Streetview Cars Revolutionise Detection of Gas Leaks
Google's Streetview cars can do more than take pictures: they can map gas leaks as well. New Scientist reported on a project in which three Streetview cars were fitted with methane detectors and deployed in Boston,
Consumer and Competition Bodies to Merge
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority will merge with effect from 31 October, with the aim of creating a new and more effective consumer
Russian Blogging Crackdown Law Takes Effect Today
If you're in Russia and you've got a blog with more than 3,000 daily readers, you must register with the media regulator, Roskomnadzor, according to a new law which comes into effect from today. The new law also puts
Maynooth Students Represent Ireland at Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seattle
Microsoft today wished Ireland’s Imagine Cup world finalists, students Matthew McCann, KC Grant and Jack Gallagher of NUI Maynooth, good luck as they prepare to depart to compete in the Microsoft Imagine Cup world final taking
Google Streetview’s Off-Road Trekker Could Boost Tourism
Google maps continues to develop, and Streetview is parking the car and going off-road with a backpack. The New York Times accompanied a Google team recently on their tour of New York's Liberty Island. The results should be online within
VR Version of Joyce’s Ulysses Hits Crowdfunding Target
James Joyce wrote a novel which broke established conventions and broke new ground for literature - or so I've heard. But if Joyce had had today's range of multimedia to choose from, would he have been content with prose
