SJCAM, the action camera manufacturer who eased its way in to the market with the release of the SJ4000, is pleased to announce the launch of its new SJ9 Series. Consisting of 2 models – the SJ9 Strike and SJ9 Max, both the new cameras feature some impressive specifications. The most powerful SJCAM cameras to date, the SJ9 Strike and SJ9 Max are the perfect companions to any adventures you have planned – both above and below water. With a 2.33” touch screen display and 1300mAH battery on both models, the new cameras also introduce the below features:
Waterproof Leave the waterproof case behind – the new SJ9 models are both waterproof up to 10m deep without any housing. The sleek new design and waterproofing make both cameras perfect for any underwater adventures.
Supersmooth Gyro Stabilization Capture every moment in crisp, clear detail thanks to the supersmooth gyro stabilization. Make shaky images a thing of the past – both the SJ9 Strike and SJ9 Max give you the capability to make vibrant, sharp videos. The SJ9 Strike boasts a six-axis Gyroscope, whilst the SJ9 Max includes a three-axis Gyroscope.
Livestream Show adventures as they happen with the new Live Stream feature. Simply use the SJCAM app to select streaming with either Facebook or YouTube, choose the WiFi network and start streaming!
Wireless Charging Charging your camera becomes a breeze with the new SJ9 Strike and SJ9 Max. Say goodbye to cables and hello to simple, hassle free charging!
Impressive specifications The SJ9 Strike model also features the best components from previous SJCAM models. The super powerful Amabarella H22S85 chipset and the Sony_IMX377 image sensor means it can record 4K at 60fps and even 240fps at 1080p. These high specifications also mean the timelapse can be used with intervals up to 30 minutes, slow up footage of up 8x, digital zoom and much more. Let your passion for adventure guide you – the new SJ9 are ready to go wherever you choose!
Pricing and Availability: The new SJ9 Max and SJ9 Strike are available for pre order now. Approximate pricing will be: :: SJ9 Strike – RRP £209 :: SJ9 Max – RRP £159 For more information and to pre order visit https://sjcam.com/product/sj9/
The Irish Wind Energy Association, Ireland’s largest renewable energy organisation, this morning published the first of what will be regular quarterly reports on the performance of the industry and revealed that wind provided 37 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in the first quarter of 2019.
Dr David Connolly, CEO of the Irish Wind Energy Association, said: “This is our best Quarter One performance ever. We had a very strong start to the year for wind energy, particularly in February when energy produced the most electricity, even surpassing natural gas, so we hope to build on this in the coming months.
“Wind energy is an Irish success story, driving down electricity costs for consumers, cutting millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions every year and securing a homegrown energy future that doesn’t depend on importing fossil fuels.”
The 37 per cent share of electricity demand amounted to more than 2.8 million MWh of electricity, compared to 2.7 million in the first quarter of 2018. The average Irish household uses approximately 4.5 MWh of electricity every year.
The total installed capacity of Ireland’s wind farms has now risen to 3,700 MW, approximately enough to power 2.2 million Irish homes annually.
Key statistics
Wind energy’s share of electricity demand: 37% – up from 35% in Q1 2018
Total amount of electricity generated by wind in Q1 2019: 2,827,067 MWh – up from 2,731,000 MWh in Q1 2018.
Total installed wind energy capacity at end of Q1 2019: 3,700 MW.
Number of new wind farms built: 2
Total new capacity installed: 33 MW.
Amount of wind energy dispatched down in Q1 2019: 207,839 MWh
Google launches a new tool today called Grow My Store which aims to help retailers improve their customer online and omnichannel experiences. As users become more demanding about the information and service they expect online, Grow My Store rates retailers’ websites and generates bespoke reports with recommendations to help businesses improve the online experience they offer and grow their business.
The site will initially be available in English, French, and Spanish speaking countries (including Ireland), with other European countries to follow in 2019.
Depending on the business involved, recommendations may include suggestions on clear pricing and intuitive navigation, personalising the experience for shoppers, providing live chat support, or making sure the site is mobile-friendly. Grow My Store tests retailers against up to 22 metrics based on in-depth studies into customer experience best practices, and builds on the success of Market Finder, a free tool which helps businesses to go global by guiding them along the export journey step by step.
The announcement comes soon after the launch of a new Grow with Google programme in Ireland which will see the company train more than 8,000 SMEs through workshops across the country and also through partnerships with state agencies. Grow with Google is a global initiative that builds on Google’s efforts of training people and businesses to acquire the right digital skills to embrace new opportunities ahead. The first regional Grow with Google workshop will be held in The Theatre Royal in Waterford on the 10th of June, followed by NUIG Galway on the 24th of June.
