Just a short post to big up my home town of Maynooth in Ireland, and the range of research being undertaken at my alma mater the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Current research includes:
- facial expression software
- AIDS research
- Wi-Max networking
- drug delivery technologies
- Darfur peace talks
- retail geotechnology
NUI Maynooth
Past academic research in Maynooth included the first description of Quaternions by Sir William Rowan Hamilton. Quaternions form the basis for 3D calculations in computer graphics.
Ruins of Maynooth Castle Keep
A near-contemporary of Hamilton, Nicholas Callan, invented the induction coil, the technology which drives the spark coil in petrol combustion engines, strobe lights and photographic flash guns, and was used by Marconi to send early radio transmissions.
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