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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:11:07 +0000 30 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/section/9/randd 144 18 Europe has to improve upon capitalising on its inventions, said Máire Geoghegan Quinn, the European Union's Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15630/randd/capitalise-on-your-inventions-europe-eu-commissioner-says http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15630/randd/capitalise-on-your-inventions-europe-eu-commissioner-says Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:16:00 +0000 R&D Entertainment giant Disney has joined forces with a UCD research centre to examine how the use of multiple cameras can enhance the high-end broadcast of major sports events. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15617/randd/disney-alliance-with-ucd-to-revolutionise-sports-coverage http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15617/randd/disney-alliance-with-ucd-to-revolutionise-sports-coverage Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 R&D Axis Three - a Belfast-based pioneer of computerised tools for the global cosmetic surgery industry - is gearing up to apply its world-beating 3D simulation technology to the facial reconstructive surgery market. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15596/randd/belfast-software-firm-scores-cosmetic-surgery-breakthrough http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15596/randd/belfast-software-firm-scores-cosmetic-surgery-breakthrough Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:58:00 +0000 R&D Dublin-based RedMere and Belfast-based SiSaf were presented with awards on behalf of the Irish Technology Leadership Group by California's "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15583/start-ups/schwarzenegger-gives-silicon-valley-awards-to-irish-tech-stars http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15583/start-ups/schwarzenegger-gives-silicon-valley-awards-to-irish-tech-stars Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:02:00 +0000 Start-ups It's fitting that the next major breakthrough in semiconductor research that could extend the life of Moore's Law is being brought on a whistlestop tour of the largest chip manufacturers on the planet in the very place the silicon chip was born. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15581/randd/tyndall-brings-chip-breakthrough-to-home-of-silicon http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15581/randd/tyndall-brings-chip-breakthrough-to-home-of-silicon Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +0000 R&D The Irish Government will be acting on the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce, Taoiseach Brian Cowen confirmed while launching the Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission in Silicon Valley yesterday. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15579/randd/govt-to-act-on-innovation-taskforce-report-taoiseach http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15579/randd/govt-to-act-on-innovation-taskforce-report-taoiseach Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:06:00 +0000 R&D California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger is to be the keynote speaker at the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) Awards at Stanford University on Monday night, Siliconrepublic.com has learned. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15555/start-ups/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15555/start-ups/schwarzenegger-to-award-innovative-irish-tech-firms Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:49:00 +0000 Start-ups Technology industry and academic leaders have welcomed the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce and are urging Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD to implement them as a matter of urgency for the economy. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15542/start-ups/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15542/start-ups/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:43:00 +0000 Start-ups Nationwide 1Gbps broadband, the creation of a 'European Accelerator' to attract the world's most innovative start-ups and a sea change in structures and attitudes to start-ups were among the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce revealed today. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15537/randd/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15537/randd/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0000 R&D Along with a name change from Sustainable Energy Ireland to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) the state body has revealed an ambitious five year plan that promises €6bn in savings as well as the creation of between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs every year. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15536/green-tech/sustainable-energy-ireland-promises-6bn-in-savings http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15536/green-tech/sustainable-energy-ireland-promises-6bn-in-savings Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:09:00 +0000 Green Tech Ten new spin-out firms have emerged out of research commercialised at Trinity College in the areas of ICT, bioscience and physical science. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15530/randd/ten-new-spinouts-emerge-from-trinity-college http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15530/randd/ten-new-spinouts-emerge-from-trinity-college Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:00 +0000 R&D Is this the beginning of the long-awaited stimulus plan from Government? Tanaiste and Enterprise Minister Mary Coughlan TD is to invest €56m in 180 companies and nine transformational competence centres to bring about the promised smart economy. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15522/randd/stimulus-trek-begins-with-56m-investment-in-180-companies http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15522/randd/stimulus-trek-begins-with-56m-investment-in-180-companies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:12:00 +0000 R&D Ireland's next-generation network (NGN) rollout has started subtly with the creation of a €2.5m NGN Test Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology, involving Enterprise Ireland, Eircom, Meteor and Ericsson. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15521/comms/next-generation-network-rollout-begins-with-2-5m-testbed http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15521/comms/next-generation-network-rollout-begins-with-2-5m-testbed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +0000 Comms Seven lucky students have been awarded third-level summer placements with NUI Galway, UL and UCD as part of the BT Business of Science & Technology Programme 2010. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15493/randd/bt-science-and-tech-future-business-leaders-identified http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15493/randd/bt-science-and-tech-future-business-leaders-identified Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 R&D From the Wii console to the conservation of drinking water to 'green' plastic and the ability to access the internet straight from a wall socket, the nominees for the European Inventor Award 2010 have been announced today. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15488/randd/nominations-for-european-inventor-award-2010-announced http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15488/randd/nominations-for-european-inventor-award-2010-announced Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:09:00 +0000 R&D Irish industry has a role to play in ensuring that the highest standards of education are safeguarded across various professions, the director general of Engineers Ireland John Power has warned. