article about Innovation LabHub for Toshiba Research Laboratories in Cambridge

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The LABhub
Bletchley Park: where computer history
and Quantum Cryptography meet.
Toshiba’s LABhub is bringing insights into cutting
edge research in Cambridge, UK.
You’ve probably never heard of codebreaking centre. And you’ve ideas about technology with rest
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), the definitely heard of Toshiba. of the world.
next-generation encryption
technology that uses quantum effects What links QKD, Bletchley Park and Bletchley Park is just a few miles
to make messages super-secure. Toshiba is the LABhub, a social media from Toshiba’s Cambridge
initiative which is featuring stories Research Lab, where cutting-
You probably have heard of Colossus, about Toshiba’s innovative edge Quantum Cryptography
the world’s first programmable technologies. Translated into five development is reaching
computer, built at Bletchley Park, European languages it also allows practical use.
Britain’s top-secret wartime users can share their opinions and

2. Quantum
Cryptography
Don’t miss the video where
Dr. Andrew Shields talks
about the significance of
Alan Turing, Colossus and
Bletchley. He also provides
a great introduction to QKD.
Before QKD: Labcasts Worth Viewing
Quantum Computing Computer Vision Speech Technology
Dr. Andrew Shields Discover how computers Speech recognition is
explains how computers will handle 3D. Toshiba’s evolving quickly. This
could be transformed by CRL unveils the new research stream could lead
massive parallelism from approaches. to greatly improved
quantum effects. interfaces. Toshiba’s LABhub is at www.leading-innovation.com
Dr Andrew Shields of Toshiba’s looks at encryption techniques of the such as the first Japanese language
Cambridge Research Laboratory past such as the Enigma and Lorenz word processor from the 1970s and
recently visited Bletchley and made an machines – and, of course, at Colossus, the development of NAND flash
exclusive labcast video for the LABhub the world’s first programmable memory, widely used today in mobile
with Team 4, an independent computer which proved crucial in phones and cameras. Green
cracking the codes of the German High technologies, such as super-fast
production company whose director,
Command. charging batteries for electric cars are
Philip Connolly, won Toshiba’s 2010
also discussed in this engaging next
welovestories.net viral video Andrew talks about the significance of generation R&D blog.
competition. Alan Turing, one of the creators of
Colossus and the vital work undertaken
Andrew’s team is at the forefront of the at Bletchley Park. He also provides a
development of Quantum Key great introduction to QKD and
Distribution (QKD) technology, one of introduces Toshiba’s research in this
the most powerful encryption systems fascinating field, with a demonstration
ever devised. Toshiba’s Quantum Key of Quantum Encryption in action.
Distribution System delivers digital keys
for cryptographic applications on fibre The LABhub has features which are
optic-based computer networks. Using unusual in an R&D communication
quantum cryptography, it provides a project. One of these is the concept of
failsafe method of distributing verifiably the Videoblog, where stories about
secret digital keys, with significant cost innovative technologies are presented
and key management advantages. with a blend of video and text. The
focus here is very much on narrative not
In the LABhub video, Andrew Shields marketing. For example, in addition to
introduces the fascinating world of the latest story on Quantum
codes and ciphers against the backdrop Cryptography, the LABhub has featured
of historic Bletchley Park, where he stories about technological milestones The LABhub: Dreamstorming section

3. Another LABhub innovation has been
the introduction of the
Dreamstorming section. Starting with
a blank sheet paper, consumers and
inventors can challenge the LABhub
by posting an idea. Toshiba’s labs will
then analyze and reward the most
promising, such as the multi-purpose
wireless charger already featured in
the Dreamstorming Gallery.
Future videos and posts on the
LABhub will develop the narrative of
Andrew Shields’s QKD video at
Bletchley. Toshiba’s Cambridge
Research Lab also has research
streams dedicated to Computer Vision
and Speech Technology.
A demonstration of Toshiba Computer
Vision technology, the 3D
reconstruction, will be the subject of
the next labcast.
The LABhub is an example of a brand
building engagement through shared
passions – in this case, particular areas
of technology – instead of products.
Rather than being a marketing
platform, the LABhub builds on the
social media concept of story-telling
through its Videoblog. It also
introduces an element of gamification
with Dreamstorming.
The LABhub is a brainchild of the
Innovation Advisor Flavio Fabiani
developed by Open Knowledge, an
international consultancy that help
clients to leverage their social capital.