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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Is it a bird, is it a plane – no, it’s a lightweight grand piano! Chris and Tim have spent most of their careers underwriting the structural integrity of safety critical components, providing consultancy services to the likes of Airbus and Rolls-Royce. You might think that there is little or

The Standing Grand will be light and compact enough to bring the fullness of a grand piano’s sound into modern spaces. With this crowd-fund money, the Future Piano team is aiming to significantly reduce the total piano weight by building a hybrid demonstrator, using a combination of traditional (metal and