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Last week The Late Late Show on RTÉ broadcast a special show that showcased Irish businesses. It was like the Toy Show but for adults. It was brilliant! All the businesses that featured are listed here if you want to shop local this Christmas.
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Virgin Hyperloop conducted its first test with passengers. Virgin Hyperloop co-founder Josh Giegel and Director of Passenger Experience Sara Luchian were the first to travel on the 500 meter long test track at 387kmph.
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Working with researchers from TU Eindhoven, the Swinkels Family Brewers in The Netherlands are the first to employ at scale the burning of Iron as a renewable fuel. Finely ground iron powder burns cleanly at high temperatures and produces iron oxide (rust) as its only emission. Best of all, this rust can be reenrgised back in to iron powder using electricity, for use as a combustable source of energy again!
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Alexander Klöpping writes about how he setup a 32inch e-ink display to show the front page of the New York Times every day. Want!
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Want 1000 generated SVG Polgon shapes? Who doesn't?!
Image: The Almanac of Ireland
I recently interviewed Manchán Magan over on Smart Thinking Books and as a result this week I sought out his podcast The Almanac of Ireland and I was not disappointed! In the episode Hellmouth, Manchán goes in search of the ancient mystical cave enterance to the Cetlic underworld, in a field in Roscommon. He ventures 7 meters underground into the cave with no light and just a microphone and a book for company. The results is podcast gold, listen here.
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Limerick rapper Strange Boy released a savage song today called The Pope, along with a slick video by Enda Gallery. Sing along here.
Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
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