Digital innovation meets engineering to find Quik solution to part-time recruitment process

Mobile phones have changed people’s expectations. As consumers, we demand our products to deliver right now. People do not wait a long time to hail taxis anymore; they Hailo them. People do not call a takeaway from an old crumpled menu; they Just Eat. People will never spend a long time looking for a part-time job again; they will get them Quik. Quik by Skillar is aiming to accelerate the part-time recruitment process. Think back to the days when you were looking for a part-time job. If ...

Exploring the ability of mesenchymal stem cells to sense mechanics of 3D environments

Tissue engineering is an exciting area of research that aims to use cells, biomaterials and biochemical factors to replace or repair damaged tissue. Advances in tissue engineering may provide a means of treating damaged tissues such as cartilage for which currently the only viable treatment is replacement with artificial prosthesis. Additionally, continued progression of tissue-engineering technologies may eventually overcome the shortage of donor tissue available for organ transplants. A ...

Engineers using 3D-printed structures that 'remember' their shapes

Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme angles, the structures, from small coils and multi material flowers, to an inch-tall replica of the Eiffel tower, sprang back to their original forms within seconds of being heated to a certain temperature sweet spot. For some structures, the researchers were able to ...

Portable device produces biopharmaceuticals on demand

For medics on the battlefield and doctors in remote or developing parts of the world, getting rapid access to the drugs needed to treat patients can be challenging. Biopharmaceutical drugs, which are used in a wide range of therapies including vaccines and treatments for diabetes and cancer, are typically produced in large, centralised fermentation plants. This means they must be transported to the treatment site, which can be expensive, time-consuming, and challenging to execute in areas ...

CIT students' lifesaving device wins Irish leg of 2016 James Dyson Awards

In August 2015, three men were working on a maintenance platform suspended beside the Thomond Bridge in Limerick. The platform was sent underwater when the cable holding the maintenance platform failed. The three men were equipped with automatic-inflation life jackets. However, because their safety harnesses were connected to the maintenance platform by a lanyard, when their life jackets inflated, the buoyancy lifted them away from the sinking platform. Two of the three men were unable to ...

CÚRAM – helping Ireland to lead the way in medical-device research

CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices, based at NUI Galway, is working on ways to make life easier for patients suffering from chronic illness by enhancing and developing medical devices that can last longer in the body and be more in tune to the needs of the individual patient, so as to alleviate human suffering. One of 12 national Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centres, CÚRAM was established in 2015 and is funded both through SFI and ...

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