Aberdeen may be best known for its pioneering role in energy, but the Granite City has long been at the cutting-edge of innovation in many other fields. In the 1970s the world’s first MRI scanner was built by Prof John Mallard and his team at the University of Aberdeen and, if you travel back to the early 19th century, you can find inventor Robert Davidson building the world’s first known electric vehicle.
Enterprise is part of the city’s DNA, something that is very evident today as Aberdeen, and Scotland more widely, become increasingly seen as the place to create and grow the technology businesses of the future. A mix of deep technical expertise and a quiet determination to try new things, even when the route isn’t obvious, is typical of Scotland’s wider digital story.
