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# Inventions

Quiz: Did an Irish person invent this?

We can claim a fair number of inventions across the world.

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Dec 12th 2020, 10:00 PM

# mensez

This guy has invented a special 'glue' for women to seal their vaginas shut during their periods

He thinks it will replace tampons. Guess what people who actually have periods think?

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Feb 21st 2017, 7:06 PM

# know it all

How much do you really know about your phone?*

*Not your phone specifically, but the features that make it what it is.

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Aug 13th 2016, 8:30 PM

# sponsored by ladyball

6 inventions that Irish women would love to see become a reality

Get on it, inventors.

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Jan 15th 2016, 1:18 PM

# cream crackered

11 essential inventions for people who are always tired

Wrecked? Or just lazy? Either way, we’re here to help.

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Jan 5th 2016, 10:34 AM

# a bit more

11 ingenious solutions all lazy people will covet in the kitchen

Never think in the kitchen again.

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Nov 2nd 2015, 11:55 AM

# eureka

13 deadly inventions you are going to want in your life immediately

Why didn’t we think of that?

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Sep 21st 2015, 6:06 PM

# sticky fingers

This is the only way we want to eat Nutella from now on

Well, not the ONLY way, but…

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Sep 16th 2015, 7:29 PM

# Safe sex

Teenagers invent a condom that changes colour if you have an STI

It’s all about the molecules.

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Jun 24th 2015, 10:40 PM

# inventive

9 cool innovations that should become part of everyday life

The future is *almost* here.

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Jan 7th 2015, 9:30 PM

# Gamechanger

Ever smashed your phone? Apple's new invention could change your life

The pain of having a cracked screen could become a thing of the past.

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Dec 3rd 2014, 1:06 PM

# Ice Ice Baby

Genius turns his ice-maker into sweets dispenser, lives the dream

What a man.

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Oct 23rd 2014, 7:36 AM

# Inventions

Japanese researchers win Nobel for inventing the "revolutionary" LED lamp

The LED has helped in the fight against global warming and also helps people in poverty.

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Oct 7th 2014, 11:49 AM

# sleepy snoozy

You need this wearable futon bed in your life right now

What a time to be alive.

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Oct 2nd 2014, 8:09 AM

# eureka

8 world-changing things you never knew were invented by Irish people

We’re a brainy bunch.

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Sep 20th 2014, 1:00 PM

# mad scientist

This British inventor wants to 'fart' at France with a giant mechanical arse

Exactly as it says.

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Jul 24th 2014, 8:02 AM

# Genius

Mother of Invention: 11 happy accidents in the lab and the kitchen

Taking the wrong turn was so right.

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Jun 2nd 2014, 5:30 PM

# bake better

18 ingenious cooking inventions you need in your kitchen immediately

Take every single scrap of our money.

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Mar 24th 2014, 1:00 PM

# 22nd century

Open thread: What invention would you most like to see?

Be as creative as you like.

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Mar 12th 2014, 10:47 AM

# eureka

17 wonderful inventions to solve all your first world problems

Never be slightly irritated ever again!

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Mar 7th 2014, 9:30 PM

# bubble trouble

Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

Get out there and show bubble wrap some love.

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Jan 27th 2014, 11:57 AM

# reject reality

9 futuristic inventions we were promised but never got

We’re tired of Hollywood’s empty promises.

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Oct 26th 2013, 9:30 AM

# Weird Science

Everything you need to know RIGHT NOW about NeverWet

It will BLOW YOUR MIND.

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Jun 24th 2013, 7:00 PM

# Clever

Books AND gaming both have place with student entrepreneurs

Feeling down about the future of this country? These enterprising students give us a sense of hope…

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Apr 18th 2013, 4:37 PM

# Mind = blown

8 things that genuinely seemed like they would change our lives

But probably didn’t.

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Mar 10th 2013, 9:45 AM

# domestic bliss

7 inventions that put a stop to domestic rows

“Did you turn off the immersion?”

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Feb 26th 2013, 5:37 PM

# clever clogs

4 stupidly simple but successful new inventions

Start-up turns community-generated ideas into clever new products, paying back lifetime royalties to inventors.

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Dec 25th 2012, 12:30 PM

Voices

Column: Why it’s important to look at the stars – literally

It’s good to be curious about a world outside our own, because being inquisitive in the past has gotten us where we are today, writes Conor Farrell.

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Dec 15th 2012, 7:00 PM

# Game on

Check out this life-size Mousetrap game

Gigantic fun and games at New York engineering and inventor festival.

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Oct 7th 2012, 6:00 PM

# wonders

7 Dublin curiosities that tell of capital's inventive past

New book, Ingenious Dublin, charts the world-shaking discoveries, inventions and feats of engineering that came out of the capital – and helps you find physical signs of them yourself.

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Sep 2nd 2012, 8:15 AM

# jet injection

Afraid of needles? 'Jet-injected' drugs may have solution

Scientific researchers are developing a ‘jet-injector’ to get medicine to the right spot – by using pressure, rather than a puncture of the skin.

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May 27th 2012, 5:00 PM

# Inventions

Try these for size: Irish inventor selling 200 ideas for new products

Fancy your own startup? Bill O’Riordan says he doesn’t have the skills to make money from his gadget ideas – but hopes they can spur others on to success.

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May 25th 2012, 6:45 AM