24.05.2013 Chip giant Intel has renewed a three-year contract with the Cork-based Tyndall Institute worth around €1.5m. The relationship, described by Intel as unique in the world, sees the microprocessor manufacturer collaborate with Tyndall on R&D, as well as access a pipeline of skilled graduates.
24.05.2013 The Marine Institute in Galway was today the setting for the signing of an agreement between the EU, the US and Canada to pave the way for collaborative scientific and observational research into the Atlantic Ocean.
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 Dublin will be the setting for a second Climate Gathering this June to bring together representatives from the worlds of technology, business, politics and culture to share ideas about how to build the clean economy. The organisers are now issuing a call for other thought leaders to participate in this workshop.
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 The Irish Government, as part of its drive to commercialise applied research, has announced that Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is to inject €6.9m into 62 research projects, some of which involve big data, Alzheimer’s disease and the development of new drugs to treat cancer.
22.05.2013 ABN Amro’s chief inspiration officer Jasper Roos talks about the value of inspiration and humour in keeping organisations at the top of their game.
22.05.2013 The only way Europe can emerge from the economic doldrums is for society to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial, Kumardev Chatterjee, founder of the European Young Innovators Forum told Siliconrepublic.com at this week’s Open Innovation 2.0 Forum at Dublin Castle.
22.05.2013 A new 10-point declaration drafted at the Open Innovation 2.0 conference at Dublin Castle is to be presented to the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. The Dublin Declaration aims to make the EU more nimble in terms of turning research and technology into actual job creation.
