Tagged: Engineering & News
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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. -
Mazda and Fiat to team up on new sports car News
23.05.2012 Mazda and Fiat are set to collaborate on the development and manufacturing of a new convertible roadster sports car for both the Mazda and Alfa Romeo ranges. The design of the... -
Robert Moog 'electrified' in Google Doodle today News
23.05.2012 New Yorker Robert Moog is today’s vibrant Google Doodle subject on what would be the 78th birthday of the American pioneer of electronic music. He is best known as being the...Categories: Search Engines, Science, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Digital Media -
Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg) News
18.05.2012 He’s a Harvard dropout, Facebook co-founder and he’s the world’s youngest billionaire by just eight days. Meet Dustin Moskovitz.Categories: Software, Social Media, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, DevelopmentTags: Silicon Valley, Social Media, Investment, IPO, Development, Software, Engineering, Spotify, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, -
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... -
Campaign to name new Dublin City bridge after Nobel physicist Ernest Walton News
17.05.2012 What better way to celebrate Dublin’s 2012 tenure as European City of Science than to name the new Marlborough Street bridge in the capital city after Ernest Walton, the Irish...Tags: Education, Government, Knowledge Economy, Science, Atom, Physics, Maths, STEM, TCD, Dublin City Council, Transport, Engineering -
Online atlas marks Ireland's scientific and engineering treasures News
16.05.2012 Ireland's seven scientific and engineering wonders are being celebrated in a new interactive online map of the island. Did you know, for instance, that Ireland hosts some of the... -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering -
Soyuz astronauts blast off for International Space Station News
15.05.2012 Two Russians and one American are aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that successfully launched this morning to head to the International Space Station (ISS). -
Titanic II to sail the oceans in 2016? News
30.04.2012 An Australian billionaire businessman by the name of Clive Palmer says he is to build a replica of the Titanic, the ship that sank in the North Atlantic 100 years ago on 15...Tags: Tourism, Engineering, -
Father of the internet Vint Cerf: we must save newspapers (video) News
27.04.2012 Business models that will help newspapers to survive need to be found because quality journalism is vital to a successful democracy, one of the ‘fathers of the internet’ Vint... -
Engineers shortage affecting growth plans – Dromone Engineering News
27.04.2012 A shortage of skilled engineers in Ireland with professional experience is having an impact on the expansion needs of Irish firm Dromone Engineering, said the company’s managing... -
Cork firm GxP Systems hiring for 21 engineering jobs News
25.04.2012 Cork technology firm GxP Systems is recruiting for 21 engineering roles in Ireland, the US and Mexico at the Jobs Expo 2012, which is taking place in the RDS in Dublin.Tags: Engineering, Ireland, Cork, GxP Systems, Dublin, Consulting, Jobs, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology -
Gideon Sundback remembered in Google Doodle News
24.04.2012 Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American engineer who invented the zipper, is being revered in an interactive Google Doodle today to mark what would be his 132nd birthday. -
30 new jobs for Cork as chip firm M/A-COM expands News
23.04.2012 A leading supplier of high-performance analog semiconductor solutions M/A-COM Tech is to create 30 new jobs at its Cork plant, where it already employs 68 people.Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Internet, Development, Design, Engineering, Hardware -
CERN expert to speak to engineers in Belfast News
20.04.2012 Belfast native Dr Stephen Myers, who works as director of accelerators and technology at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, will be in Belfast next...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Irish man Martin Curley appointed vice-president of Intel News
18.04.2012 Intel has promoted Irish man Martin Curley, director of Intel Labs Europe and senior principal engineer, as vice-president of Intel Corporation. -
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 -
Engineers gear up for some rugby robotics at UCD News
13.04.2012 Rugby-playing robots ... now what's that all about? Well, up to 63 first-year engineering students will be bringing their robotic creations to the table next week for a...