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SpaceX Dragon capsule flies close to space station News
24.05.2012 SpaceX is still on target to berth with the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow. And today it passed its demonstration testing, passing directly below the orbiting... -
100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points News
24.05.2012 ESB ecars and Fáilte Ireland are leading what they are terming a Green Hotel Drive to install ecar charge points in 100 green-accredited hotels around Ireland. -
Science-2-Business forum to focus on business innovation News
23.05.2012 A new programme to show how scientific research can be commercialised will take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this July, but today marked the launch of...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Legal, Investments, Intellectual Property, Financial, Engineer, Energy, Career Advice -
Dublin ad firm to acquire Proventus Energy in €55m deal News
23.05.2012 Dublin outdoor advertising firm Captive Audience Display Solutions (CADS) is holding an EGM today to approve its proposal to carry out a reverse takeover of the UK renewable...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Deals Done -
Google reveals Irish finalists in its Science Fair News
21.05.2012 Google has announced the 90 regional finalists of its second Google Science Fair, and two Irish entries have been selected. -
Silicon Labs to buy Boston-based Ember for US$72m News
21.05.2012 US semiconductor company Silicon Laboratories is to acquire the Boston-based Ember Corporation for $72m. The acquisition of Ember is part of Silicon Lab’s move to enable... -
Solar eclipse creates ‘ring of fire’ treat for stargazers News
21.05.2012 Millions of stargazers in eastern Asia, the north Pacific and in western US states had a cosmic treat on Sunday as a result of the annual eclipse of the sun. -
IBM to create several hundred new jobs at Dublin Global Services Hub News
18.05.2012 IBM is to create several hundred new jobs at a new Global Services Integration Hub in Mulhuddart as part of an IDA Ireland-supported investment.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Global CIO, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
Nanoscientists aim to shake up future of electronic devices News
16.05.2012 Nanoscientists in Ireland have been carrying out research to develop materials that, they claim, could in time revolutionise the manufacture of silicon chips and lead to a new... -
Canadian investors lead funding round in InfiniLED; eight jobs on way News
16.05.2012 InfiniLED, a LED-tech spin-out from Tyndall National Institute in Cork, has closed a first-round investment, which may reach €1.6m. IL Investment Group from Quebec in Canada led... -
Ireland named best place to invest in Western Europe News
16.05.2012 Ireland has topped the list of the best places to invest in Western Europe, according to the annual Global Best-to-Invest Rankings compiled by international magazine Site... -
SSE to acquire NI's Phoenix Supply in stg£19.1m deal News
16.05.2012 SSE is planning to acquire Northern Irish gas supplier Phoenix Supply in a deal worth stg£19.1m. The acquisition, if it goes ahead, will make Airtricity, SSE’s retail supply... -
Apple’s Cupertino HQ targeted by Greenpeace activists News
15.05.2012 Two Greenpeace activists today barricaded themselves in a giant Greenpeace version of an iPod outside of Apple’s Cupertino HQ in California. Why exactly? Well the tirade from...Tags: iPod, Apple, iCloud, Data centres, Cloud, Clean Energy, Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Cloud Computing -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering -
Soyuz astronauts blast off for International Space Station News
15.05.2012 Two Russians and one American are aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that successfully launched this morning to head to the International Space Station (ISS). -
Finally, a hi-tech solution for Ireland’s ghost estates News
11.05.2012 Researchers in New Mexico are constructing a US$1bn hi-tech ghost town that will run by itself without any humans. Surely someone must convince Pegasus Global Holdings that they... -
Elon Musk’s SpaceX in deal with Las Vegas aerospace firm News
11.05.2012 Do you see yourself heading into orbit anytime soon? Well SpaceX is teaming up with Bigelow Aeropspace to launch an international space marketing campaign. -
Tesla’s shares rise as Model S electric sedan to arrive in June News
10.05.2012 Tesla Motors may have just reported first quarter losses of US$89.9m, but the electric car maker also saw its shares jump yesterday after it said that it expects to start...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy -
Will Google self-driving car be future's safety vehicle? (video) News
10.05.2012 This week, Nevada was the first state in the US to grant Google a special licence to test out its self-driving car, essentially a modified Toyota Prius vehicle, on its streets...Categories: Design, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, R&D, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Irish electricity provider deploys Citrix technology to empower its workforce News
10.05.2012 Dublin Bay Power Plant (DBPP) has rolled out a Citrix cloud services environment to help support its growing IT infrastructure – ultimately allowing staff to work more...