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Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse sets new distance flight record News
23.05.2013 The solar-powered plane Solar Impulse has set a new distance record for a solar-powered flight as the craft has completed an 18-hour journey from Phoenix, Arizona, to Dallas,... -
US software developer DreamHammer launches drone control software News
23.05.2013 DreamHammer, a software development company based in California, has rolled out a beta version of its drone control software, a platform that aims to integrate robots and... -
How technology can make travelling smarter and safer by 2025 – WEF News
22.05.2013 Four new solutions that are based largely on existing technology could drastically improve the safety and efficiency of travel and transportation by 2025 – that’s according to a... -
#OI2Dublin – How CERN is working with the ICT industry to find solutions for the Large Hadron Collider News
21.05.2013 We talk to Bob Jones, who heads up CERN’s openlab project, a partnership between CERN and ICT companies to drive forward data-intensive solutions for the needs of the scientific... -
#OI2Dublin – Glen Dimplex CEO on the future smart grid and energy storage (video) News
21.05.2013 We talk to Sean O’Driscoll, chief executive and chairman of the Irish group Glen Dimplex, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electrical heating technology, about the...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
UL researchers design new metal alloy to improve X-ray visibility News
20.05.2013 Scientists and engineers from the Materials and Surface Science Institute at the University of Limerick (UL) say they have come up with a new metal alloy to construct medical... -
#OI2Dublin - SolarPrint and Intel demo energy harvesting device at innovation event News
20.05.2013 Dublin solar cell technology company SolarPrint is showcasing a new light-energy harvesting multi-sensing device for CO2 and temperature control within buildings at the Open... -
20-20 vision – Ireland is still only at the start of its fibre journey News
17.05.2013 Ireland’s fibre journey is not a fait accompli and if anything time is of the essence if the Government is to reach its goal of having a minimum of 30Mbps for every home by... -
Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on EI trade mission News
17.05.2013 Irish companies involved in this week’s Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Poland and the Czech Republic have secured new contracts with a potential value of €17m.Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Marketing, Government, Engineering, Deals Done -
Frank Hornby’s 150th birthday marked on Google’s UK homepage News
15.05.2013 Head to Google.co.uk today and you’ll see a Google Doodle made up of toy trains to honour what would have been the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby Model... -
Rockefeller Foundation reveals US$100m resilient cities challenge News
14.05.2013 To coincide with its 100th anniversary, the Rockefeller Foundation is kicking off a US$100m project to forge a network of 100 cities around the globe in order to make such... -
Cork tech event to focus on robotics, cloud and big data News
13.05.2013 Not-for-profit tech industry group it@cork is hosting a technology summit in Cork this Wednesday to home in on future trends in areas such as cloud computing, robotics, big data...Tags: Cyber security, Big Data, Digital Media, Robotics, Amazon, Trend Micro, it@Cork, Cork, Cloud Computing -
Irish firms head to Poland and Czech Republic for EI trade mission News
13.05.2013 Irish companies have today embarked on a four-day Enterprise Ireland trade mission in order to increase their exports to Poland and the Czech Republic. -
Roundtable: Facebook directors on Sheryl Sandberg and the Lean In phenomenon News
11.05.2013 With so much dialogue generated around Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s best-seller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Ann O’Dea caught up with two of Facebook’s most... -
Scottish Govt awards stg£6m contract to Samsung to develop offshore wind turbine News
09.05.2013 The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead for Samsung Heavy Industries to develop a stg£6.04m test centre in Scotland to pioneer its next-generation offshore wind turbine... -
Aerospace firm reveals plans for hybrid-electric flying car (video) News
09.05.2013 Last year, US aerospace company Terrafugia unveiled its street-legal flying car known as the Transition. That flying car won’t be available for at least another two years, but...Tags: Electric Cars, Transport, -
Gaelectric’s new stg£20m wind farm in Co Antrim to power up to 8,000 homes News
08.05.2013 Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric has opened its stg£20m wind farm in Carn Hill, Co Antrim. The 13.8 megawatt (MW) wind farm is the first fully operational wind farm in... -
Scientists pioneer graphene sensor to potentially improve air quality testing News
07.05.2013 Researchers at the Irish nanoscience institute CRANN have manufactured a new graphene-based sensor they believe could have future commercial applications in air quality control... -
Rowers’ attempt through Arctic’s Northwest Passage to highlight climate change News
03.05.2013 Three Irishmen and one Canadian will attempt to row across the Northwest Passage in a single season for the first time ever this July. Their goal is to become the first people...Tags: -
Dublin courier firm to test all-electric van as part of EU project News
02.05.2013 Dublin-based courier company Wheels Couriers is taking part in an EU-funded trial on electromobility by adding an electric Renault Kangoo van to its fleet. The aim of the pilot...