Tagged: Technology & News
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Obama gives government services one year to become more mobile News
24.05.2012 US President Barack Obama has issued an order that all government agencies make at least two of their public services available on mobile phones over the next 12 months. -
BT calls on students to enter Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition News
23.05.2012 BT Ireland has launched the 2013 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, so students from around Ireland have until 1 October to enter their ideas and inventions. -
Irish start-up Clevermiles makes finals of Castrol 20/20 Challenge News
22.05.2012 New Irish start-up Clevermiles, which has developed an app to inspire safer driving, has been named as one of five finalists for the Castrol 20/20 Challenge in the UK. -
Primary schools get science and maths awards News
22.05.2012 Ireland’s national science promotion programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has given 420 primary schools awards in science and maths. -
French nanoscientist to speak in Dublin about gender and science News
18.05.2012 Anne Pépin from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France will be giving a free lecture in Dublin on Monday at the Alliance Française about gender and... -
The search for knowledge has been enhanced by Google’s latest features News
17.05.2012 Hot on the heels of Bing’s social search revamp, Google have released intuitive new search features that put the search for knowledge, not social connections, at the forefront.Tags: Privacy, Wikipedia, Development, Technology, Search Engine, Siri, Apple, Microsoft, Search, Bing, Facebook, Google -
Taoiseach announces 200 jobs for Galway from Merit Medical News
17.05.2012 Two hundred jobs will be created over the next five years at a €20m Merit Medical Systems facility in Galway, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, announced this morning. -
Women rule in tech (infographic) News
14.05.2012 Women are making great strides in the technology sector, a new infographic shows, in taking up the subject in college, starting companies, and leading them. -
Bridging the gap between 19th-century and 21st-century school systems News
10.05.2012 Go to any conference today on the subject of education and you’ll hear a metaphor about dragging a teacher from the 19th century to a 21st-century classroom in Ireland and being... -
No Limbs, No Limits: Cork teen tells UN how tech improved her life News
27.04.2012 Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who has no limbs, gave a speech to global leaders at a United Nations conference for Girls in ICT Day on how technology has changed her life. She... -
Junior Achievement and Prometric to promote STEM subjects in schools News
17.04.2012 Junior Achievement Ireland is set to partner with test development and delivery firm Prometric to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in secondary...Categories: Science, Life Sciences, Graduate, Engineering, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Crowdfunding site Fundit.ie gets 143 creative projects going News
03.04.2012 Fund it, the new Irish crowdfunding site, has managed to fund 143 creative projects in just one year, after it received pledges of more than €632,000 from the public. Music... -
Students win summer university placements at science bootcamp News
29.03.2012 A team of five secondary school students who developed a project called 'Smart pipe: an automated water circulation anti-freezing system' have won the 2012 BT Young Scientist...Categories: Energy, Education, Engineer, Engineering, Graduate, Green, Green Tech, Internet, Life Sciences, Science, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Software Development -
Apple CEO is top tech boss (infographic) News
29.03.2012 Apple boss Tim Cook is the top technology CEO, according to recent employee reviews. Qualcomm’s CEO Paul E Jacobs is second and Google CEO Larry Page is third. -
Blind man tests out Google’s self-driving car News
29.03.2012 Google has let Steve Mahan, a man who has lost 95pc of his vision, test out one of its self-driving cars to showcase the possibilities of this new driving technology. -
Ireland signs science and tech MoU with Chinese govt News
27.03.2012 Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Ireland-China science and innovation... -
Google Doodle celebrates grandmaster of origami Akira Yoshizawa News
14.03.2012 Google’s latest Doodle celebrates the life of Akira Yoshizawa, the grandmaster of origami. The Doodle was created with the help of artist Robert J Lang, one of the world’s... -
Primary schoolers and Ireland’s science and maths drive News
12.03.2012 The Irish Government’s Discover Science and Engineering initiative is calling for all national primary schools to register for its 2012 maths and science awards programme.Categories: Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Tech, Green -
Ireland’s 64pc surge in applications for third-level tech and science courses News
09.03.2012 Students in Ireland appear to be catching on to the future career opportunities in science and technology. The CAO has released its latest figures, showing a 64pc surge in the... -
Women in technology inspire students about scientific careers News
08.03.2012 To coincide with International Women’s Day today, five Irish women from the fields of technology and science are challenging young students to learn more about what a modern-day...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Career Advice, Bio Tech