Ministers Announce Completion of HEAnet High Speed Broadband Programme for Second Level Schools
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, and the Minister for Communications Alex White TD, today announced that the roll-out of high-speed (100Mbps) broadband to all post-primary schools has been completed, after the final 269 schools were connected in 2014. This brings to a close the third and final stage of this nationwide […]
WorldSIM Tri-Fi is a Portable WiFi Hotspot, Device Charger and Storage
Described as “the ultimate travel companion for frequent travellers”, the WorldSIM Tri-Fi went on sale today. Although only available on pre order, deliveries will begin from 15th December. Combining three vital travel solutions into one pocket sized lifesaver , the WorldSIM Tri-Fi is an unlocked wireless router (giving worldwide internet on-the-go), a power bank and […]
Colbert to Nerds: Relax! New Lightsaber is Cool
So at last there’s a trailer, giving us our first glimpse of Star Wars Episode VII. There’s even a Lego version! But did you notice the new lightsabre with the sticky-outy bits? I sensed a disturbance in The Force, or on Twitter, at least. Toward a theory of lightsaber blade inflation: pic.twitter.com/TUh1yLB9wF — Forrest Wickman (@ForrestW) November […]
Technology Restores an Ancient Archive of Irish Music [Video]
UCC has digitised and published an important archive of Irish traditional music contained on wax cylinders, which languished unheard in its basement for almost 100 years. The problem with wax cylinders is that they are damaged each time you play them, so that for the archive to be preserved it could not be played. But an audio engineer named Henri Chamoux […]
Irish Schools Compete to Design a Satellite in a Can
How big is a satellite? Well it doesn’t need to be any bigger than a drink can, according to the organisers of a competition for Irish schools, launched today by former NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Colonel Johnson is President and Executive Director for the Centre for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), which manages the US National Laboratory […]
Stripe Now Valued at $3.5 Billion in Latest Investment
Stripe, the online payments company founded by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison has announced additional $90 million dollars in Series D funding, doubling its valuation from the last round to $3.5bn (€2.83bn). In January Stripe raised $80m at a $1.75bn valuation. They have also partnered in new payment initiatives Apple Pay and Twitter Buy. […]
UTV Ireland Makes Social Media Faux Pas
UTV Ireland will launch on January 1st 2015 and will be carried on SAORVIEW, Sky, eView and UPC. In common with most companies in 2014 UTV Ireland is also present on social media, including Twitter. Unfortunately they may have made a wee faux pas earlier today: https://twitter.com/UTVIreland/status/539796410217291777 While the tweet may not have been retweeted […]
MIDAS and Analog Devices Launch Annual Third Level Electronics Competition
MIDAS Ireland, the industry led organisation responsible for promoting the microelectronics industry, today announced the launch of their annual engineering competition for third level students aimed at driving innovation and excellence in electronic and microelectronic design and development. The annual competition, organised by MIDAS Ireland is made possible through the support of Analog Devices. Open […]
Mathletes Khan Academy Challenge for Irish Schools is Back
Mathletes is back, the competition for Irish schools using the online teaching resource Khan Academy. Last year, 3,862 students spent 955,210 minutes on mathematics exercises and videos: here’s a breakdown on participation by county. This year there is a new 2-league format to encourage previous participants while attracting newcomers. Khan Academy builds maths mastery over […]
Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf – Live! [Video]
I’d never heard of Rob Cantor until today, but it’s truly humbling to think that the Internet had to evolve to its current state, in order to bring about the precise conditions for this three and a half minutes of … well I don’t know how to describe it. Just watch. Presenting: Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf – […]