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, […]
Wild Atlantic Startups, or WASUP, is the name of an event to be held at the University of Limerick on 9 May. It’s described as “a no-nonsense platform enabling entrepreneurs advance their knowledge, and startups hone their skills” and it’s aimed in particular at regional entrepreneurs. WASUP14 is organised by Shane McCarthy of BlueChief and he joins Conn on […]
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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 […]
Here’s a bonus podcast for this week featuring Gabriela Avram, lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Limerick and one of the organisers of 3DCamp, which will be held on 25 May. In the spirit of BarCamp, 3Dcamp is open, inclusive and free to attend – it’s also very cool, with a focus on […]
The University of Limerick’s computer society, Skynet, is running SkyCon again this year. This time round the event will take place over the weekend of October 6th and 7th and the lineup of speakers is pretty impressive. Randall Munroe, the guy behind XKCD, will be speaking, as will Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth. They’ll be joined by […]
