On Friday April 8th the final of the Intel Galileo 3rd Level Technology Competition took place at the Science Gallery in Dublin. The competition, which has been running since the beginning of January, is open to all 3rd level undergraduate students on the island of Ireland. The competition invites students to create projects based on […]
In 25 years working in radio, there’s one piece of advice I heard early and often: if you see a microphone, you should always assume it is ‘live’. The same should probably go for webcams. The news today that a Russian website has been discovered which aggregates the feeds from over 4500 cameras worldwide has […]
Connectivity between devices and people in their homes, work and cars has emerged as the big theme to dominate the discussions, deals, and bars around Web Summit 2014. Paul Daugherty, CTO of Accenture, pointed out that there will be 50 billion digital devices by 2020 and believed that ‘the internet of things will dwarf the […]
Ireland’s first multidisciplinary Design and Hardware Hackathon has been one by Cash Up, the team which developed and prototyped a connected cash register over the course of the three-day event which finished last night. Following on the success of the Hardware Hackathon in September, the weekend event added a focus on design this time around. The event was organised […]
PCH, the company that designs custom manufacturing solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it will co-host the Design and Hardware Hackathon in partnership with DCU, Ireland’s University of enterprise. The event will be run in conjunction with the Web Summit, and in partnership with NCAD. Airbnb, Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Design Partners, […]
