Coding is a thing these days and has been some years now,With kids learning at an earlier age that you could think its no wonder there is now toys available to tap into this talent. Cubetto is a freindly wooden robot designed for kids 3 and over to get involved in coding and its also a learning curve for those who want to get their kids invovled.. NOTE this requires 6X AA Batteries.. Not included.
Cubetto
Made of tactile and hard-wearing wood he’s your child’s guide into the world of coding. Screenless, friendly and ready to play.
Coding Blocks
A coding language you can touch and manipulate like LEGO®. Each block is an action. Combine them to create programs.
Forward Left Right Function Backward Negation Random
Control Board
Place the blocks on the board to tell Cubetto where to go. Hit the blue button and Cubetto executes your very first program.
Maps and Books
Expand play time with world maps, educational story book and challenges that take your child on epic coding adventures.
It’s great to see so many apps available these days to help doctors keep up with a wealth of medical information. For example, on Doximity, doctors can review drug prescribing and safety information on thousands of different drugs – it just isn’t possible to memorise all of this information so this is a wonderful little app. There is also a great app called ‘MyChart’ that allows for doctor/patient interactions without the need to always schedule an appointment. Very handy for quick interactions and feedback between doctor and patient.
Aris Grigoriou, is a Student Recruitment Manager at Study Medicine Europe who has sent us this infographic check it out…
Holidays are a break from the normal routine and chance to get away from every day worries. But for some, leaving home unattended for weeks at a time can be a major worry in itself. There is ways to help and this fits in with our current home security regime which we are halfway through now but we have got some more sound advice so check it out…
There are many proactive and affordable security measures that can be put in place before your holiday, to help prevent burglaries. Don Shulsinger from Blinkforhome, manufacturer of Blink, the video home security and monitoring system, gives advice on some simple steps to take.
Tell Trusted Neighbours and Friends
Let them know you will be away so that they can keep an eye out for any suspicious activity while you’re gone. Leave them your contact details, a spare set of keys and the code for any alarm so that they can drop by to close curtains, switch lights on and off, water plants and the lawn if needed and make sure there is no post poking out of the letterbox or parcels left on the doorstep.
Keep a secret from social media
Don’t post travel plans or photos while you’re away as this will publicly notify people that you have an empty home. Be sure that your kids also understand that they should wait until after you have returned home safely to share those holiday selfies. Recently the footballer John Terry was burgled after he posted holiday photos on his social media feeds.
Cancel Services
Cancel any regular grocery, newspaper, milk and other deliveries while on holiday. If you forget to do this, these could be left on your driveway or by your front door, making your home an obvious target for a break-in.
Wireless Home Security and Video Monitoring System
Believe it or not, some of the most sophisticated wireless home security systems can cost less than the hotel room you’ve booked. A home security monitoring system will provide an enhanced level of security and peace of mind while you’re away. An easy to set up wireless option is Blink, which sends temperature and motion alerts along with recorded or live video clips to a smartphone, anytime and from anywhere. You can be instantly alerted to a break in through the Blink app on your iOS or Android device. You can even find out what the cat is up to while your family is away!
Hi-Tech Door Locks
Keyless locks offer amazing security features, like Bluetooth and the ability to see who’s knocking at your front door on your smartphone’s screen. Many of these locks allow you to give access by simply inputting a phone number or sending a text from anywhere in the world.
Security Lighting
Thanks to automatic switches, you can make it appear as if you’re home when you’re not. Set up some internal and outdoor lights on automatic switches, and be sure to pay special attention to entry points. These lights are generally inexpensive and easy to install, but double-check that they are working properly before you go.
Check Insurance and Banking Services
Ensure that your policies are paid up for homeowners, car, and medical insurance. If necessary, advise your bank and credit card companies that you will be away so that they can alert you to any unusual account activity.
Contact Your Alarm Company
If you have the more formal home (and expensive) surveillance service instead of a DIY system, be sure that they have the current key holder details in order to prevent any false alarms interrupting your holiday. Has the alarm been serviced? Update the local authorities if you’ve registered your alarm with them.
