When Limerickman David Hunt announced his latest DIY project on his blog in the last week of April he was hardly expecting the response that followed. His YouTube video racked up nearly half a million views and he was subsequently interviewed by Sky News. The project is PiPhone, a smartphone based on a Raspberry Pi, […]
In the second of our Dell interviews recorded at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum in Limerick, we spoke to Dell Entrepreneur in Residence, Ingrid Vanderveldt. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CI6_BOkNMG4[/youtube] Ingrid talked about the newly opened Dell Centre for Entrepreneurship in Ireland and explained the four pillars of the company’s startup support strategy: knowledge, expert advice, technology, […]
It’s nice to get out for a walk now that the evenings are brighter, but it can be spoiled when you have to keep your eye on the ground to avoid stepping in something nasty. Now, Limerick City and County Council is one of a number of local authorities undertaking a novel approach to combating […]
We met some people from Dell at the Irish Technology Leadership Group event held in Limerick in January. This is the first of two videos where we talk about Dell’s new direction as the World’s Biggest Startup. Anthony Quigney is Director of the Dell Solution Centres in EMEA. He says it’s not enough to give […]
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Dragon’s Den investor Sean O’Sullivan has launched a competition for Irish schools which he is funding to the tune of €20,000 to develop competitive mathematics skills in Irish youth. The programme will use material from the Khan Academy, and further details are available at mathletes.ie. I caught up with Sean on Tuesday evening as the […]
Naomi Fein from Think Visual was at the ITLG conference in Limerick yesterday. Here’s her graphical ‘harvest’ from the event:
![Video thumbnail for youtube video ITLG Young Innovators Focus on the Future [Video]](https://technology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/itlg-young-innovators-focus-on-the-future-video-140x140.jpg "ITLG Young Innovators Focus on the Future [Video]")
Technology.ie is reporting from ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum today in Limerick, and we’re not the only ones! There are video cameras everywhere, print media, radio and podcasters and Think Visual are drawing pictures. RTE Digital are one of the official media partners for the event. They produced this at yesterday’s ITLG Young Innovators event […]
Naomi Fein from Think Visual is at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum here in Limerick today. Think Visual use graphics to tell the story of an event. The conference was formally opened by President Michael D Higgins: Former Minister Conor Lenihan was in attendance, in his current role as a VP with the Skolkovo […]
President Michael D Higgins has called for a Republic of Creativity built on invention and original thinking. He was speaking at the opening of the Silicon Valley Global Forum organised by the Irish Technology Leadership Group in Limerick this morning. Entrepreneurs and technologists from Ireland and Silicon Valley gathered at the University Concert Hall for […]
Brought to you by Blacknight – it’s another Technology.ie podcast, with Michele & Conn and the tech news of the week. Remember Barcamp? 3DCamp is flying the flag in Limerick on May 25th. (Listen out for a bonus podcast on this tomorrow!) The case begins in the Supreme Court in the Data Protection Commisioner’s appeal […]
