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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 -
Lero wins global smart buildings R&D contract with United Technologies News
19.03.2013 The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre Lero has won an international R&D contract with United Technologies Research Centre (UTRC) Ireland to assist it in the design of...Categories: Sustainability, Security, Research, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Energy, Development, Design, Deals Done -
CoderDojo girls find confidence from the keyboards News
15.03.2013 CoderDojo offers an environment where children and teens can learn about coding and creating with technology. Claire O’Connell and her daughter, Niamh, take a look at it from... -
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... -
IWD at the RDS: breaking down stereotypes and barriers to women in STEM (video) News
12.03.2013 International Women’s Day has been and gone, but Silicon Republic’s Women Invent Tomorrow campaign has just begun. We spoke to visitors to Accenture Ireland’s International... -
Silicon Republic CEO launches Women Invent Tomorrow, seeks inspiring women in STEM News
08.03.2013 Today was a landmark day for Silicon Republic with the launch of our year-long campaign to highlight the role that women play in the areas of science, technology, engineering... -
Midlands wind energy platform could lead to €1bn spend and 6,000 new jobs News
08.03.2013 Harnessing the Irish midlands’ potential for exportable wind energy to the UK could see civil engineering and construction investments of €1bn lead to between 3,000 and 6,000...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Women Invent Tomorrow programme launches 8 March News
07.03.2013 International Women’s Day, 8 March, sees the launch by Silicon Republic of ‘Women Invent Tomorrow’, a major year-long initiative that will highlight the importance of closing... -
BT fibre roll out in the UK to create 1,000 new jobs News
07.03.2013 BT is to create 1,000 new fibre engineering jobs in the UK as part of its stg£2.5bn investment in fibre broadband. The 1,000 jobs are being created at the telco’s Openreach... -
280 pharmaceutical jobs to go at MSD plant in Wicklow News
07.03.2013 Some 280 jobs are to be lost at pharmaceutical manufacturer MSD, which is to close its plant in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, by the end of 2015. -
NASA releases footage of SpaceX Dragon capture (video) News
06.03.2013 US space agency NASA has released a video that shows how crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to snag the Dragon capsule containing... -
Obama selects new energy secretary and EPA chief News
05.03.2013 US President Barack Obama has announced his nominees to take on the roles of Energy Secretary and head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Obama has nominated MIT... -
10 new med-tech jobs for Q1 Scientific in Waterford News
02.03.2013 Waterford-based pharmaceutical stability storage business Q1 Scientific has announced the creation of 10 new jobs for the south-east at the launch of its new Irish operations. -
Welsh tidal array project gets stg£10m in government funding News
01.03.2013 A tidal energy farm project planned off the Welsh coastline this week got a welcome funding injection of stg£10m from the UK government to help progress the development of a... -
‘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... -
‘Maker’ event to run as part of science festival this July News
01.03.2013 Dublin Mini Maker Faire, the community event for tech enthusiasts, inventors and crafters, is set to host its day-long event during Dublin’s new science festival this July.Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Research, R&D, Networking, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Digital Media, Apps -
Rabbitte reveals details of new national energy efficiency action plan News
28.02.2013 Details of the Irish Government’s latest National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) were revealed today by Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, as well as more... -
SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon to head to International Space Station today News
01.03.2013 Conditions are looking favourable for the liftoff today of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to resupply the... -
We need an aligned European scientific research agenda, says EU Commissioner News
28.02.2013 The European research community needs to embrace and advance a ‘joint programming’ model of research, where member states work together to tackle issues in a strategically... -
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...