Eugene O'Rourke
@ejsorourke.bsky.social
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The Irish Semiconductor Industry...
How it started(9 minutes in, contains ads, geo-locked):
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
How it's going:
youtu.be/peLV8zMXLnM?...
How it started(9 minutes in, contains ads, geo-locked):
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
How it's going:
youtu.be/peLV8zMXLnM?...
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Ireland is getting its first cross-border college with a partnership between Queen's University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT).
The partnership will establish DkIT as a university college of Queen's University Belfast jrnl.ie/6878670
The partnership will establish DkIT as a university college of Queen's University Belfast jrnl.ie/6878670
Ireland is getting its first all-island university
Dundalk Institute of Technology will be establishes as a university college of Queen’s University Belfast.
jrnl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ireland is getting its first cross-border college with a partnership between Queen's University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT).
The partnership will establish DkIT as a university college of Queen's University Belfast jrnl.ie/6878670
The partnership will establish DkIT as a university college of Queen's University Belfast jrnl.ie/6878670
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In muddy sediments all over the world, tiny bacteria eat and grow by building electrically conducting wires into the muck.
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Metal scaffolds turn bacteria into live wires
Mud-dwelling cable bacteria construct metal organic frameworks to grow
scim.ag
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In muddy sediments all over the world, tiny bacteria eat and grow by building electrically conducting wires into the muck.
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
The Origin of Discrete Semiconductor Part Designators
Have you ever wondered how some parts got their part number? 1N4001? 2N2222? That story started over 100 years ago. This is the Discrete Semiconductor Part Designation Origin Story.
emedia.digikey.com/view/5396114...
Have you ever wondered how some parts got their part number? 1N4001? 2N2222? That story started over 100 years ago. This is the Discrete Semiconductor Part Designation Origin Story.
emedia.digikey.com/view/5396114...
DigiKey-emag-Sensors-Vol-7
Explore the world of sensors with our e-magazine, covering smart air quality sensors for environmental monitoring, ultrasonic transducers for object and fluid flow sensing, and angle sensors for…
emedia.digikey.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Origin of Discrete Semiconductor Part Designators
Have you ever wondered how some parts got their part number? 1N4001? 2N2222? That story started over 100 years ago. This is the Discrete Semiconductor Part Designation Origin Story.
emedia.digikey.com/view/5396114...
Have you ever wondered how some parts got their part number? 1N4001? 2N2222? That story started over 100 years ago. This is the Discrete Semiconductor Part Designation Origin Story.
emedia.digikey.com/view/5396114...
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Advert Lucky Dip: Jul 1983: ZX Spectrum ad from Sinclair (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+MEP software)
«Popular in schools.
And the only computer that runs primary school software at home.»
(+MEP software)
«Popular in schools.
And the only computer that runs primary school software at home.»
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Advert Lucky Dip: Jul 1983: ZX Spectrum ad from Sinclair (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+MEP software)
«Popular in schools.
And the only computer that runs primary school software at home.»
(+MEP software)
«Popular in schools.
And the only computer that runs primary school software at home.»
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Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
The mother of missing schoolboy Philip Cairns has died.
Mother of missing schoolboy Philip Cairns dies
The mother of missing schoolboy Philip Cairns has died.
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The mother of missing schoolboy Philip Cairns has died.
Silicon Genesis
Oral Histories of Semiconductor Technology via Stanford
exhibits.stanford.edu/silicongenesis
Oral Histories of Semiconductor Technology via Stanford
exhibits.stanford.edu/silicongenesis
exhibits.stanford.edu
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Silicon Genesis
Oral Histories of Semiconductor Technology via Stanford
exhibits.stanford.edu/silicongenesis
Oral Histories of Semiconductor Technology via Stanford
exhibits.stanford.edu/silicongenesis
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For instance, some of the PET bottles we sorted from previous catches in Guatemala were used to create a limited-edition LP in partnership with #Coldplay. Find out how we did it: youtu.be/WmtYTuMjx_A?...
How River Plastic from Guatemala Became Coldplay’s Latest Record
YouTube video by The Ocean Cleanup
youtu.be
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For instance, some of the PET bottles we sorted from previous catches in Guatemala were used to create a limited-edition LP in partnership with #Coldplay. Find out how we did it: youtu.be/WmtYTuMjx_A?...
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New from #ADAPTRadio: Agentic AI- Convenience or Compromise?
Listen to a fireside chat with Dr. Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social (@aial.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social) & Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social (President @signal.org) from #ADVANCE2025
Listen: www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ada...
Listen to a fireside chat with Dr. Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social (@aial.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social) & Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social (President @signal.org) from #ADVANCE2025
Listen: www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ada...
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New from #ADAPTRadio: Agentic AI- Convenience or Compromise?
Listen to a fireside chat with Dr. Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social (@aial.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social) & Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social (President @signal.org) from #ADVANCE2025
Listen: www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ada...
Listen to a fireside chat with Dr. Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social (@aial.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social) & Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social (President @signal.org) from #ADVANCE2025
Listen: www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ada...
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Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
Grid emergency notice sparked by solar storm
Grid emergency notice sparked by solar storm
Transpower has take some southern transmission lines out of service ahead of a severe geomagnetic storm.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Grid emergency notice sparked by solar storm
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Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities, writes @timothyoleary.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Neuroscience needs engineers—for more reasons than you think
Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities, writes @timothyoleary.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
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Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
Activity on the surface of the Sun means the chance of the Northern Lights shining over the UK is high this week as Elizabeth Rizzini explains.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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It's also an excuse to drop my favourite science joke:
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's also an excuse to drop my favourite science joke:
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
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Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
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The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.
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Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
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A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
www.newscientist.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
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Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
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Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
Reposted by Eugene O'Rourke
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
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ASML is a massive cog the world's chip industry and its Irish business has ballooned in recent years - where it largely serves only Intel - with revenues breaching the billion euro mark last year.
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
ASML’s Irish revenue surges to €1.2bn as the chip game keeps heating up - The Currency
Revenue at the Irish arm of Dutch chip firm ASML has swelled to over €1.2 billion as demand for chips and geopolitical tensions grow around the technology. ASML builds highly in-demand printing machin...
thecurrency.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
ASML is a massive cog the world's chip industry and its Irish business has ballooned in recent years - where it largely serves only Intel - with revenues breaching the billion euro mark last year.
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
thecurrency.news/articles/206...