Fionnuala Meehan, Head of Google Ireland and VP EMEA Google Customer Solutions, said: “For retailers of all sizes, their website is their digital flagship store, so Google wants to help retailers to make their online and omnichannel customer experience as appealing as possible to customers. That’s why we have built a tool that brings together all this valuable insight into one place and then uses that insight to create bespoke recommendations for retailers providing clear support and advice.”
Retailer websites should be a number one priority for both online and multichannel retailers, with 90% of EMEA shoppers who visited a store in the last week saying they used online search prior to going in-store. Despite rising customer expectations many retailers across EMEA are failing to provide a best in class experience with 23% of retailers not publishing any contact information of their stores on their website.
Fishbrain, the world’s most popular social network for anglers with eight million users worldwide, is unveiling significant updates to its WearOS app, with Google Assistant integration enabling anglers to log catches with their voice, meaning they don’t have to worry about taking their phone out of their pocket or bag during a fishing trip.
Available as a featured app on the Casio Pro Trek WSD-F30, Fishbrain is also introducing BiteTime™, the world’s most advanced machine learning-powered fishing forecast, to a smartwatch for the very first time, providing premium users with cutting-edge analytical data, accessible on their wrist.
The updated Fishbrain WearOS app is a joint development between Fishbrain and Casio, with its functions being optimized for Casio devices that are designed to operate in widely varied environments, meeting users’ toughest outdoor needs.
Fishbrain, backed by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s VC firm, was recently showcased at Google I/O, with the company using AutoML Vision Edge to identify the breed of a fish in a photo, and to also scan images to detect whether a fish is present in it – https://firebase.googleblog.com/2019/05/whats-new-Google-IO-2019.html
Virgin Media Ireland has unveiled ground breaking upgrades to their In-Home WiFi Hub that will add to their status as the nation’s leading broadband provider, with the revolutionary technology activated in all customers’ WiFi hubs automatically by the end of this week.
The development will provide all Virgin customers with Ireland’s fastest widely available broadband speeds in more areas of their home.
Channel Optimisation is a game-changing addition to the Virgin Media modem that will automatically change WiFi channels. The system chooses channels with the least amount of interference ensuring the best connectivity and fastest service is obtained by all devices being used in the home.
Paul Farrell, Vice President of Commercial, Virgin Media and Ruairi McGowan, Product Manager for Connectivity at Virgin Media at the launch of their new Smart WiFi updates that will provide all Virgin customers with Irelands fastest widely available broadband speeds in more areas of their home. Pic Brian McEvoy
Airtime Fairness is a second addition that will ensure equal allocation of airtime to connected devices an ensure they achieve their highest possible speeds.
“There’s a lot of noise and confusion around what comes next for broadband and WiFi and the focus up to this point has been around the race to improve speed of service, but we want to move away from that and focus on what consumers get from their service and their quality of connectivity for multiple devices,” states Paul Farrell, Vice President of Commercial at Virgin Media Ireland.
“Currently, we have an average of a little over ten devices using a Virgin Media WiFi hub in a home at present. That number is expected to rise to as many as 50 devices in the years ahead and what we have at Virgin Media is a hub that is ready for that level of expansion.
“We have been certified as having the best modem in the marketplace and now we’re looking to add functionality to that to ensure this debate moves beyond speed.
“You can have a Ferrari, but if the road isn’t connected or you have no petrol in the tank, it won’t give you the great experience you expect from it and what we are doing at Virgin Media now is providing the full package.”
Virgin Media Ireland are rolling out technological innovations that will enhance the experience for all customers, with the new additions to our modem that is already certified as the best in the Irish market taking the service to a new level.
“This is the start of our smart WiFi journey,” says Ruairi McGowan, Product Manager for Connectivity at Virgin Media Ireland. “This is chapter one and we are starting from a great base as we’re really confident in our hub, confident in our speed and convinced we have the best engineers to ensure the best possible in-home solution for our customers.
“What we’re focusing on now is the inner workings of the box and future proofing what is to come to ensure it can cope with anything our customers may throw at us in the coming years.
“What we aim to do with this upgrade is ensure our customers will never need to look at ways to improve their WiFi connection or consider rebooting their modem, as it will all be done for them through our smart hub.
“We’re rolling these revolutionary innovations out to all our customers automatically and by the end of this week, every Virgin Media Ireland customer will have Channel Optimisation and Airtime Fairness active in their home.”
Another day another email scam this time Dunnes Stores is at the helm. This is a sly one too with the header as Dunnes Stores voucher not only that its a subscription service which will just take money from your account and there has been issues with this in the past too when it comes to unsub from the. You can read up more about them here
Dunnes have got back to me on the matter but i do not like how they did it by sending me a direct message despite me tweeting them on Twitter,this is NOT proactive and they should have answered me in the public domain as that is where I brought the issue up. In short the face image then is not an actual Dunnes stores card but one that looks very similar but most importantly DO NOT give any details to these cowboys.
