New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor eraDecember 11, 2018
Scientists have hit on a very promising post-transistor technology: multiferroics, which uses magnetic spin instead of electron charge to store binary d...
From Clyde Road to Kildare Street: How we engineered getting our policy voice heardDecember 11, 2018
Engineers Ireland is committed to having the voice of the engineer heard in the public policy discourse - providing leadership on engineering issues as...
What’s next for smart homes: An ‘Internet of Ears?’November 27, 2018
Next generation of smart homes envisions using changes in vibrations, sound and electrical field to improve energy consumption and monitor occupants' mo...
How to make computers faster and climate friendlyOctober 30, 2018
In computing, energy use is often considered a secondary problem to speed and storage, but with the rate and direction of technological advancement, it...
Transparent loudspeakers and MICs that let your skin play musicOctober 2, 2018
An international team of researchers has presented an innovative wearable technology that will turn your skin into a loudspeaker...
Smart cities and connected futures – a reportSeptember 18, 2018
At the recent Futurescope Conference in Dublin, Jamie Cudden, programme manager, Smart Dublin, moderated a discussion on the hype, current reality, a...
Tyndall programme aimed at ‘powering the internet of things’September 4, 2018
EU's Horizon 2020 EnABLES research infrastructure programme offers free-of-charge access to equipment, tools and expertise related to 'powering the inte...
Hitachi CTO appointed honorary professor at NUI GalwaySeptember 4, 2018
Bill Schmarzo is an avid blogger and frequent speaker on the application of big data and advanced analytics to drive an organisation’s key business i...
Healthcare firm Cerner to grow Dublin R&D hub and create 50 jobsJuly 24, 2018
Cerner will create 50 new roles focused on R&D and the improvement of data intelligence and population health management for its European clients...
UCD proposes new partnership model for agri-food sustainabilityJune 26, 2018
At a Food 2030 conference which took place at the Agriculture University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in June 2018, UCD proposed a new partnership model to bui...
Revealed: €750K competitive start fund for fintech and deep tech start-upsJune 13, 2018
Enterprise Ireland unveils €750,000 competitive start fund for fintech and deep tech start-up companies that have the capacity to succeed in glo...
17 innovations that will power the shift to smarter factoriesJune 12, 2018
Meet 17 technologies leading the way to a new industrial revolution, writes Saoirse Kerrigan...
Connected car market: How an Irish tech firm is driving global connectivityMay 1, 2018
In June 2016, Audi unveiled a European connected car solution, enabling drivers to use features such as navigation, route guidance, information services...
Nimbus teams up with Cork firm Zeto to bring blockchain product to marketMay 1, 2018
Product uses advances in blockchain technology to monitor and control refrigerated produce along the cold chain, from the production plant to supermark...
Researcher advancing cognitive computing to enable ‘smart’ campus applications via IBM awardApril 23, 2018
UCD researcher advancing state-of-the-art, cognitive-edge computing to enable smart campus applications, through an IBM Faculty Award...
Irish data and analytics firm Over-C and O2 announce five-year technology partnershipApril 23, 2018
ScotRail, Scotland’s national rail service provider, is the first UK customer of O2 Smart Compliance powered by Over-C, the Irish data and...
How artificial intelligence has impacted engineeringApril 17, 2018
Smart production lines are definitely the future. But how exactly does artificial intelligence make such a big difference to the engineering sector?<...
The Internet of Things for large-scale infrastructure management: being at home in a €1.5 trillion marketMarch 20, 2018
The IoT gives us visibility and control of Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, giving us insights into what has happened in the past, what is currently happeni...
70 jobs created as €7.4m software development centre opens in CorkMarch 20, 2018
Global automation technology company Pilz celebrates 20th anniversary in Ireland and unveils new three-storey 2,500-sq-m facility, which doubles its cap...
‘EnerPort’ blockchain energy trading project unveiledMarch 20, 2018
The project likes to imagine a future where Irish consumers could gift or sell their solar power across their neighbourhood as well as share and manage...