And after you have done all that, go away and relax, safe in the knowledge that you have done all you can to protect your home. Have a great holiday.
4.3 billion – or 58.7% of the world’s population – is the estimated number of mobile phone users across the globe in 2016. And while the user growth is slowing, the number of mobile phone users is also expected to climb to 4.78 billion in 2020. It has also shown here in Ireland how e-commerce has jumped massively year on year for the last several years due to items mostly costing less online and the trend is set to continue.
For most people, this is just a normal phenomenon brought by the rapid evolution of technology, but for business owners, the immense usage of mobile technology in the society has an equally massive impact on their sales as well. Check this infographic out which Neal Cabrera from healthy business builder has sent us, take a look at the different ways mobile technology can impact your sales, and if it really changed the business for the better.
From where I sit stuck between two cabinets this comes as no surprise. Currently I enjoy really poor speeds and have done so for quite some time now and been told I’ve fibre. Laughable at best..
Pure Telecomtoday announces the results of a survey, which shows that 46% of Irish children are being held back in their educational achievement due to poor internet at school, according to parents.The online research*, carried out by Censuswide on behalf of Pure Telecom, surveyed parents of primary and secondary school children from a group of 1,001 adults.
The survey revealed that two-thirds of parents (67%) believe the internet supports children’s learning – and many consider it a factor in their choice of schools. Some 34% of parents would consider moving their child to a school with better internet availability if their current one didn’t have satisfactory broadband access or speeds.
The research also found that 16% of the typical child’s homework relies on the internet. On average, parents spent €213 per child on internet-connected devices and tools intended for schoolwork this year.
Almost half (48%) of children use laptops or tablets for some or all of their classes, but one-in-four parents (26%) believe their child’s school isn’t doing enough to encourage learning via internet-connected educational resources.
Under the Schools 100Mbps project, the Government rolled out 100Mbps broadband to all780+ post-primary schools in Ireland.Earlier this year, the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton T.D., launched the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Action Plan 2017, which includes €30 million in ICT grants to schools, as well as a programme to enhance high-speed broadband connectivity in primary schools.
Pictured with Paul Connell, CEO, Pure Telecom, are Klara Keating and Tadhg Higgins. Pure Telecom today announced the results of a survey that found that 46% of parents believe substandard or no school internet is hindering the quality of their children’s educational achievement.
Paul Connell, CEO, Pure Telecom, said: “Access to internet-connected digital tools and resources is vital for all children living in a modern society, so it is concerning that so many parents believe their child’s educational achievement is being stunted by poor broadband speeds and access in school. Not surprisingly, our research showed that the majority of those parents are living in areas outside of Dublin.
“It is great to see the Government investing in a digital strategy for schools including technologies such as interactive screens and cloud-based learning tools. The availability of high-speed broadband in all – not just secondary – schools across Ireland will be crucial to its success.”
“Broadband access is a basic need for all Irish citizens, no matter where they live. But at the moment, the infrastructure isn’t in place to deliver broadband to everyone. We have agreements with several of Ireland’s major wholesale telecoms providers, which allow us to bring broadband to any location that has a fibre network. However, we must rely on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan in order to provide broadband to Ireland’s harder-to-reach locations. Unfortunately, until the National Broadband Plan is implemented, we will continue to see schoolchildren hindered
To mark the launch of their new website, the Irish Research Council have this week unveiled ten striking images from their awardees’ research.
Researchers were invited to submit an image captured during the course of their research to be featured on the new homepage. A total of one hundred and twenty-four entries were received. The final ten images selected were:
Abulaiti Hairisha, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘Simulating the controlled growth of polymer thin films by molecular layer deposition’.
Chiara Mizzoni, Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholar in Conflict Resolution, ‘A group of FARC fighters watch a game of afternoon football at a demobilisation and transition camp in Icononzo, Colombia’.
Pierre Jolivet, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘Visualisations from open sound control driven inputs to virtual reality environments’.
