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Technology Project from Co. Cork Wins the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010
Richard O’Shea, 18 year old sixth year student from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork has been named the winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010 with his project entitled, “A biomass fired cooking stove for developing countries”.
Irish firm Openhydro deploys world's first commercial tidal turbine in Canada
Irish company OpenHydro has successfully deployed the first commercial scale in-stream tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, on behalf of its customer, Nova Scotia Power.
Micro cooler to earn University of Limerick millions in royalties
THE UNIVERSITY of Limerick is set to receive millions of euro in royalties after signing commercial agreements for new technology its researchers developed for cooling computer devices.
UCD spin-out shortlisted for EU-wide entrepreneurship competition
University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company HeyStaks Technologies has been selected as one of three shortlisted finalists for the first, Europe-wide, UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers.
State-of-the-art €47.8-million Tyndall Institute to drive the nano economy
A new state-of-the-art €47.8-million research building at the Government-funded Tyndall Institute will drive Ireland’s ambitions in the area of nanoscale semiconductor research.
Financial services research cluster launched
The Financial Mathematics and Computation Cluster (FMC2) will bring together complementary expertise in financial mathematics, financial economics and computer science.
UCD nanotech lab to target €113bn energy-tech market
New R&D nanotech science lab in University College Dublin, opened by Nobel-prize winner Walter Kohn.
Irish universities move up the world rankings
The world ranking of Irish universities has improved dramatically in the past year, according to a highly regarded international league table.
Our young scientists key to economy's future success
Irish students in science and technology have been doing extremely well on the international stage in the last while.
Backing Ireland for a robust innovation environment
Burton Lee’s interest in Europe, technology and entrepreneurship has landed him with a pro-bono role on the Innovation Taskforce, writes Karlin Lillington
Windows of Opportunity – The Friday Interview with Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International
Later this month Windows 7, the latest iteration of the ubiquitous computer software, will hit the shops.
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Projecting the sweet smell of research
A €7.2m research centre at NUI Galway will study how sugars control what goes on inside our cells.
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Galway firm brings first 3-D medical app to iPhone
A 3-D iPhone application, allowing the user to rotate, zoom and navigate their way through the human heart, has been developed by eMedia, a campus company at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology's Innovation in Business Centre.
Galway's Smartbay
IBM and the Marine Institute Ireland (MII) have completed the SmartBay pilot information system to monitor wave conditions, marine life and pollution levels in and around Galway Bay.
Openhydro - Green Energy
Dublin-based tidal energy company Openhydro was awarded a prize for best renewable innovation last month
Lightsoff - Light Speed!
Twenty-year old Dublin student Steven Troughton-Smith has emerged as Ireland’s most successful software developer for Apple’s iPhone, generating revenues of up to $1,000 a day.
Europe’s First S-band Mobile Satellite
A satellite carrying Europe’s first S-band payload - operated by Solaris Mobile - was successfully launched at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Irelands young innovators ready to take on the world
Despite a grilling from a Dragon’s Den-style panel, intense competition from colleges around the country and the prospect of searing global competition in Cairo, Ireland can rest easy in the knowledge that its young innovators dare to dream the dream.
Space Launch
Countdown has NUI over the moon. AT 2.12PM today Irish time, two satellites will lift off from French Guyana in South America on top of an Ariane 5 rocket with a mission to answer some of the most profound questions in science.
Auctomatic Founder
John Collison, founder of the software company Auctomatic, which he sold for more than €3 million last year, got eight A1s in his Leaving Cert yesterday, it has emerged.
Babelgum helps Coldplay get its Strawberry Swing on iPhone
Dublin headquartered independent mobile and web content platform Babelgum has entered the second phase of its partnership with Coldplay by launching a custom iPhone application.
Eircom Innovation
The social web and cloud storage are key elements of the future of Irish tech success stories if the four winners of the second annual Eircom Innovation Fund are anything to go by.
Irish student comes fifth in global Microsoft competition
Beating the competition in all of Europe as well as coming fifth overall worldwide, Irish secondary school student Suzy Farell showed her prowess on Microsoft Office in a worldwide competition.
Students battle for biz tech supremacy at IBM expo
Four Irish third-level student interns will represent Ireland at the IBM Extreme Blue 2009 European Expo in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, tomorrow, where they will battle other students from the UK, France, Germany and The Netherlands.
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