24.05.2013 During the Open Innovation 2.0 conference this week, a two-day public event was hosted in Dublin’s Mansion House to showcase the exciting and innovative new technologies that could be implemented to enhance our daily lives in the future.
24.05.2013 Three-dimensional (3D) printed food would end worldwide hunger, cut waste, feed soldiers in battle, and provide astronauts in orbit with a more varied diet. The concept has sparked the interest of US space agency NASA so much so that it is investing US$125,000 for Systems and Materials Research Corporation to build a prototype system.
24.05.2013 An Irish start-up called Zband which makes Android and Windows Phone compatible wristband devices that serve as a silent alarm has exported the gadget to 30 countries within the past four months.
23.05.2013 Hundreds of thought leaders, policy leaders, senior decision-makers, leading executives and social innovators descended on Dublin Castle earlier this week for the Open Innovation 2.0 conference. Their aim? To put their heads together and develop a manifesto, platform and road map for sustainable economy and societal development. Siliconrepublic.com presents a round-up of its coverage of the event.
23.05.2013 Dublin-headquartered games software company Havok has taken the wraps off Project Anarchy, its new end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine.
23.05.2013 Following a survey of 38 major multinationals and SMEs employing more than 25,000 people in the IT sector in Ireland, Fastrack to IT (FIT) has today launched its ICT Skills Audit, offering a granular view of the IT skills gap.
22.05.2013 The winners of the Irish leg of Dare to be Digital have been announced and five students from Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) will go on to represent Ireland at the international level next month.
21.05.2013 Entrepreneurs seeking financing, mentorship and workspace have only a few days left to apply for a spot on the next round of Wayra Dublin, Telefónica’s start-up accelerator.
21.05.2013 The CEO of the Irish Internet Association Joan Mulvihill is among luminaries such as physicist Stephen Hawking and space skydiver Felix Baumgartner after having received a European award for Innovation Leadership.
20.05.2013 Open innovation will lead to vast improvements in productivity out of research, said Bror Salmelin, an adviser at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT).
