Smart cities, the different approach between algorithms and sustainability
Smart cities, the different approach between algorithms and sustainability in China and Japan, while Saudi Arabia promises to offer the world’s best environment to live in. A place where traditional…
ToffeeTribe: a community oriented startup supporting remote workers in Nairobi
Freelance workers constitute a growing slice of the labour force. Used to independent and flexible work, they have always been the number one customers of coworking spaces. Up until the…
Driving on the sun: solar technology for e-vehicles
Electric powered vehicles are a crucial piece of the net zero puzzle, but meeting the bar set by their carbon-guzzling cousins is no mean feat. Some manufacturers are betting on…
Impossible Foods – Transforming the concept ‘meat’
Interview with Esther Cohn, the Communications Manager of Impossible Foods How did the story of Impossible Foods begin? Impossible was founded about ten years ago by Patrick Brown. He is…
Earthquake Technology
Earthquake Forecasts Due to the destructive nature of earthquakes, man has tried since antiquity to predict the occurrence of an earthquake in order to take appropriate measures to protect himself.…
New opportunities for start-ups at NovaUCD
Earlier this month we profiled one of Ireland’s incubator facilities for tech start-up, NovaUCD. They run many accelerator programmes to help early-stage start-ups to fine tune their ideas and grow…
Customer feedback at the root of Flipdish success story
Flipdish have had a very successful year with their online ordering software company. Their customers include restaurants, takeaways, convenience stores, supermarkets and cafes which have all required online services during…
Discussion with Studio Roosegaarde on the most important values for our societies
Following my article on the Smog Free Tower, I initiated a discussion with the colleagues of Studio Roosegaarde about several questions that came to my mind as a result of…
NovaUCD nurturing Irish tech start-ups
Ireland maybe small in size but it is huge on heart when it comes to technology with a growing tech start-up ecosystem and exciting innovators keeping the flag flying on…
Audiobooks: the youngest literary format
Storytelling is an impulse most of us have. We share news, both good and bad, especially with the people we are closest to. We recall amusing events to entertain; or…