Ross Lundy, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘Deforest gold micro-mushrooms on copper meadow’.
David Cichon, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘Garment workers in Phnom Penh marching for a living wage and collective bargaining rights on International Labour Day 2017’.
Sven Batke, Irish Research Council Fellow, ‘A bromeliad plant from the same family as pineapples which grows on top of tall tropical trees’.
Maria Velasco, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘The cerebellar network between neurons (red), astrocytes (yellow) and microglia (green) in a mouse organotypic slice culture’.
Ross Lundy, Irish Research Council Scholar, ‘Copper oxide nanoblades’.
Sajad Alimohammadi, Irish Research Council Fellow, ‘Refractive index matched PIV applications: Velocity profiles for flow around an array of cylinders’.
Flic is a wireless Bluetooth button. It gives you the ability to simply press a button to control the things around you. This initially sounds like a gimmick that’s a nice idea but in practice would not be used. After using the button for a few weeks this became part of everyday use.
Supported OS: iOS 9+, Android 4.4+, Mac OSX Sierra
Weather proof soft touch silicone to be used indoors or outdoors.
Clip-on and re-useable adhesive included.
Hundreds of features, new functionality added monthly.
The Flic has a small watch battery which advised will last for 18 months these batteries CR 2016 are easily available from Pound / euro shops. This save having to use a usb charger to charge another product. You can attach the Flic to a wall / table etc via the adhesive sticker or via the “clip” option to your belt etc.
Setup:
Setup is easy, Download the App Flic (Flic app which is available for Android and iOS.) then run the app enter the usual name email etc. The App has got a good rating of 4 out of 5 from 1,006 total reviews. The app is paired with your smartphone, which can then perform a multitude of tasks. Once installed you are given 3 sets of options,You can set different functions to happen for these button commands:
Single press
Double press
Hold
There is a variety of option which can be set up, e.g. Uses
Find my phone
Turn off lights
Control my music
Send a text while driving, on my way home etc
Read incoming text android
These are just a few of the options available
The Flic smart button is different doing the simple things well and easy. This unit is not marketed to those with a disability but they may find it very beneficial. This Flic was set up initially to find my phone and turn on lights, changing the shortcut was easy. After a couple of weeks of use I have become used to it using in daily for variety of shortcuts. If you’re in to technology and cool new gadgets this is certainly of those. Further information available from https://flic.io/ The buttons are available to purchase directly from Flic.io and a pack of 4 buttons currently retails for $99. https://www.amazon.co.ukFlic Wireless Smart button..
Our good friends over at Mobile Fun have sent us over this wee little nano drone to check out so today we will just have a quick unboxing and check out the features and specs of the BuzzBee Nano Drone which is said to be the Worlds smallest quadcopter. Now before you purchase one of these you do require 2 X AAA batteries for the remote control and the flight time is said to be 5- 8 mins and charge time 20-30 mins..
Check out the image gallery and unboxing below and if you have any questions fire away below or on social.
We have gone through quite a few dashcams over the last year and today we bring you a new model from the good folks at Garmin, This is the Garmin 65W which is small discreet and compact but loaded with plenty of features to boot…
When I say its small its much smaller than most of our previously reviewed dashcams and this is a good thing for many reasons such as not cluttering up your windscreen and it is not noticeable from the outside and you would only find it if you where looking for it and with most vehicles these days they do have a black tint around the edges so it can blend in nicely here for instance.
Check out the unboxing and image gallery below and we will leave a link for some more info in the interim and as always if you have any quesitons feel free to ask..
180-degree field of view captures more of the environment, including cross traffic
High-quality 2.1 megapixel camera with 1080p video capture; works even in low-light conditions
Forward collision and lane departure warnings plus alerts for nearby red light cameras and speed cameras
Includes lifetime safety camera updates
GPS-enabled with automatic incident detection (G-sensor) saves video footage on impact to show when and where events happened
Voice command allows you to start/stop audio recording, take a still picture or start/stop the Travelapse video capture feature
