About this Event
Location: Online or in person
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Free
About the Session
Are you a West Yorkshire-based innovator, start-up, or SME (≤50 employees) working on a health or wellbeing product or service?
Book a free 1-hour consultation with Dr James Allen to explore how HHII can support your product development journey - from early concept to working prototype.
What you’ll gain
- Work with expert product designers and health innovation specialists
- Access professional prototyping tools, materials and facilities in our dedicated health innovation makerspace
- Connect with academics, clinicians and healthcare innovators from the University of Huddersfield and NHS networks
- Join the region’s only health-specific makerspace offer
What’s included
Here’s how we can support you:
Research & validation
- Academic and technical input
- Market and project validation
- Ergonomic and anthropometric review
- Healthcare trend analysis and systems mapping
Product & service development
- 2D/3D design support
- Low to high fidelity prototyping
- Access to electronics, textiles, and digital tools
- VR/AR, photogrammetry and service blueprinting
Testing & evaluation
- Form and function testing
- Real-time data capture and visualisation
- Simulated healthcare environments
All sessions include access to our state-of-the-art makerspace, featuring tools for electronics, textiles, VR/AR, ergonomic evaluation, and more.
Eligibility
To qualify for this free support, you must:
- Be based in West Yorkshire
- Be an innovator, start-up, or SME (≤50 employees)
- Be working in health & wellbeing
Important Information
- Only one session per person/company
- Projects are reviewed case-by-case
- We can only support physical product development (no AI, app, or web development)
- Intellectual Property (IP) remains with you
- This is not a business advice session
For more information about health and wellbeing business support, head here.
https://huddshealthinnovation.org/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
3M Buckley Innovation Centre, Firth Street, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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