Tech Summit Attendees Get a Lesson in Cyber Hacking and Witness Just How Unsecure Our Personal Data Is
‘Stunning’, ‘Scary’, ‘Sensational’ – these are just some of the words attendees at the sold-out it@Cork Tech Summit used to describe what they witnessed at today’s event. With some standing on their tippy toes, some seated and others crouched around the edges of the room, 400 attendees crammed into the City Hall’s Millennium Hall yesterday to witness Cybercrime experts, from global Cyber Security company Trend Micro, hack into a personal phone and computer using the public Wi-Fi system.
The “live hack” demo gave attendees a taste of the real, pervasive and very threatening world of cybercrime that is growing and developing throughout the world – and brought it home to each and every spectator just how vulnerable they are.
Robert McArdle, Director for Cybercrime Research in Trend Micro’s “Forward Looking Threat” research team & speaker at this year’s eventaddressed stunned onlookers,
“Data breaches are one of the biggest risks to consumers today –and it is also completely out of their control. While already insidious, data breaches are going to get much worse in the very near future.”
Robert McArdle Director FTR Cybercrime Research Trend Micro, Gillian Bergin Vice Chair it@cork and Anthony O’Callaghan Chairperson it@cork pictured at it@cork Tech Summit 2019, City Hall Cork. Photography by Gerard McCarthy
Cybercrime in Numbers
Mr. McArdle gave the audience the lowdown on cybercrime all over the world,
– 1.1 Billion
“The world’s biggest breach to date was the hacking of Aadhar – the Unique Government ID system for India. Last year the government database that holds that information was breached and the records of 1.1 billion people were stolen. This meant that the private details of almost 1/7 of the world’s population were in the hands of attackers. In Western news, breaches such as the Marriott hotels, MyFitnessPal, MyHeritage and Cambridge Analytica got a lot more press – but all those combined don’t even come close to this.”
– $2.7 billion
“This is the financial number of reported losses to the FBI for Cybercrime in 2018. But the reality is much worse than that – firstly this is only for the US, not the whole world. Secondly – this only accounts for known cases of Cybercrime.”
– 8.4 billion
“This is the number of internet connected devices by the end of 2018. So as of last year, there are more internet connected devices in the world, than there are humans. And this figure is expected to hit 125million by 2020. Everything in our world is getting more connected – and if it is connected, it can be hacked.”
– 90%
“90% of all the data in the world was generated in the last 2 years. And what is the inbuilt human reaction when bombarded with so much information, uncertainty or threats? Fear. Fear is a major social problem as a response to the security threats and trends on the Internet today, leading to increased anger, hate and suffering among humanity.
The brain has had millions of years to evolve fight of flights response, but only thirty to evolve to the new deluge of information being thrown at it from the internet every day. And this overload is only going to increase.”
What Can We Do?
Trend Micro experts say education is key for a few reasons, and cite the city’s courses in Cyber Security and Cloud Computing in CIT and UCC as important assets in this regard.
Mr. McArdle went on,
“Education removes the uncertainty of the tech side of today’s problems – and that in turn leads to reduced fear and more acceptance. There are so many really top quality, free, online courses around today, that there really is no excuse for people to not dive into security in their teens. Even more so than in the past, those interested in careers in security absolutely do not need to wait until college to start. In fact, if they do, they will be about 5 years behind the best of their peers.
I think that 3rd level institutions will need to think about how to re-architect their courses in the near future to cater for the amount of knowledge that students will already be bringing with them into third level programmes.”
In summing up his presentation, the Trend Micro security expert outlined that the internet has created whole new classes of threats that have never existing for the majority of human history, and posited that humans will have to group together across a much wider spectrum of diversity in order to figure out how to stop them,
“Cybercrime is not a technology problem – it’s a human one. Cybercrime is simply crime on the internet, and the internet lets us carry it faster and at larger scales than ever before. So remember, you are not defending against computers – you are defending against smart humans. And there is no better way to do that than to embrace differences and assemble an agile team with all sorts of world views, that can handle absolutely anything an attacker can throw at them.
While this includes men, women and people from a diversity of backgrounds, it also means expanding beyond that, and embracing those who are not ‘neuro-typical’, for example the Autistic community, and other more neuro-diverse individuals. I’m generalising, but some of the most innovative people in security I know, have combined a passion for security with an amazingly unique autistic or neuro-diverse brain, to solve problems in a way you will never get from 98% of this room. The internet has created whole new classes of threats that have never existing for the majority of human history, so why should we assume that majority of humans are the ones with the best minds to figure out how to stop them?
