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Google acquires wind-turbine start-up Makani Power News
24.05.2013 Google is to acquire Makani Power, a US company that is developing an airborne wind turbine that is mounted on a tethered wing and can fly to higher altitudes where the wind is... -
NASA may take 3D-printed food to space News
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... -
Advant Medical to create 34 jobs at Galway plant News
24.05.2013 Medical-device manufacturer Advant Medical is set to invest €2.4m in a major development programme at its Galway plant, with the company planning to create 34 jobs over the next... -
Cork bakery for coeliacs raises seed funding of €175,000 News
24.05.2013 Delicous, a Cork-based bakery specialising in gluten-free products for coeliacs has raised €175,000 worth of investment from the Boole Investment Syndicate, the Halo Business... -
Cubic Telecom to create 70 new jobs after landing US$5.2m investment News
24.05.2013 Irish technology company Cubic Telecom is to create 70 new jobs after securing US$5.2m in funding from US telecoms tech giant Qualcomm, ACT Venture Capital, TPS Investments and... -
Second Climate Gathering will be in Dublin – open call for participation News
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...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Investments, Internet, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
VoiceSage to invest €1m in R&D programme, creating 10 jobs News
24.05.2013 Dublin-headquartered customer communications technology company VoiceSage is to invest more than €1m in a new R&D programme, having secured support from Enterprise Ireland. The... -
#OI2Dublin - Irish Times CIO Johnny Ryan on the digital future of newspapers (video) News
22.05.2013 We caught up with the chief innovation officer of The Irish Times, Dr Johnny Ryan, at the Open Innovation 2.0 conference in Dublin. Ryan revealed a multi-million euro investment...Categories: Software & Web Development, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Investments, Digital Media -
SFI to pump €6.9m into 62 scientific research projects News
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,... -
Huggity secures €600k investment and plans to create 16 jobs News
23.05.2013 Dublin digital start-up Huggity has secured a €600,000 investment, with the company now planning to create 16 new positions by the end of the year in addition to scaling up its...Categories: Social Media, Mobile, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Personal camerman device gets US$500k injection from Grishin Robotics News
22.05.2013 California start-up Swivl, the maker of a robotic video device that mimics a personal cameraman, has raised US$500,000 from the investment company Grishin Robotics to focus on... -
NASDAQ opening bell to ring out at Dublin Web Summit in October News
22.05.2013 The NASDAQ stock market opening bell will be rung onstage during the Dublin Web Summit on 30 October, the event’s organisers have revealed. -
Number of M&A deals in Ireland down 11.5pc in Q1 News
22.05.2013 Despite the increase in value of deals, the number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the Irish economy are down 11.5pc year-on-year, according to new data from the... -
#OI2Dublin - Dublin Declaration sets out a new business model for the European Union (video) News
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...Categories: Science, Research, Recruitment, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Aer Arann to create 50 jobs in Dublin News
22.05.2013 Regional airline Aer Arann is to create 50 jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months for engineering and support staff, and flight and cabin crew, as the first of eight new... -
#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 -
Wayra Dublin start-up accelerator makes last call for new entries News
21.05.2013 Entrepreneurs seeking financing, mentorship and workspace have only a few days left to apply for a spot on the next round of Wayra Dublin, Telefónica’s start-up accelerator. -
#OI2Dublin - Interview with DG CONNECT’s Bror Salmelin (video) News
20.05.2013 Open innovation will lead to vast improvements in productivity out of research, said Bror Salmelin, an adviser at the European Commission’s Directorate General for...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Digital Business, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
#OI2Dublin - Innovation about execution, not just invention, says EIT’s Alexander von Gabain News
20.05.2013 As the innovation elite began to converge on Dublin for the Open Innovation 2.0 conference today and tomorrow, Ann O’Dea caught up with one of the visitors, Alexander Von...Tags: Start-ups, Biotechnology, US, Europe, OECD, Open Innovation 2.0, Entrepreneurship, KPMG, Venture Capital -
Ireland is to be Stripe’s first launch country in Europe News
19.05.2013 Stripe, the payment platform for developers led by the Collison brothers from Limerick, will launch first in Ireland before the rest of Europe.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, eCommerce, Digital Business, Development