The Hidden Tech Frontier Beneath Alder Hey | Squeezing the Juice with Iain Hennessey, Alder Hey

Beneath Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a 1,000 square metre innovation hub where clinicians, engineers, technologists and companies come together to solve real problems in paediatric healthcare.In this episode of Squeezing the Juice, Owen sits down with Professor Iain Hennessey, emergency paediatric surgeon, Clinical Director of Innovation at Alder Hey, founder of the Alder Hey Innovation Hub, honorary professor at the University of Liverpool, keynote speaker and futurist.Together, Owen and Iain explore how Alder Hey approaches innovation from the inside out — from 3D printed surgical planning models that helped make previously impossible procedures possible, to VR hearts, mixed reality in theatre, telemedicine robots, AI, Little Hearts at Home, and the challenge of turning promising pilots into real-world healthcare impact.They also discuss why the best innovation starts with genuine problems, what healthcare really needs from immersive technology, and why making technology more human may be the key to the future of care.Subscribe for more conversations with the people shaping the future of extended reality, immersive technology and applied innovation.CONNECT WITH IAIN👥 Iain Hennessey Linkedin - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/iainhennessey💻 Website - ⁠hhttps://www.alderheyinnovation.comCONNECT WITH JUICE IMMERSIVE💻 Website - ⁠https://juiceimmersive.com⁠👥 Linkedin - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/juice-immersive⁠🎥 YouTube Channel - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@juiceimmersive3592🐦 X - ⁠https://twitter.com/juiceimmersive⁠📸 Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/juiceimmersive⁠CREDITSHost: Owen Cotterell - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/owencotterell⁠Producer: Jon Bradley - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonpaulbradley⁠Editor: Damien Griffiths - https://www.linkedin.com/in/damogriffMusic: Dom Champion - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-champion-865750b9⁠ CHAPTERS00:00 Impossible becoming possible00:28 Meet Professor Iain Hennessey01:01 Beneath Alder Hey Children’s Hospital03:56 How Alder Hey built an innovation culture06:24 The hidden Innovation Hub08:15 The challenge of real-world adoption10:52 Why innovation starts with problems12:08 3D printing the impossible tumour14:40 When impossible becomes possible16:53 What accelerates healthcare innovation18:28 VR, XR and the future of medicine21:59 Walking inside a virtual heart24:02 Why VR hasn’t fully arrived yet26:10 What Covid changed29:50 Telemedicine robots in neonatal care31:56 Why people return to old ways33:46 HoloLens and mixed reality in theatre36:21 Designing technology for surgeons38:40 Making technology more human40:27 Little Hearts at Home42:30 Why scaling innovation is so hard43:10 Closing thoughts