Colleges NI officially unveiled Further Education’s top innovators on the 27th May and rewarded them for coming up with a raft of exciting new projects linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). A range of prizes and awards were presented at the Business & Education Through Skills & Training (BEST) [...]
Belfast has joined the Open Data Institute's network, becoming the first open data node in Northern Ireland. Belfast joins the existing 18 nodes which bring together companies, universities, and NGOs who are committed to building openness into their operations, and ensuring open data is for everyone. Cairo joined at the [...]
Italian researchers have discovered that spraying spiders with graphene makes them produce a silk strong enough to catch an aeroplane dropping from the sky. The researchers from the University of Trento combined particles or nanotubes of graphene and sprayed the liquid on to spiders, which soon began spinning silk covered with [...]
Storage tank manufacturer Clarehill Plastics in Moira has secured £750,000 from the Growth Loan Fund to help it grow market share and export destinations. The loan will also allow them to develop their range of large volume plastic storage tanks through research and development and it has already helped them to create 16 [...]
The STEM Charter for Business and the North West STEM Employers’ Equality Network were launched in the City Hotel in Derry~Londonderry on 29th April. Among the attendees were representatives from the food, information technology and engineering sectors of STEM business as well as delivery partners from education and careers guidance. [...]
The European Commission has unveiled its detailed plans to create a Digital Single Market, helping to remove the online barriers which mean citizens miss out on goods and services. Only 15% of internet users currently shop online from another EU country, meaning internet companies and start-ups cannot take full advantage of growth [...]
A new initiative to help voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations develop and implement new digital social innovations in Northern Ireland has been launched. Digital technology holds huge potential to help the VCSE sector develop new solutions to social problems. The Techies in Residence programme will bring together the respective expertise [...]
An Ulster University report into the creative industries in parts of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, has identified gaps in support and capability within the film and broadcast sector that could impact on future growth. The latest Honeycomb – Creative Works report, Framing the Future, complied by [...]
Over 200 FE students will showcase their creativity and innovation in STEM projects at the 5th annual BEST event in Belfast's Ramada Plaza Hotel on the 27th May. The BEST Awards are open to students from Northern Ireland's (NI) six regional FE colleges and offer an annual competition linked to their studies in the areas of [...]
Matrix is about to embark on its next study phase - the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering (AMME) Study. The starting basis will be a comprehensive review of the conclusions and recommendations from the previous Matrix work in this area. Separate Advanced Materials and Advanced Engineering [Transport] Horizon Panel Reports [...]
A team led by Matrix panellist Jim McLaughlin has joined forces with a Silicon Valley Medtech company in a bid to create a real life Tricorder - the fictional hand held device featured in Star Trek. The local team, called zensor, and the US team, Scanadu, were named as two of ten [...]
ESA astronaut Tim Peake has issued an invitation to UK school pupils to contact him via amateur radio during his mission to the International Space Station. Tim Peake will be launched to the Space Station in November to spend six months working and living on the orbiting research centre. Thanks [...]