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ProMotion Rewards secures €725,000 pre-seed investment

Pharmacy graduates and former Tangent LaunchBox winners (2020), Bidemi Afolabi and Lauren O’Reilly created ProMotion Rewards to help brands understand consumer behaviours.

24 Oct 2022

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

Science plaque unveiled to honour inventor Percy Ludgate

Percy Ludgate published the world’s second design for a computer. He designed it, often into the early hours, in his home at 30 Dargle Road in Drumcondra, Dublin, where the plaque was unveiled.

21 Oct 2022

Innovation|Science

Trinity's CodePlus, Google team up to tackle computer science gender gap

As fewer than a quarter of higher education graduates in the ICT sector are female, Trinity's CodePlus and Google Ireland have teamed up on a programme to make a difference.

14 Oct 2022

Business|Innovation|Students

Pioneering system ensures money doesn't follow water down the drain

National Trust Cymru have been working with researchers from Trinity and Bangor University on a pioneering heat recovery system at Penrhyn Castle. Results show it reduces energy consumption by 230 kWh per month, equivalent to £1,770 per annum in heat savings.

11 Oct 2022

Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Decipher the earliest languages, debate AI and learn about climate change research at START

START (Start Talking About Research Today ) features music, debate, games, storytelling, screenings, and live experiments. Over 40 free events will showcase how Irish research is shaping society and offer people the chance to engage with the researchers leading the way.

26 Sep 2022

Trinity and IBM strengthen collaborative research and education links

Trinity and IBM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that reflects both parties’ intention to strengthen collaborative links between the two organisations.

15 Sep 2022

Innovation|Research|Science

Ecode wins Launchbox 2022 student entrepreneurship competition

Teams of talented young entrepreneurs have pitched for backing at TCD LaunchBox 2022 Demo Day

5 Sep 2022

Innovation|Students|Sustainability

Engineering students win global additive manufacturing competition

Brothers Tadhg-Lorcan and Eoin H. Oude Essink won the nTopology Responsible Part Challenge 2022 while representing Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin in the competitive international event.

17 Aug 2022

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Students

Equine MediRecord secures eight-figure US private equity investment

Equine Technology company Equine MediRecord, initially nurtured by Tangent's student accelerator, LaunchBox, has closed an investment for an undisclosed eight-figure amount, thought to be just over €10 million.

4 Aug 2022

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

Formula Trinity takes Silverstone by storm

Students from Trinity recently bagged three awards at the Formula Student competition held at the famous Silverstone race circuit in the UK.

3 Aug 2022

Innovation|Research|Students