Innovation Dublin hosting 4 NDRC-backed tech innovations for use by participants & event organisers as part of ‘Innovation Dublin 2011’
19th October 11: Innovation Dublin has today launched a collaboration with NDRC (National Digital Research Centre) to showcase 4 new and innovative web-based social technologies for use by participants and event owners before, during and after Innovation Dublin. All are currently accessible for use on the Tech Innovations portal www.techinnovations.ie/
The technologies available have all been developed in conjunction with NDRC and include “MySmark”, a semantic feedback tool that gives participants the chance to provide their opinion on the events they attend at the click of a button through an emotional tagging tool; “Hit the Road” to plan routes across public transport systems to and from events; “LocalSocial” – software that will allow the user to meet with other event participants through their smartphones and “Picturk” will give contributors a chance to upload amateur photographs and to take part in the photographic competition “Innovation by Design”.
Picturk will host a photography crowd-sourcing competition, themed “Innovation by Design” throughout Innovation Dublin. By catching a moment on camera that reflects the originality and creativity taking place at events during Innovation Dublin and uploading it to the Tech Innovation portal anyone can be in with a chance to win the first prize of €300.
The INNOVATION DUBLIN 2011 Festival is currently underway and runs until the 18th November. The aim of the festival, which is now in its third year, is to raise public awareness of the innovation and creativity in Dublin to inspire and stimulate innovation and creativity and to encourage networking opportunities. The majority of events are free and open to the public, though advance booking is required in some cases. The full programme of events is available on www.innovationdublin.ie.
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About “Innovation by design” photo competition:
As part of the ‘Tech Innovations’ initiative, Innovation Dublin and NDRC are running a photography competition. The competition theme is “Innovation by Design”, and applicants are encouraged to submit inspiring photographs that capture how design can and does bridge the gap between creativity and innovation. This competition is open to everyone, and runs from 17th October to 20th November. Applicants should use their photographic entries to share experiences of the Festival with moments of ‘innovation by design’.http://www.techinnovations.ie/photocompetition. The photographic competition is powered by NDRC LaunchPad alumni PicTurk
About the NDRC start-ups and companies participating:
Hit the Road:
Hit The Road is a public transport journey-planning service, which you can use to find directions in and around Dublin on your smartphone or via the website. Hit the Road currently supports Dublin Bus, Luas and DART services. Using the interactive map, visitors can drag and drop the location markers or type in their start location and intended destination. The application will then work out the best possible routes between these two points across a combination of available public transport services.
MySm@rk at B-Sm@rk:
b-Sm@rk has created an emotional tagging tool ‘MySm@rk that allows people to register how they feel about a product/service using 32 emotional tags – it has been defined as “5 times more effective than the facebook “like” button. Users go on to a website and click on to give feedback. People will be in a position to click to give feedback on events happening at Innovation Dublin.
Local Social:
LocalSocial Infrastructure software that connects a user’s social identity (Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, LinkedIn) with one or more Bluetooth devices (handset, car , laptop, …) to enable mobile applications to tap social proximityLocalSocial combines information about people, their likes and offers information about local events and offers in their proximity.
PicTurk:
Picturk is a community-driven internet platform that connects amateur digital photographers with professional consumers of digital imagery. It enables:
1) Designers crowd source new and unusual photographs from the community of photographers.
2) Photographers source subjects and inspirational briefs set by professional designers and win prizes.
3) Camera Clubs run online club competitions more efficiently and dynamically
About NDRC:
NDRC is an Ireland based investor in collaborative digital innovations based on research. NDRC’s investment programmes are tailored to enable innovators, researchers and established companies to translate great ideas into income generating products and high growth businesses. NDRC is working with Dublin City Council to showcase new Dublin-based tech innovations for the duration of Innovation Dublin.
Rose Hayles,
Lighthouse Agency Ltd
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www.lighthouseagency.ie
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