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Jigsaw become a member of FAC

By Tim Evans | Oct 13, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Jigsaw has now joined the FAC (Farnborough Aerospace Consortium). Through its unrivalled experience and expertise, FAC acts as an enabler for business between large primes and the supply chain, particularly Small to Medium Size Enterprises.

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The Connect-R project delivers ground-breaking self-building robotic structure

By Tim Evans | Jun 25, 2021

A consortium of leading UK businesses and academics today announces the launch of Connect-R – a world-first modular robot specifically designed to undertake missions and build emergency structures in the most hazardous environments on the planet. Connect-R is an industrial-scale, self-building robotic structure for use in unsafe working conditions, where

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ALFA Seal project starts (Advanced Laminar Flow snAp-fit Seal)

By Tim Evans | May 2, 2021

The ALFA Seal project builds on previous R&D projects aiming to make air travel more environmentally sustainable through the enablement of wing laminar flow, supporting the Government to committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our Project: – seeks to mature a novel laminar-flow-friendly assembly sealing solution for

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GMC Project Starts – Genderless Connector – Defined Verification and Validation

By Tim Evans | Mar 8, 2021

The Connect-R project aims to develop an industrial-scale self-building modular robotic solution to provide access to worksites in hostile and hazardous environments. The initial deployment of the Connect-R system focuses on a nuclear decommissioning use case, but the system can also deliver capability in other sectors, such as offshore oil

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Jigsaw wins Funding for ALFA Seal

By Tim Evans | Jan 20, 2021

Jigsaw and City, University of London are pleased to announce that the ALFA Seal project has received the backing from Innovate UK, BEIS – UKRI, ATI and NATEP. The project will start in May 2021 and last for 18 months. View the Project Summary

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World, interrupted

By Tim Evans | Jul 15, 2020

Similar to a lot of organisations, Jigsaw’s commercial experience of the Covid-19 pandemic has been like the proverbial ‘Curate’s egg’ – mostly bad but with redeeming features. At least on a personal level we are grateful that, as yet, we at Jigsaw and our immediate families have not had close

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Patent gets granted for Jigsaw’s Laminar Flow Seal innovation

By Tim Evans | Apr 10, 2020

Jigsaw’s snap-fit Laminar Flow Seal Technology receives Patent approval – a key achievement moving forward with the ambition to mature and exploit our innovative technology.

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Standing Grand Piano secures Crowd Funding

By Tim Evans | Oct 27, 2019

Our Crowd-Funding campaign has been a great success. Thank you to all our backers and please share with other enthusiasts of piano, music, design, engineering or invention. The Standing Grand will be light and compact enough to bring the fullness of a grand piano’s sound into modern spaces. The Future

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Video 2 – ‘As hangs the flexible line…’

By Tim Evans | Oct 11, 2019

Second part of a series of short videos describing the innovative engineering design features built into the lightweight Future Piano ‘Standing Grand’. In 1675, English scientist Robert Hooke discovered “the true… …manner of arches for building,” which he summarised with a single phrase: “As hangs the flexible line, so but

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Video 1 – Piano Strings, London Buses and the ‘Smart Strut’

By Tim Evans | Oct 1, 2019

This post is the first in a series of Jigsaw Structures video blogs. In this short video we describe the innovative engineering design features built into the lightweight Future Piano. The undisputed “star of the show” is our revolutionary lightweight strut with its remarkable load-bearing capabilities. Strength enough to deal

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