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 [...]
A PayPal executive who works with engineers and developers to find and test new technologies says that embeddable, injectable, and ingestible devices are the next wave in identification for mobile payments. PayPal’s global head of developer evangelism, Jonathan Leblanc, argues that technology has taken a huge leap forward to “true [...]
From 21st April, Google will update its search algorithms so that "mobile friendliness" affects the prominence of your website' s position in the search results. Other criteria will include the size of text and how well content fits on a mobile screen. Google says mobile friendliness is only one of many [...]
Belfast's Big Data Conference (part of the worldwide interactive Big Data Week event) will take place on the 23rd April. Speakers from HP, Sky, Amazon Web Services, Royal Mail and JustGiving will be there to advise Northern Ireland firms on opportunities within Big Data – the global market for which is [...]
Local entrepreneurs could win up to €280,000 through InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition 2015. The competition is now in its 13th year and is looking for young companies from all business sectors to apply. The Seedcorn competition mirrors the real life investment process and is aimed at early and new start [...]
The Northern Ireland Science Park has just launched a new programme designed to encourage budding entrepreneurs with a paid internship and the opportunity to win £10,000. Generation Innovation is a network for Northern Ireland’s most ambitious, innovative, creative and entrepreneurial teens. It's aimed at budding entrepreneurs, gamers, App developers, programmers, engineers, [...]
Technology experts from global companies such as Google, Bitnet and Datasnap will be flying into Belfast from 29th April until 1st May to address digital enthusiasts at this year’s BelTech conference. The event, which is curated by Northern Ireland based digital solutions provider Kainos, will profile Belfast as a top European technological [...]
Scientists at Ulster University have discovered that a diabetes medication could also reverse the effects of cognitive decline commonly associated with diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Sitagliptin is an oral medication used to treat Type 2 Diabetes. An Ulster University study showed that a daily dose of [...]
The 2015 European Social Innovation Competition has been launched, with €50 000 in prize money for the top three project ideas. Now in its third year, the competition is aimed at individuals and organisations that have 'game changing' ideas for EU social innovation projects. This years’ theme ‘New Ways to [...]
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton MLA today announced a digital partnership with the Estonian government. He made the announcement during a two day visit to Estonia as part of the Invest NI trade mission to the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. A concordat has been signed between the Estonian Information [...]