"The government has announced 14 projects sharing £14m through Innovate UK's Quantum Sensing Mission Primer awards, to support the development of next-generation sensors that could be used in healthcare, transport and defence. The funding announcement ties in with the National Quantum Technologies Showcase, which brought thousands of researchers, investors and global policymakers together in London. The government has positioned the event as a step forward to unlock quantum's vast potential to drive economic growth and national renewal, and help tackle major challenges such as health and climate."
"Projects include a portable eye scanner that could replace the large and expensive optical coherence tomography machines currently relied on in hospitals, and a new type of sensor to enable civil engineers to detect buried structures without the need for costly excavation works. Along with funding for projects, the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology."
UK funding of £14m will support 14 projects through Innovate UK's Quantum Sensing Mission Primer awards to create next-generation sensors for healthcare, transport and defence. The funding coincided with the National Quantum Technologies Showcase in London, which gathered thousands of researchers, investors and policymakers to promote quantum for economic growth, national renewal and challenges such as health and climate. Projects include a portable eye scanner to replace optical coherence tomography machines and a sensor to help civil engineers detect buried structures without excavation. The National Quantum Computing Centre signed an MoU with Japan's AIST. Innovate UK provided £30m to deploy seven quantum computing testbeds at the NQCC. NPL launched the National Metrology Institute - Quantum.
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