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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 16h

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to welcome The Data Lab to join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 17h

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to welcome The Digital College to join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 19h

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that Storm ID will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 20h

Defence trade body calls on Scottish Government to provide greater support to national security endeavours. ADS calling on Holyrood to get behind efforts to address series of challenges inhibiting growth
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Defence trade body calls on Scottish Government to provide greater support to national security endeavours | FutureScot

Defence trade body calls on Scottish Government to provide greater support to national security endeavours

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 20h

Digital identity should be about building a future economy, and ‘less’ about stopping illegal immigration, says Scotland's leading cryptographer. Professor Bill Buchanan says digital ID should be harnessed to give citizens more control of their data
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Digital identity should be about building a future economy, and 'less' about stopping illegal immigration | FutureScot

Digital identity should be about building a future economy, and 'less' about stopping illegal immigration, says Professor Bill Buchanan

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 20h

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that Sopra Steria will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 22h

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that Salesforce will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Partner Announcement: We are excited to welcome Police Scotland’s Cyber and Fraud Unit to join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that PenLink will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that Oxygen Forensics will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

Edinburgh tech company awarded funding to develop AI tool for earlier diagnosis of canine osteoarthritis. Veterinary diagnostics company MI:RNA aims to combine biological markers and artificial intelligence to diagnose the condition in dogs earlier
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Tech company awarded funding to develop AI tool for earlier diagnosis of canine osteoarthritis | FutureScot

Edinburgh technology company awarded funding to develop AI tool for earlier diagnosis of canine osteoarthritis

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Netcompany team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the NEC Software Solutions team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

Deputy first minister visits firm behind Bluetooth-connected weighing system for cows and other livestock. Kate Forbes checks in on iLivestock, a company based in Dumfermline aiming for growth
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Deputy first minister visits firm behind Bluetooth-connected weighing system for cows | FutureScot

Scotland's deputy first minister visits Fife tech firm that has developed a Bluetooth-connected weighing system for cows and other livestock

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Lapsafe team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Cellebrite team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Casedoc team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Axon team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Digital Justice & Policing 2025 📣 Sponsor Announcement: We are excited to announce that the Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring team will join us on 23rd October at the University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre ⬇️

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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 3d

Glasgow researchers develop machine learning platform to predict tap water purity. Scientists have devised a tool to predict the ability of bio-filters to remove organic carbon compounds from water
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Glasgow researchers develop machine learning platform to predict tap water purity | FutureScot

University of Glasgow researchers develop machine learning platform to predict the purity of tap water which could improve industry practices

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 3d

Applications open for Scotland’s digital technology awards with ceremony to recognise ‘AI Trailblazer’. Ceremony in Glasgow next March aims to celebrate companies at frontline of AI delivery
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Applications open for Scotland's digital technology awards with ceremony to recognise 'AI Trailblazer' | FutureScot

Applications have opened for Scotland's annual digital technology awards ceremony, which takes place in Glasgow on the 19th of March, 2026

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 7d

Highlands and Islands student’s AI-powered sign language translation app could help millions worldwide. Gestura, which uses a smartphone camera, could revolutionise communications for sign language users, and wins Converge Challenge award
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Highlands and Islands student's AI-powered sign language translation app could help millions worldwide | FutureScot

Highlands and Island student's AI-powered sign language translation app could help millions of people worldwide

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 8d

Why we need a new approach to bridge Scotland’s data and AI skills gap. New framework released by The Data Lab aims to 'make it easier' for individuals and organisations to build their data and AI skills - to secure a better future
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Why we need a new approach to bridge Scotland’s data and AI skills gap - to build a better future | FutureScot

At The Data Lab, we know the challenge of AI is about more than technology. It is about people and essential skills

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NHS 24 @nhs24.bsky.social · 9d

NHS 24 CIO Ann-Marie Gallacher is a keynote speaker at this year's #DigitalScotland2025!

📅 19 Nov | 📍 EICC Edinburgh
🔗 Find out more and register: https://futurescot.com/futurescot-conferences/digitalscotland-2025/

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Event announcement for "Digital Scotland 2025" on November 19, 2025, at EICC, Edinburgh, featuring Ann-Marie Gallacher, Chief Information Officer of NHS24. The design includes a green and blue color scheme with a pixelated map of Scotland.

Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 8d

Wifi meeting pods unveiled at Edinburgh Airport to serve ‘digital nomads’. Traveltech startup SWURF unveils sound-proofed pods with security grade encryption for passengers on the go
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Wifi meeting pods unveiled at Edinburgh Airport to serve 'digital nomads' | FutureScot

Two wifi-enabled meeting pods have been unveiled at Edinburgh Airport to serve 'digital nomads' hopping onto business calls before their flights