New research published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials suggests that graphene-treated nanowires could soon replace current touchscreen technology, significantly reducing production costs and allowing for more affordable, flexible displays. The majority of today’s touchscreen devices, such as tablets and smartphones are made using indium tin oxide (ITO) which is both expensive and inflexible. […]
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Supermoon Returns for the Last Show of 2014
The last ‘SuperMoon’ of 2014 is taking place right now. The best nights to see it are Sept 7th, 8th and 9th, with the Moon technically being closest to Ireland in the small hours of Monday Sept. 8th. Astronomy Ireland is inviting people to send in their photographs of this ‘extra-large’ Moon, and their comments and […]
Astronomy Ireland Lecture Tonight: Putting Soil into Orbit
Tonight’s monthly lecture by Astronomy Ireland is all about soil. If the human race is to become a space-faring species, we will need to think about soil, what it is, and where we are going to find it in space. Martian soil is toxic. Planting crops in it would be like sowing seed in bleach as the soil […]
Why Paddy Cosgrave is Wrong about Irish Universities and Grade Inflation
Paddy Cosgrave says he thinks Trinity degrees are worth more than those from other universities because of ‘grade inflation’. But the research he quotes says Trinity’s grade inflation is as bad, if not worse. Yesterday, The Summit announced that it is creating 40 new jobs. But cheers turned to boos, when it emerged that the operator of […]
Law School Head Says Blogging is “Not Academic Work”
The Irish law blog Cearta.ie is offline this morning after its owner, Dr. Eoin O’Dell of Trinity College, shut it down in response to a decision regarding its academic value. Responding to queries from his followers on Twitter this morning, Dr. O’Dell explained that he had shut down his blog because the Head of […]
AppSec Ireland Application Security Conference
The OWASP AppSec Ireland conference is now in its 4th year. This year’s event will run from September 4th to September 6th. The conference runs over 3 days in Trinity College, Dublin, with the first two days being devoted to training on application security , while the 3rd day is plenary sessions from speakers on […]
Young Irish social entrepreneurs heading to Campus Party
The largest technical festival in Europe kicks off in Berlin tomorrow. Campus Party will run from 21st to 26th August at the former Templehof airport in Berlin. It offers more than 600 hours of talks, discussions and workshops covering topics such as free software, entrepreneurship, social media, gaming, development, robotics and design. It brings together […]