State-backed enterprise development agency Innovate UK has provided £164,000 ($257,980) in proof-of-concept funding to Metrarc, a joint spin-out of Kent and Essex universities.
The spin-out, based in Cambridge, is developing personal data security software for wearable tech platforms, such as the Apple Watch. The funding will be used to develop innovative secure systems to prevent cybercrime, and prevent hackers from obtaining data such as health information collected by wearable technology.
Karl Heeks, founder of Metrarc, said: “The market for security-based…
