Tagged: Engineering & News
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Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on EI trade mission News
17.05.2013 Irish companies involved in this week’s Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Poland and the Czech Republic have secured new contracts with a potential value of €17m.Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Marketing, Government, Engineering, Deals Done -
Frank Hornby’s 150th birthday marked on Google’s UK homepage News
15.05.2013 Head to Google.co.uk today and you’ll see a Google Doodle made up of toy trains to honour what would have been the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby Model... -
Irish firms head to Poland and Czech Republic for EI trade mission News
13.05.2013 Irish companies have today embarked on a four-day Enterprise Ireland trade mission in order to increase their exports to Poland and the Czech Republic. -
RoboRugby Competition tests UCD students’ engineering skills News
24.04.2013 The 2013 Siemens RoboRugby Competition champion was decided at last night’s final held at UCD’s Belfield campus, demonstrating the engineering skills of these first-year students. -
The 21st century workforce: skills gap & the STEM dilemma (infographic) News
24.04.2013 Employers have a long-term concern about filling 21st-century job openings because the workforce lacks skills, reveals a new infographic that takes a closer look at this skills... -
ABB snaps up solar inverter player Power-One for US$1bn News
23.04.2013 Swiss engineering group ABB is aiming to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of solar inverters to target the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry as it is to acquire the US... -
Students prepare for STEM Week by asking career questions News
22.04.2013 Next week will see the launch of STEM Week to give second-level students who are making their final CAO choices more insight into careers in science, technology, engineering and... -
CAO study shows increased interest in STEM at third level News
17.04.2013 A detailed analysis of applications for third-level study carried out by Dr Vivienne Patterson and Valerie Harvey of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) demonstrates a boosted... -
Researchers at UL pioneer sensor technology to improve radiation therapy News
15.04.2013 A team of researchers from University of Limerick (UL) is pioneering a new type of sensor technology that uses using real-time monitoring, with the goal of ensuring more... -
ESB International wins €30m contract in Turkey, reaches milestone in Tanzania energy project News
11.04.2013 Global engineering consultancy ESB International (ESBI) has won its first contract in Turkey and has finished a major portion of the energy project it’s managing in Tanzania,... -
Groupon appoints new senior VP of engineering and operations News
10.04.2013 Daily deals site Groupon has a new senior vice-president of engineering and operations: Sri Viswanath, former vice-president of research and development for mobile computing at...Categories: Web, Leadership & Management, Internet, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Careers and Employment -
MooMonitor is a real cash cow News
09.04.2013 Comparing a state-of-the-art smartphone with the sizzling sirloin steak on the table in front of you or that chilled glass of milk you are about to enjoy, you would at first... -
Siemens opens new UK production plant for tidal turbines News
08.04.2013 Siemens has today opened the UK’s first-ever tidal turbine production facility in Bristol where it is planning to test and build tidal turbines that will initially be used in... -
Detroit Electric brand is back with new electric car sporting US$135k price tag News
05.04.2013 Back in 1907 a Detroit, Michigan, company started producing an electric car known as the Detroit Electric and went on to sell 13,000 models up until 1939. Now the brand has been... -
Smart metering company expands into UK and EU markets News
02.04.2013 Galway-based energy-monitoring company Meterlogix, which recently announced 12 new jobs, has launched a new business in the UK market as a first step before launching into Europe. -
Interview: Dyson senior design engineer Patrick Maloney (video) News
28.03.2013 Ahead of the 2013 James Dyson Award, one of the previous Irish winners Patrick Maloney now works at Dyson where he has worked on a number of core products including the DC44...Categories: R&D, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Review: Dyson Hot+Cool Air Multiplier (AM05) News
19.03.2013 They say that necessity is the mother of all invention. And while the technology industry outdoes itself in its quest to come up with the shiniest, smartest and most...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Interview with James Dyson: ‘Children need a route for invention’ News
14.03.2013 The UK and Irish school curricula need to be revamped to be made modern and relevant and enthuse a love of invention, science and design if we are to field the engineers of the... -
IWD at the RDS: breaking down stereotypes and barriers to women in STEM (video) News
12.03.2013 International Women’s Day has been and gone, but Silicon Republic’s Women Invent Tomorrow campaign has just begun. We spoke to visitors to Accenture Ireland’s International... -
Silicon Republic CEO launches Women Invent Tomorrow, seeks inspiring women in STEM News
08.03.2013 Today was a landmark day for Silicon Republic with the launch of our year-long campaign to highlight the role that women play in the areas of science, technology, engineering...