"This is what I really enjoy about the design, " said Richard Miller, head of sustainability at the UK's government-funded Technology Strategy Board.
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The grant was offered by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a body set up by the government in 2007 to stimulate technology-enabled innovation.
The two-year research project is being funded by the Technology Strategy Board, a government agency set up to find innovative ways of using technology.
One major effort here is made with the Technology Strategy Board, a body that endeavours to combine public and private finance to nurture new technologies.
The research was originally funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and is currently continuing under Technology Strategy Board funding, with Siemens as an industrial partner.
The government funded Tech City Investment Organization offers strategy, support and international connections to London and UK tech entrepreneurs, while the Technology Strategy Board hands out public money to worthy startups.
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The government's Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which is driving the Catapult concept, is already developing what is expected to be a series of spacecraft that will act as the demonstration platforms.
An initial successful feasibility study into the development of LaserSnake was funded by the Technology Strategy Board, and the new funding will help them to develop the technology to a full-scale demonstration phase.
The zero emission taxis have been developed by a consortium, led by Intelligent Energy, which includes Lotus Engineering, London Taxis International and TRW Conekt with part-funding from the UK Government's Technology Strategy Board.
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Coming from the UK and several other European countries, they are participants in the 2013 FinTech Innovation Lab London, a joint venture by Accenture, leading banks and venture capital firms with support from the Mayor of London, the City of London Corporation and the Technology Strategy Board.
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Technology has elevated the expectations of players for graphics and artificial intelligence, and made some strategy board game mechanics easier to implement.
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