Tagged: Innovation & News
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US Department of Transportation to test drive 2,800 communicating vehicles to prevent crashes News
23.08.2012 The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has just begun a year-long trial of connected vehicles on the roads of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to test how effective this new technology...Categories: Wireless Communications, CommunicationsTags: Technology, Innovation -
ResMed to create 50 new RD&I jobs in Dublin as part of major medical device project News
23.08.2012 Some 50 new research, development and innovation projects are to be created at ResMed’s research operations at UCD in what will rank among the most comprehensive medical device... -
TEDxDublin speaker line-up to include World Trade Center site rebuild architect News
08.08.2012 TEDxDublin, which will be hosted by Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin on 8 September, has announced its initial speak line-up, which will include the architect Daniel... -
The five minute CIO: Martin McCormack News
03.08.2012 This week Martin McCormack, director of ICT at Beaumont Hospital, shares his thoughts on technology trends and strategy.Categories: Careers and Employment, CIO, Investments, IT Management, Leadership & Management, Management, Networks, Virtualisation -
Irish crowdfunding platform Fund It passes €1m in donations News
31.07.2012 Today, Fund It is saying thanks to 18,000 people who together have donated more than €1m to 350 projects on the site over the past 16 months. -
Coding prodigy Shane Curran will launch start-up at Dublin Beta – and he’s just 12 years old News
27.07.2012 Shane Curran, the 12-year-old programmer who has been coding since he was just six years old, is now turning his hand to business, with his start-up Libramatic due to launch at...Categories: Mobile, Enterprise -
YouTube creator space to open at Google’s London office (video) News
25.07.2012 Google is preparing to open up a ‘creator space’ at its London Soho office, so creators around the EMEA region can use it to create content for their YouTube channels. -
Obama’s former tech adviser Susan Crawford to speak at Dublin's Science Gallery News
24.07.2012 Net neutrality advocate Susan Crawford, the former technology adviser to US President Barack Obama, will be at Science Gallery in Dublin this evening to talk about the US...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Search Engines, Science, Internet, Intellectual Property, Education, Digital Media, CIO -
New audio chip could boost sound performance on portable devices News
18.07.2012 NXP Semiconductors’ TFA9887 IC that comes with embedded algorithms that monitor speaker performance and prevent damage could help to produce a new generation of mobile devices... -
Wearable tech pioneer assaulted in McDonald’s for wearing Digital Eye Glass News
17.07.2012 Steve Mann, who invented and wears a computer vision system, has written a blog describing how he was assaulted in a McDonald’s restaurant in Paris while holidaying with his... -
Concrete manufacturer Shay Murtagh to create 41 new jobs News
16.07.2012 Mullingar-based manufacturer of concrete engineering solutions Shay Murtagh is to create 41 new jobs, Ireland's Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, TD, has just announced. The company... -
The French embassy goes electric this Bastille Day with the Renault Kangoo ZE News
14.07.2012 Vive la révolution électrique! The French Embassy in Dublin has accepted delivery of its new 100pc electric vehicle, the Renault Kangoo ZE, in time for a bonne Bastille Day. -
Researchers at MIT demonstrate that glasses-free 3D TV is almost in sight (video) News
13.07.2012 A new paper from MIT’s Media Lab presents a new approach to multiple-perspective glasses-free 3D television that could be a realistic consumer option sooner than one might think.Categories: Research, Media, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Digital Media, Development, Consumer TechTags: Holograms, Development, Entertainment, LCD, Innovation, Technology, Engineering, Research, MIT, 3D, TV -
#ESOF2012 – Ireland needs to be an innovation leader and join the decision-makers News
11.07.2012 Dr William Donnelly, head of research and innovation at Waterford Institute of Technology’s celebrated TSSG and whose experience in European framework programmes goes back to...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, Research, R&D, Intellectual Property, Education, Economy, Digital Media -
#ESOF2012 – Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins opens Euroscience Open Forum in Dublin News
11.07.2012 The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has officially opened the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this evening. Taking place over the next four days, ESOF is set to...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy -
Researchers manage to store 1 bit of information on a single 52-atom molecule News
11.07.2012 Researchers from Germany, France and Japan have been successful in storing 1 bit of digital information on a single molecule made up of 51 atoms encasing a magnetised iron atom,... -
New €250K start-up fund aimed at female entrepreneurs News
10.07.2012 Enterprise Ireland has launched a €250K Competitive Feasibility Fund to assist high-potential business start-ups that are being set up by female entrepreneurs here in Ireland. -
New €2m programme to entice businesses to develop innovation clusters News
09.07.2012 Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Richard Bruton, TD, has this morning launched a new €2m programme, with the aim of getting businesses that are serviced by enterprise... -
Start-ups to vie for €100,000 prize fund at Limerick IT on Thursday News
04.07.2012 One of nine start-ups on Limerick Institute of Technology’s current LEAP incubator programme for early stage ventures is set to get its hands on a €75,000 cash injection this... -
Irish student engineers to compete at Silverstone in Formula Student contest News
03.07.2012 A team of final-year manufacturing and mechanical engineering students from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) are gearing up to take on the UK’s motorsport circuit...