The Irish Times - Innovation http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Innovation en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-06T00:00:00 irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search The Irish Times Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults Image conscious http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854738.html The IDA is set to embark on its largest ever marketing campaign to draw business to "the island of innovation", writes FIONA REDDAN Text Innovation TopStories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854738 Raising standards http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224258067931.html New standards in accounting and finance could put Ireland ahead of the crowd and mark it out as a best practice jurisdiction - but we need to get it done and make the process as smooth as possible, writes FIONA REDDAN Text Innovation TopStories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258067931 The Eurocrat http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224258068658.html Who did Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates and Jack Welch have in common? Mario Monti, writes RICHARD GILLIS Text Innovation TopStories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258068658 'Energy bags' would solve wind flow dips http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854968.html ENGINEERING WIND FARMS:THE NEXT GENERATION of offshore wind farms built here could incorporate energy storage devices that solve the problem of intermittent wind energy. Text Innovation Economics 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854968 A 'world first' for gas conversion http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854992.html ENERGY BIOFUEL:A NEW ZEALAND- based biofuel company claims to have developed the world’s first microbe that can convert waste gases from steel mills into high-octane ethanol. Text Innovation Economics 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854992 Plane fuel planted http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854985.html AVIATION HALOPHYTES:BOEING and biofuel producer Honeywell UOP have commissioned a study into whether plants that thrive in saltwater can provide sustainable aviation fuel. Text Innovation Economics 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854985 ECOnomics news in brief http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854975.html The other ECOnomics news stories...
Text Innovation Economics 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854975 Editor's Brief http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854696.html THERE HAS been an enormous shift in the global perception of Ireland in the last 18 months. It seemed in the 1990s that we had shifted from a small debt-ridden agrarian economy that exported its people on mass, to a dynamic, open, free market economy that was a model for all similarly-sized nations. Text Innovation Innovation Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854696 The collapse of the Berlin wall led to creation of the EMU and the enlargement of the EU - both to Ireland's benefit http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854949.html ECONOMICS:EMU countries do not want a member country to get into difficulties - that might raise questions about the viability of the currency union, writes MICHAEL CASEY
Text Innovation Innovation Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854949 Where do we go if cutbacks continue and our knowledge economy starts to unravel? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854580.html SCIENCE:Already there are some who are starting to question our commitment to research, writes DICK AHLSTROM
Text Innovation Innovation Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854580 Cell-phone purchasing is the latest addition to Japan's century-old love affair with the vending machine http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855009.html DAVID McNEILLwrites his INNOVATION IN... column about vending machines, this month.
Text Innovation Innovation Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855009 Great businesses are created not by thinking big, but by solving life's tiny, irritating problems http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854814.html INNOVATE THIS! RICHARD GILLIS's monthly column...
Text Innovation Innovation Opinion 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854814 Bank on Bootle http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224258076682.html Pay attention to Roger Bootle - in the past his economic analysis has proved to be fairly spot on. So, when he argues for radical reform of financial systems, we should take notice, writes FRANK DILLON Text Innovation Banking 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258076682 The cutting edge of trench technology http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855024.html TRENCHLINK:AROUND 10 years ago David Bryne noticed a common complaint among customers he supplied with diamond blades to cut road trenches for water and gas pipes. Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855024 New technology spots counterfeit drugs http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855104.html ANALYZE IQ:A NEW METHOD of analysing chemical compounds has been developed by researchers from NUI Galway. The technology can be used to distinguish between counterfeit and genuine pharmaceutical medicines, or will allow law enforcement agencies to profile seized drugs. Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855104 Pill accurately diagnoses bowel condition http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855094.html DIACAPS:A SIMPLE pill that can diagnose inflammatory bowel disease has been developed by researchers in the Tyndall Institute at University College Cork (UCC). Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855094 MapUme: indoor GPS http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855087.html LOST SHOPPERS and those with a questionable sense of direction will be heartened by the development of an indoor GPS system by a firm based in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855087 Focus on the trends http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854678.html THE ABILITY to see into the future is one that many claim but none has proof; science dictates that the future is unknowable. It has not yet occurred; it is nothing, “the other” to our reality. The fantasy of clairvoyance begins with the lottery numbers; the possibilities beyond that are infinite and unimaginable. Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854678 Design for success http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854722.html An array of events – on everything from graphics to street art – is making its mark in Design Week, writes BARRY McCALL Text Innovation Other Stories 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854722 Listen up http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854828.html With a new business development dimension to the Young Scientist competition, smart students may see their products go to market, writes DICK AHLSTROM Text Innovation Science 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854828 Want to be a mad scientist? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854934.html Forget the image of the lone scientist in a white lab coat – a new book tells the truth about the life of a scientist, writes CLAIRE O'CONNELL Text Innovation Science 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854934 Up, up and away http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224258083771.html A Disney R&D group, headed up Irishman Dr Joe Marks, has three joint research projects underway with Ireland's research centre Clarity, writes DICK AHLSTROM
Text Innovation Science 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258083771 Roll up, roll up: all innovative companies http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224258139589.html INNOVATION AWARDS:Recognising businesses for their unique approach with new innovation awards Text Innovation Science 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224258139589 Fast and flexible Microsoft and Trinity College http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854847.html Irish universities are getting in on the idea of digitised, interactive libraries, with a new partnership between Trinity College Dublin and Microsoft setting the tone, writes ADAM MAGUIRE Text Innovation Data Management 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854847 Sitting on a great idea http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854784.html CASE STUDY:Luke has come up with an inovative product to help his aging grandmother but, now that he has a working prototype, he must decide whether to stick with his employer or go it alone... Text Innovation Case Study 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854784 It's not uncommon, particularly in design firms, that the company explicitly stakes a claim to intellectual property developed by employees http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854646.html CASE STUDY:THE EXPERTS’ ADVICE: three selected individuals offer their advice to the subject of our case study article... Text Innovation Case Study 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854646 It's all win-win with 'green' innovations http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854798.html BUGS THAT eat waste plastic and turn it into a more useful material; other bugs that remove excess phosphorous from water; sensors that can pick up pollution, smart filters that can remove metal contaminants at the nanoscale and even an energy-efficient eco-computer that’s made of reusable components and leaves virtually no carbon footprint. Text Innovation Environment 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854798 Is it time to move the carrot? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257855043.html COMMERCIAL PROFILE - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS:Systems involving executive rewards and short-term goals need to be overhauled for a sustainable future, writes MARY O'HARAof PwC Text Innovation Commercial Profiles 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257855043 The future of the IFSC http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854893.html COOMERCIAL PROFILE - SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND:A new research cluster called FMC2 aims to make Ireland a key player in advanced financial software
Text Innovation Commercial Profiles 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854893 Windows 7, New features: Why 7 is the magic number http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854767.html COMMERCIAL PROFILE - MICROSOFT:The latest – and eagerly awaited – operating system from Microsoft launched last month, offering more speed than XP, greater security and accessibility to PCs up to 10 years old Text Innovation Commercial Profiles 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854767 Top tips for selling to the multiples http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/1106/1224257854874.html MASTERCLASS:Why Irish SMEs need to think long and hard before approaching the multiples, writes OLIVE KEOGH Text Innovation Masterclass 2009-11-06T00:00:00 1224257854874