# Hardware

All time

# data and security

Facebook has no plans to stop building in this former cow paddock

The tech giant has revealed it may need to expand its new data centre again.

1.0k

Apr 7th 2016, 7:00 AM

# Hardware

While US investors get the chills, one Irish startup turns to China

Smart-scale maker Drop has been on a fundraising drive.

20.1k

Apr 2nd 2016, 9:00 PM

# food and drink

All hail our beer-brewing robot overlords

After its successful Kickstarter project three years ago, Brewbot has finally started shipping.

13.0k

Apr 2nd 2016, 2:00 PM

Voices

How to build a prototype with blood, sweat and €50 of R&D

‘I didn’t want to create a startup, I just wanted to design beautiful products.’

405

Mar 31st 2016, 1:00 PM

# Hardware

While US investors get the chills, one Irish startup turns to China

Smart-scale maker Drop has been on a fundraising drive.

121

Mar 30th 2016, 8:15 AM

# food and drink

All hail our beer-brewing robot overlords

After its successful Kickstarter project three years ago, Brewbot has finally started shipping.

339

Mar 30th 2016, 8:02 AM

# building and property

Virtual-reality house viewings could become the new normal in Ireland

Sherry FitzGerald is going to use VR tech for house showings.

12.4k

Mar 2nd 2016, 6:07 AM

# Funding

This startup says conservative Ireland is afraid to fund world-changing biotech

Skepticism about bioprinting is making it harder to secure investment.

14.7k

Feb 21st 2016, 9:15 AM

# cheap drills

Are Irish DIY shops stocking up on Fifty Shades bondage props?

Get those cable ties before it’s too late.

2.5k

Feb 10th 2015, 7:10 PM

# really hard ware

B&Q ask staff to read Fifty Shades of Grey to prepare for queries about cable ties and rope

Scarlet.

3.7k

Feb 9th 2015, 8:07 PM

# Downloading

Samsung's new tiny flash drive can transfer movies in a few seconds

The Portable SSD T1 has a read/write speed of 450MB per second, meaning it would only take eight seconds to transfer a 3GB movie file.

10.3k

Jan 6th 2015, 9:55 AM

# connected

Why this company wants to 'connect the dots' between software and hardware

If This Then That is making a long-term bet on the smart items industry and it wants to be at the centre of it, but progress will be gradual.

6.8k

Nov 15th 2014, 4:00 PM

# design for life

How this Lego-like electronics system allows anyone to build DIY hardware

littleBits allows both kids and adults to build their own DIY devices and prototypes using electronic blocks.

9.7k

Nov 8th 2014, 4:30 PM

# TechKnowHow

Phone specs: which ones are actually worth paying attention to?

With features like megapixels and RAM thrown about, it’s easy to get bogged down by the specs offered by smartphone makers, but there’s only a few worth looking at.

17.1k

Nov 2nd 2014, 11:00 AM

# Creation

A fridge that monitors medicines takes top prize in Ireland's first hardware hackathon

More than 120 people participated in the event, which saw groups invent and develop a project over the space of two days.

6.8k

Sep 15th 2014, 9:42 AM

# hammer and tongs

Here's one hard-hit Irish industry finally coming back from the recession - hardware

But growth in Dublin is outstripping growth in rural areas.

14.6k

Jul 30th 2014, 3:11 PM

# turn up for the books

Blackberry surprises everyone by making a profit

The company was expected to continue making a loss as it changes from hardware to services, but it managed to surprise everyone by reporting a net profit of €16.8 million in the latest quarter.

7.2k

Jun 19th 2014, 2:45 PM