Simon Bates

Any @BristolUni students looking for a hands-on engineering Internship at a hardware start-up this summer? #engineering #startups #internships

Happy startup team post investment and move to a new home. Very 80s hair... #engineering #startups #investment

This @ActuationLab 3D-printed part not only forms part of our #NetZero prototype tech, but also makes a passable top hat/lampshade. We buy our #recycled PLA filament for our projects from @filamentive, recommend checking them out if you're a 3D printerer filamentive.com/

Actuation Lab join the fight to reach #NetZero by 2050.

Dan the dog sporting his mandatory tech-startup turtleneck.

Shout out to my Mother, Teresa Bates, for allowing me to move in with 2 rather conspicuous 3D printers and have use of her excellent shed facilities over the last few months. Some serious @ActuationLab prototyping was achieved as a result. Thanks also for all the cake #ThanksMum

Glad to be part of a record year at @SETsquared_Br. Fine looking entrepreneurs there... – at Bristol, England

Looking forward to taking @ActuationLab onwards with co-founders @Michael_Dicker and Tom Llewellyn-Jones! – at Bristol, England

Santa relies on @ActuationLab

Excited to be selected to pitch @ActuationLab at #AGIS19 @setsquared (Wolrd no.1 University incubator) showcase on 4th December! – at Bristol, England

#ICUReNxNW pitch results: Delighted to say that we have received further ICURe funding and the @ActuationLab team have been invited to apply to @innovateuk to fund a 16 month project. We will soon also be fundraising so watch this space...

#ICUReNxNW pitch day: showcased the ICURe journey and @ActuationLab dream to the panel in Belfast. Incredible journey. Dream team. Pumped to build this business and thanks for all the support @pistol111 @shanemeehan @KFegan @UoBris_Innov @SETsquared_Br @innovateuk @pcdonachy – at Belfast, Northern Ireland

#ICUReNxNW Day 71: As expected, a thought provoking training day from the #ICURe team today in Belfast. Working hard on the pitch revisions with senior researcher @Michael_Dicker and since the sun is shining in Belfast, we couldn't be turning down craft beer motivation, could we?

#ICUReNxNW Day 54: Having come this far, I had to check out some of the #NorthCoast500 – at John O' Groats, Scotland

#ICUReNxNW Day 52: Trying to counteract the red wine and cheese of the European leg of the discovery by cycling amongst the turbines this morning. Had a meeting at the @ORECatapult in Blyth this afternoon and in Aberdeen tomorrow to talk resilient actuators at the @theogtc! – at Lanchester, England

#ICUReNxNW Day 39: Got the green light for a meeting in Toulon on Monday. Wouldn't it be crazy not to take a pitstop at the @GPFranceF1 on the way? This is a #longshot - does anyone have #F1 contacts that will be at the French Grand Prix to accelerate this ICURe journey? @KFegan