[25.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The economy may be in for a rough ride in the next while but funding for universities, institutes and research will not take the hit, said Dr Pat Frain, director of NovaUCD and chairman of ProTon Europe, the pan-European network of knowledge transfer associations affiliated with European universities and other […]

[22.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The National F1 in Schools champions title for 2008 went to Team Koni Kats from St David’s School in Greystones, Wicklow following regional finals which were carried out in various institutes of technology around the country throughout February and March
The F1 in Schools, sponsored by Honda and […]

[21.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The Bank of Ireland is to commit to sponsoring 50pc of a €500,000 technological research and development (R&D) alliance with UCC’s Financial Services Innovation Centre in Cork, it emerged last night.
The remainder of the funding will be provided by Enterprise Ireland who fund and manage the national Innovation […]

[17.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The idea of swarms of self-sufficient robots deploying on the ground and in the air on the red planet of Mars may sound like something from a science fiction novel, but it is actually a very real project NASA is considering as a paradigm for future space exploration.
With […]

[17.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme aims to bring about education through affordable technology but will infighting and competition muddy the waters?
A vision to eradicate poverty through education resulted in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nicholas Negroponte.
Alongside […]

[09.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A new chip developed by an Irish nanotechnology company that can be used in clinical trials will give major biotech and pharmaceutical companies access to powerful data and a competitive edge in their respective markets.
Cellix Ltd, which is headquartered in Dublin and maintains offices in New York, develops […]

[09.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A new €100,000 scholarship programme to assist Irish students in attending the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg has been launched.
The Gogarty Scholarship, named after famed Irishman, Oliver St John Gogarty, will this year make €7,500 available for the ISU’s Space Studies Programme and €12,500 for the […]

[02.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Irish business technologies provider Datapac has upped investment in its annual work placement scholarship programme to €150,000 for 2008.
The number of third-level students partaking in a work placement programme as a result of the investment will rise from 12 last year to 15 this year.
“The work placement scholarship […]

[02.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Irish IT managed services company Typetec has completed a €600,000 rollout of systems and services for the Irish National Teachers’ Association (INTO).
Typetec updated legacy systems in INTO’s head office and undertook a total reorganisation of the underlying IT infrastructure in the first phase of the project. This phase […]

[01.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The Irish Film Institute (IFI) will today screen exclusive high-definition (HD) images from the moon taken by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) a few weeks ago.
IFI Education, the educational department of the institute, will screen the footage as an introduction to the documentary feature, In the shadow […]