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Did you know? One million plastic bottles are produced every 60 seconds. A new plastic bottle collection and recycling scheme has debuted at Athlone Institute of Technology under a green campus pilot initiative intended to educate staff and students about the benefits of appropriately sorting and recycling Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), a clear, strong and lightweight […]

Enterprise Ireland Innovation vouchers are an excellent way for Irish SMEs to venture into an innovation project. The Innovation Voucher Scheme was developed to build links between Ireland’s public knowledge providers and small businesses. It provides a €5,000 voucher to explore an innovation opportunity or problem with a registered knowledge provider. There are a large

Most people perceive funding applications as an onerous task. This shouldn’t be the case. We have compiled a list of 6 simple tips to consider before sending your funding application that will make the process more manageable. 1. Get advice at an early stage Rather than launching straight into your application, reach out to those

3D scanning for precision engineering applications Cootehill Precision Engineering Ltd carries out work for companies ranging from component manufacturing for heavy industries (e.g. agricultural sector) through to the machining of very small components (e.g. the electronics industry). They have heat treatment and 3D printing facilities on site and a basic 3D scanning device. Their experience

The big news in the nutraceuticals sector over the past few weeks was a review that suggested that fish oil may not have the health benefits previously attributed to it.  A comprehensive review of this well-known and well-studied nutraceutical concluded: “Despite all this information*, we don’t see protective effects.” * review of 112,000 people Fish

Innovation is a key element within any successful company, enabling creative vision, adaptive qualities and long-term strategic thinking. In this fast-moving technological age, companies need to respond quickly to advances in technology. New idea generation and problem-solving must be an integral part of a company’s strategic planning should it wish to adapt to these changes.

Kokomo is a healthcare consultancy with specialist expertise in the emerging area of connected health. The company provides advice, support, and training to technology multinationals, telecommunications corporations, medical companies, and national health authorities. Connected health is poised to revolutionise patient care. It is already a reality for 1.8 million patients in the UK alone, and

Have you ever had a custom paint colour made?  There’s a good chance that the retailer’s paint mixing machine was manufactured by Chameleon Colour Systems, in Tuam, Co. Galway. The company, established in 1992, is a market leader in innovative colour tinting and mixing technology solutions, selling machines worldwide. Their major market is the paint

An Innovation Partnership with COMAND Gateway To rationalise development across hundreds of mobile apps, TownApps and SRI are creating a generic, configurable development platform that will allow a common code-base to be used for all common app functionality, with configurable elements to customise each app for a particular city or feature set. In addition to city