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15458/randd/time-to-take-responsibility-for-the-standard-of-our-graduates http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15458/randd/time-to-take-responsibility-for-the-standard-of-our-graduates Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:38:00 +0000 R&D The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Conor Lenihan TD met today with Prof Enric Banda, president of Euroscience, to mark the formal start of preparations to host the European City of Science in Dublin in 2012. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15447/randd/dublin-gets-ready-for-european-city-of-science-2012 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15447/randd/dublin-gets-ready-for-european-city-of-science-2012 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0000 R&D BT's Business of Science & Technology mentoring programme has been launched to help students progress from the classroom to the boardroom and turn good ideas into commercial opportunities. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15426/randd/bt-to-bring-innovation-from-classroom-to-boardroom http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15426/randd/bt-to-bring-innovation-from-classroom-to-boardroom Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:01:00 +0000 R&D Interactive learning player Promethean has won a major Spanish tender to provide 4,550 of its ActivBoard+2 interactive whiteboards plus software to 1,900 schools in the Spanish region of Andalucia. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15409/digital-life/promethean-to-roll-out-4-550-whiteboards-in-spanish-schools http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15409/digital-life/promethean-to-roll-out-4-550-whiteboards-in-spanish-schools Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:51:00 +0000 Digital Life Successful Cork business process outsourcing (BPO) player Abtran has formed a research partnership with the Cork Constraint Computation Centre (4C) at UCC to develop next-generation BPO systems. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15383/randd/abtran-invests-in-ucc-lab-to-drive-next-gen-bpo-systems http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15383/randd/abtran-invests-in-ucc-lab-to-drive-next-gen-bpo-systems Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:00 +0000 R&D Software giant Microsoft and the world's largest online retailer Amazon.com have signed a patent cross-licence agreement that will give each company access to the other's patent portfolios, including Kindle e-readers and software components. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15351/business/microsoft-and-amazon-com-in-patent-deal-that-covers-kindle-linux http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15351/business/microsoft-and-amazon-com-in-patent-deal-that-covers-kindle-linux Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:34:00 +0000 Business Ireland's research bodies must learn to emulate the example of the Apple iPhone - an innovative product packaged with value-added services - if they are to derive value from their investment in research. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15341/randd/ireland-must-learn-to-commercialise-its-research http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15341/randd/ireland-must-learn-to-commercialise-its-research Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:07:00 +0000 R&D A team of scientists at the Tyndall National Institute have designed and fabricated the world's first junctionless transistor that could revolutionise microchip manufacturing in the semiconductor industry. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15331/randd/nanotech-breakthrough-to-revolutionise-microchip-manufacturing http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15331/randd/nanotech-breakthrough-to-revolutionise-microchip-manufacturing Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:18:00 +0000 R&D Intune Networks, the company selected by the Irish State to build its Exemplar next-generation network, has been awarded a major EU contract as part of a consortium involving telecom players Telefónica and PrimeTel. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15307/comms/intune-gets-eu-backing-to-build-future-telecoms-cloud-network http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15307/comms/intune-gets-eu-backing-to-build-future-telecoms-cloud-network Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:47:00 +0000 Comms The green economy should not be viewed as a short-term answer to Ireland's economic problems - failures will happen and we need to show greater risk tolerance for start-ups. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15306/green-tech/green-deal-stimulus-plan-will-stave-off-green-tech-failures http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15306/green-tech/green-deal-stimulus-plan-will-stave-off-green-tech-failures Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:24:00 +0000 Green Tech The enormous success of smart phones, like the iPhone, and expected sales of future devices, like the iPad, will lead to a critical undersupply of NAND-type flash memory in 2010, analysts have warned. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15303/randd/smart-phones-tablet-pcs-to-fuel-flash-memory-shortage-in-2010 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15303/randd/smart-phones-tablet-pcs-to-fuel-flash-memory-shortage-in-2010 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:47:00 +0000 R&D MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2010, BARCELONA - Everything that Google will create going forward will be done so through a 'Mobile First' lens, the company's CEO Eric Schmidt told the largest gathering of the world's mobile industry at the GSMA Congress in Barcelona. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15300/comms/google-embarks-on-a-mobile-first-strategy-schmidt-says http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15300/comms/google-embarks-on-a-mobile-first-strategy-schmidt-says Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:24:00 +0000 Comms In an effort to stimulate indigenous technology companies in the software sector, three major organisations have come together to make a call for Irish tech firms to bring their ideas to the table in front of the venture-capital community at April's Software Investment Forum. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15294/business/software-investment-forum-to-showcase-irish-talent http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15294/business/software-investment-forum-to-showcase-irish-talent Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:17:00 +0000 Business The Belfast-based specialist Irish software company First Derivatives has said it has secured financial investment from Invest Northern Ireland (NI) towards supporting its ongoing research and development (R&D) efforts. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15289/randd/first-derivatives-secures-investment-from-invest-ni http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15289/randd/first-derivatives-secures-investment-from-invest-ni Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:24:00 +0000 R&D Forty-eight per cent of post-primary teachers of mathematics in Irish schools "did not have a mathematics teaching qualification", a survey carried out by the University of Limerick looking into the decline in mathematics in secondary schools has revealed. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15288/government/almost-half-of-post-primary-maths-teachers-not-qualified-for-job http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15288/government/almost-half-of-post-primary-maths-teachers-not-qualified-for-job Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:13:00 +0000 Government