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…
BaseSAFE: Finding Vulnerabilities in Smartphone Basebands
What is a Baseband? Each modern smartphone contains a wide variety of different processors. Not only are there multiple processors for the mobile operating system (e.g. Android, iOS), but a…
Aviation sector sets sights on sustainable air travel
The aerospace manufacturer Boeing recently announced plans to produce airplanes capable of running on 100% biofuel. This is the latest development in a series of moves by major companies aimed…
How Facebook games normalized microtransactions
Decking out your favorite League of Legends champion with the latest skin or buying a Fortnite dance emote is a seen as perfectly normal nowadays. Microtransactions, be they cosmetic or…
Drinking water scarcity – harvesting fog amidst arid conditions
Water scarcity Although 70% of our planet is covered by water bodies, freshwater, which we use for consumption in our households and in agriculture, is very scarce. Only 3% of…
A year of small screens and couch-borne escapism
The bar set for 2021 is extremely low — ankle-high. With a mysterious viral outbreak hitting China and fires sweeping the southern hemisphere, 2020 started off poorly. It ended with…
Say Aloha to remote music playing with high sound quality and without delays
The community of people worldwide with a passion for audio and music is diverse and cuts across cultures and borders. With the pandemic, playing music together was a joy taken…
Can 3D Characters Become Next K-Pop Idols?
Since its introduction in the 1960s, computer animation has been widely used in films and television shows. Characters built with this technology, once considered as an experiment, is now even…
Station F: the breeding ground for French tech innovation
Over its 51,000 square metre campus in the French capital, Station F is home to some 1200 companies. This makes the start-up incubator more ambitious in scale than any of its competition…
Next-Generation Romance: VR Girlfriends
A Japanese man in his early 20s gets dressed in a black and white tuxedo at a wedding chapel. A couple of staff members approach to measure the groom’s height…