Categorised as: Research
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#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 -
#OI2Dublin - Knowledge triangle must surround entrepreneur, Alexander von Gabain says (video) News
21.05.2013 No matter what, the entrepreneur must always be at the centre of the knowledge triangle, says Alexander von Gabain, chairman of the governing board of the European Institute of... -
#OI2Dublin - Innovation Luminary Awards celebrate innovation leadership News
21.05.2013 The CEO of the Irish Internet Association Joan Mulvihill is among luminaries such as physicist Stephen Hawking and space skydiver Felix Baumgartner after having received a... -
#OI2Dublin – Interview with Mikko Huuskonen, Finnish government (video) News
20.05.2013 Mikko Huuskonen from the Finnish government talks about the importance of innovation and how small countries can use innovation to overcome economic adversity. -
#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 -
UK astronaut Tim Peake to head to space station in 2015 News
20.05.2013 Tim Peake, a former helicopter pilot, is to become the first British astronaut to carry out a stint on the International Space Station, as the European Space Agency (ESA) has... -
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 – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video) News
20.05.2013 Intel vice-president and director of Intel Labs Europe Martin Curley warned that at the present rate of consumption we will soon need two Earths to sustain human life. For this... -
#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... -
#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 -
#OI2Dublin - Dr Stephen Hawking says world needs a more sustainable trajectory News
20.05.2013 Celebrated physicist Dr Stephen Hawking has warned that in light of the world surpassing 400ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide – the highest in 2m-3m years – the world... -
Louth students cross the generation gap with app innovations News
20.05.2013 Transition-year students from four schools in Co Louth have been involved in a unique project with adults in the region to come up with prototypes for four mobile apps that aim...Tags: Smartphone, App, -
Screening the marine for new chemistry News
17.05.2013 Dr Margaret Rae and colleagues on the Beaufort Marine Biodiscovery Project are looking to the sea in the hunt for clinically useful molecules. She tells Claire O'Connell about... -
Massachusetts Governor explores digital health collaborations at Dublin summit News
16.05.2013 As part of his trade visit to Ireland this week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited a digital health summit in Dublin yesterday to explore possible collaborations...Tags: Healthcare, Digital Health -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield sore but in good spirits as he readjusts to gravity News
16.05.2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield says he feels like an “old man” and has been bumping into corners after being weightless for five months aboard the International Space Station. The... -
A Taste of R Events
08.06.2013 A female-friendly workshop on introduction to the statistical programming language R, aimed at beginners. The workshop will look mainly at working with the R programming... -
Dublin Startup Weekend Events
07.06.2013 Dublin Startup Weekend is an occasion for developers, designers and people with a passion for new technologies, business and brilliant ideas to come together for weekend-long... -
Fujitsu Innovation Gathering 2013 Events
30.05.2013 Ensuring business-focused R&D and next-generation technology. -
Startup Dublin event to explore innovation and business opportunities News
15.05.2013 A two-day event is kicking off in Dublin tomorrow to help start-ups tap into insights from experts around innovation, leadership and growth. One of the main speakers will be the...