Sync NI Emerging Technologies

This week Irish FinTech @PrepaidFS were awarded the contract for NI High Street Voucher Scheme, a £145m contract! syncni.com/article/7132/n…

DID YOU HEAR? The Nokia brick is back! And it still has snake🐍 syncni.com/article/7121/n…

This week it was announced that Belfast cybersecurity company @Cyphra_com have been acquired by Pixel, the parent company of IT solutions company @perfectimage syncni.com/article/7014/b…

A 'cyber-seed' which grows into products including aircraft parts and medical devices is to be created. Experts from @QUBelfast @lborouniversity and @UniOfYork have been awarded £7.3million to work on the design. syncni.com/article/6851/f…

@NellWatson discusses the ethics integral to the advancement of modern technology, including the implications of Covid-19. syncni.com/view/6852/ethi…

"The focus of the webinar will be on optimising the green hydrogen pipeline, reducing costs for production, transmission, distribution, retail, and end applications." syncni.com/article/6226/w… @Wright_bus @GenComm_CH2F #ClimateAction

"Some merchants have accepted Bitcoin in the past but were forced to stop taking payments due to currency volatility. With conversions taking place instantly at check-out time, Visa and PayPal can eliminate that risk." syncni.com/article/6168/p… #bitcoin #cryptocurrency

"The rover will officially touch down on the surface of Mars at 8:55PM GMT, but the show starts at 7:15PM tonight. The event will be streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ..." syncni.com/article/5843/w… #Perseverance #PerseveranceRover

"... raises questions about how the law can catch up with existence of cryptocurrencies. Fraudulently obtained currency is normally confiscated, but you can't really confiscate anything that's on a public blockchain ledger." syncni.com/article/5703/w… #bitcoin #btc #blockchain

"Ireland is in the rare position of having abundant wind and large suitable areas for offshore wind farms, which could be used to generate hydrogen from water by electrolysis." syncni.com/article/5555/i… @ecoopsireland #valentiaislandhydrogen

"The Traditional Medicine Group followed clues from ancient Irish folk medicine about soil in west Fermanagh" syncni.com/article/5530/n… #medtech #AntibioticResistance

Almac Sciences awarded £2m grant for enzyme discovery biotech syncni.com/article/5489/a… "Almac Sciences, a member of the Almac Group, has been developing a new digital platform for enzyme chemistry with R&D support from Invest NI." @AlmacGroup

OpenAI creates amazing new AI that can create photos and artwork syncni.com/article/5440/o… "DALL·E is able to take a short text prompt such as 'an armchair in the shape of an avocado' and will then generate a series of images corresponding to that input. " #ai

Northern Ireland begins rolling out Oxford Covid-19 vaccine syncni.com/article/5420/n… "The injection was given to 94-year-old Eileen Lynch at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in Belfast." #COVID19 #MedTech

Consumers don’t fully trust new smart home technologies due to fears over security breaches, according to research from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick. syncni.com/article/5341/c…

"Staking is what you need to do to become a validator in a proof-of-stake system. This is a consensus mechanism that is going to replace the proof-of-work system currently in place on the Ethereum #blockchain network." @RakutenBelfast syncni.com/article/5270/r…

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has stressed the importance of renewable electricity and her plan to develop a hydrogen economy in Northern Ireland. syncni.com/article/5250/e…

In our latest podcast episode of #TechCraic, @niamhcam94 speaks with @KainosSoftware's Ruth McGuinness on her career path into tech and what we can expect from the upcoming AI Con 2020! #AI #tech syncni.com/interview/5180…

SONI, the Electricity System Operator for Northern Ireland is developing a 10-year programme of work, and wants your views on its outlook to 2029. #SONI #electricity #NIfuture syncni.com/article/5170/h…

Irish micromobility start-up Zipp Mobility has completed its first week of e-scooter rental trials in the UK, with promising results. #escooter #micromobility #startup syncni.com/article/5159/z…