Awards for two disruptive new products show the strength of UK innovation, and the importance of design to entering new markets. The ioLight portable high resolution microscope and the Tangent Wave Ripple broadcast colour grading panel, both designed by Cambridge Industrial Design (CID), have both been honoured at the prestigious European Product Design Awards.

The process for uniquely identifying, managing, retrieving and auditing cryogenic biological samples, from sperm to brain tissue, is being made easier, faster, safer and more user friendly through a new family of product designs created by Cambridge Industrial Design (CID) for RFID tagging pioneer Cryogatt.

A wearable tracking collar created by Cambridge Industrial Design (CID) is enabling farmers to locate exactly where their dairy cattle are, helping better manage grazing patterns and milk yields. Commissioned by True North Technologies, the collar is part of a pan-European project that also involves Teagasc (the Irish government agricultural research agency), Institute d’Laval in France and Agroscope, Switzerland.