal processing. 
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Benefits
Using current 
techniq...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:03:53 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4879</guid></item><item><title>Acoustic Testing Model - Perceived Spatial Quality of Sound Processing and Reproducing Equipment</title><caseId>SQS-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4878</link><description><![CDATA[

Summary
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Current 
models of audio testing measure `basic audio quality', using subjects to judge 
any difference. This leads to a perceived magnitude of distortions and a 
subjective acceptability.
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The 
QESTRAL acoustic testing model looks at any and all difference in the spatial 
attributes.
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Benefits

  Reduce 
  the number of listening tests, which are resource intensive. 
  
  Evaluate the effects of different forms of spatial rendering 
  
  Algorithms for optimisation of sound reproduction systems 
  
  Measure 
  the spatial impairment introduced by audio processors...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:03:51 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4878</guid></item><item><title>New safe Antimicrobial for Food Preservation and Disinfection</title><caseId>ABS-MP</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4876</link><description><![CDATA[

Summary
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Scientists at the 
University of 
Surrey have found that a 
derivative from wood or bark can enhance the antimicrobial activity of natural 
compounds that are mildly antimicrobial by up to 2000 times. This can be used 
for many cost effective, natural, long-lasting, anti-microbial products. For 
example in hospitals to tackle the spread of MRSA, for the treatment of work 
surfaces, on fresh food to prevent spoilage and for poultry bedding materials to 
prevent ammonia emissions. 
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Benefits

For the food industry 
our antimicrobial composite offers:

  Decreased micro...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:26:01 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4876</guid></item><item><title>Antimicrobial Animal Bedding</title><caseId>AAB-001</caseId><link>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4875</link><description><![CDATA[

Summary
We have found that a derivative from wood or bark 
can enhance the antimicrobial activity of some compounds up to 2000 times. This 
can be used for many cost effective, natural, long-lasting, anti-microbial 
products. 
For example in hospitals to tackle to spread of MRSA, for the treatment of work surfaces, on fresh food to 
prevent spoilage and for poultry bedding materials to prevent ammonia 
emissions.
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Benefits
In animal 
bedding for poultry our antimicrobial composite:

  Decreases the microbial activity in the bedding 
  
  Decreases the ammonium and maintains a low pH ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:46:19 GMT</pubDate><author>d.mccallum@surrey.ac.uk</author><guid>http://surrey.testtechnologypublisher.com/technology/4875</guid></item></channel></rss>