Categorised as: Engineer & News
-
Interview: Dyson senior design engineer Patrick Maloney (video) News
28.03.2013 Ahead of the 2013 James Dyson Award, one of the previous Irish winners Patrick Maloney now works at Dyson where he has worked on a number of core products including the DC44...Categories: R&D, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Ireland achieves record wind energy output to power 1m homes News
28.03.2013 Ireland reached a record level of wind power output of 1,540 megawatts (MW) on the evening of 21 March – that’s the equivalent of powering more than 1m homes with renewable... -
Review: Dyson Hot+Cool Air Multiplier (AM05) News
19.03.2013 They say that necessity is the mother of all invention. And while the technology industry outdoes itself in its quest to come up with the shiniest, smartest and most...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Interview with James Dyson: ‘Children need a route for invention’ News
14.03.2013 The UK and Irish school curricula need to be revamped to be made modern and relevant and enthuse a love of invention, science and design if we are to field the engineers of the... -
NASA puts Curiosity rover in ‘safe mode’ on Mars after computer glitch News
04.03.2013 NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since last August, has halted its research following a malfunction last week when one of its two on-board computers... -
‘Irish engineers are becoming a massive brand in Canada’, says Moving2Canada founder News
01.03.2013 Ruairi Spillane, the man behind Moving2Canada (a website that has given free guidance and advice to more than 35,000 Irish people looking to make the move to Canada), tells us... -
Energy research project generates electricity from cooking stoves (video) News
27.02.2013 Researchers from the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) recently completed a research project in Malawi in Africa to generate electricity from portable... -
Engineers survey points to more women opting for the profession News
27.02.2013 Men outnumber women in the engineering profession by almost nine to one, a new survey of more than 2,000 engineers in Ireland out today reveals. However, John Power,... -
Eircom commissions its 1,000th fibre cabinet News
27.02.2013 Telecoms company Eircom has commissioned its 1,000th fibre cabinet, following its announcement last week that it plans to increase its fibre footprint across Ireland from 1m to... -
Engineers Week: memes pay (tongue in cheek) tribute to engineers News
26.02.2013 It’s Engineers Week in Ireland, seven days of nationwide events that celebrate and raise awareness of the world of engineering in the country. Engineers Week couldn’t be more... -
Engineering students look to Ireland’s data centre opportunity News
26.02.2013 Engineers Ireland, as part of its Engineers Week events, has tasked third-level students to come up with ideas on how Ireland can harness its natural advantages and to look to...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Management, Graduate, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Centre -
Ireland’s water infrastructure is still inadequately maintained – Engineers Ireland News
25.02.2013 Engineers Ireland has today published the findings of its latest State of Ireland report that looks at the country’s infrastructural progress in the five areas of energy,...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Communications -
Darrell Mann: 98pc of innovation projects fail, how to be the 2pc that don’t News
23.02.2013 Former Rolls-Royce chief engineer Darrell Mann has spent much of his working life trying to understand why 98pc of R&D projects end in failure and has come up with an approach... -
Dyson invests stg£50m in new manufacturing facility in Singapore News
22.02.2013 UK inventor James Dyson’s company has invested stg£50m in a new digital motor manufacturing facility in Singapore. The new facility will employ 210 people and will produce 4m... -
How cities can draw upon technology to become smarter and more sustainable News
21.02.2013 Up to 600 delegates from all over the world are convening in Dublin this week for the eighth forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) to explore how cities...Categories: Sustainability, Software, Science, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineer, Energy, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design -
US needs to take more steps to reduce emissions by 2020 – WRI News
07.02.2013 The US will not be on track to meet its 2020 goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17pc against 2005 levels without taking action in four key areas, claims a new report from... -
Dyson’s big reveal – a tap that washes and dries your hands News
05.02.2013 Dyson’s big secret is out – its latest revolutionary invention is the Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer that washes hands and dries them without people having to leave the sink. The... -
Dublin to host science hackathon in March News
31.01.2013 Dublin will be playing host to its second Science Hack Day this March, as scientists, engineers, programmers and designers will have the opportunity to team up to find solutions... -
Engineering talent in Ireland must be recognised, built on and fostered, IRC chair says (video) News
31.01.2013 Prof Orla Feely, the chair of the Irish Research Council, recognises that much work remains on building up Ireland's numbers in the areas of ICT and STEM talent, but she is... -
Scottish government to invest stg£1.14bn to tackle climate change News
29.01.2013 The Scottish government has today announced it will be investing stg£1.14bn as part of a three-year plan to address climate change, with the country aiming to decarbonise its...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy