Some seriously intelligent and talented people will be gathering in Dublin this week – and not for Ireland’s stint in the European Presidency.
More than 1,000 bright young things will be participating in the BT Young Scientist Technology Exhibition which begins in the RDS on Wednesday. The event is expected to attract more than 45,000 people, making it one of the largest science fairs in Europe.
The public will be able to see the weird and wacky inventions, ideas and creations of Ireland’s secondary school students from Thursday to Saturday.
The technology section of the competition saw a 24 per cent increase in entries this year, with projects examining the effect of glass casing on mobile phone signals, the harvesting of energy from a PC microprocessor, the use of UVC light in a fridge to reduce food spoilage and the integration of solar panels into manhole covers to prevent freezing stopcocks.
As an extension of Young Scientist Exhibition, the BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp aims to bridge the gap between scientists/innovators and business.
The programme will provide students with commercialisation skills to help develop their projects on to careers.