Shutterstock, Inc. a leading global technology company offering high-quality content, tools and services through its creative platform, today announced the launch of its new self-serve API subscription plans. For the first time, developers, startups, and small and mid-sized businesses can build products and features that seamlessly integrate Shutterstock’s image collection and enable in-app image reselling, providing an additional revenue stream for customers when their end-users license and download images.
“With more than 10,000 developers already building applications using Shutterstock’s high-quality content and innovative search technology, there is a clear demand for increased access and support to further serve our growing community of developers, startups and small and mid-sized businesses,” said Alex Reynolds, Shutterstock’s General Manager of Platform Solutions. “The self-serve API subscription plans empower anyone to easily integrate Shutterstock content and tools into their products and applications at any time and from anywhere.”
Self-serve API features include:
the ability to preview, license, and resell images, providing a new revenue stream to developers and businesses
one million royalty-free images, growing to more than 15 million images
advanced search capabilities including granular search filters, robust metadata, conditional queries, and support for 21 languages
free access to test Shutterstock’s API image search and image preview
The self-serve API is the latest offering in Shutterstock’s ongoing commitment to deliver a global creative platform that empowers customers with compelling content, and innovative tools and services. The existing Shutterstock API powers native integrations with leading companies such as Google, Facebook, IBM, Wix and more.
Beacon Hospital has announced that it now has Ireland’s most advanced radiotherapy machine, The Varian Edge. Having offered radiotherapy since 2007, Beacon Hospital is a leading provider of this cancer treatment option, which uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours, without the need for incisions. The new machine will upgrade and enhance this service, as it allows for higher doses of radiation, to be targeted with even more accuracy at tumours. It has less impact on surrounding tissues and allows for even better results and fewer treatments for patients.
This is the first and only machine of its kind in Ireland and with only 3 in the UK and 130 worldwide it means that Ireland now has access to the very latest technology to treat cancer. By 2020, 1 in 2 people in Ireland will develop cancer during their lifetime.
Beacon Hospital now has Ireland’s Most Advanced Radiotherapy Machine Picture shows from left Professor John G. Armstrong, Director, Radiation Therapy Department at Beacon Hospital; and Dr Alina Mihai, Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Beacon Hospital; and Michael Cullen CEO of Beacon Hospital.
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The technology can treat tumours found in brain, spine and lung cancer patients, as well as tumours in other areas of the body that are difficult to reach surgically.
The Edge system offers fast, effective treatment without an incision or the need to recover in hospital. With some treatment sessions taking as little as 15 minutes, and the absence of an incision, patients can quickly get back to their lives.
Edge also reduces the risk to surrounding healthy tissue with a real-time tracking system that enables Consultant Radiation Oncologists to detect slight tumour movement, keeping treatment focused on the target.
It also allows for breathing to be monitored during treatment, giving the patient a more comfortable experience.
Beacon Hospital has invested €3.2 million in the new machine. This comes as part of a broader two-year plan (2018-2019) that is seeing over €30m being invested in Beacon Hospital to enhance services, equipment and facilities.
The new machine comes as Beacon Hospital continues to lead the way when it comes to radiotherapy treatment. It has the most experienced radiotherapy stereotactic team in the country. It follows other firsts at Beacon Hospital. For example, it was the first centre in Ireland to offer Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), to areas other than the brain. SRS is a non-surgical radiation therapy used to treat functional abnormalities and small tumours. It has been offering this service for 12 years.
Beacon Hospital now has Ireland’s Most Advanced Radiotherapy Machine Picture shows from left Professor John G. Armstrong, Director, Radiation Therapy Department at Beacon Hospital and Dr Alina Mihai, Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Beacon Hospital.
Beacon Hospital has invested €3.2 million in the new machine. This comes as part of a broader two-year plan (2018-2019) that is seeing over €30m being invested in Beacon Hospital to enhance services, equipment and facilities. ENDS/ Pic:Naoise Culhane
Professor John G. Armstrong, Director, Radiation Therapy Department at Beacon Hospital said:
“We’re delighted to introduce Ireland’s most advanced radiotherapy machine, The Varian Edge to our Cancer Care Centre. The first and only machine of its kind in Ireland, the Edge upgrades our current radiotherapy machine to the latest technology, using extreme precision to target and destroy tumours faster and more effectively. The new machine treats patients with higher doses of radiation with more accuracy, with less impact to surrounding tissues. This ultimately may lead to better results and less treatments for the patient.”
Michael Cullen, CEO of Beacon Hospital said:
“We have been treating patients with radiotherapy here at Beacon Hospital since 2007. Our pioneering team are involved in international research and are constantly looking at new and innovative ways to improve treatments, so with the introduction of the new Edge our patients now have access to the most advanced radiotherapy machine in Ireland. Our Cancer Care Centre offers a complete range of services including diagnostics, surgery, medical and radiation oncology, all delivered by highly qualified professionals in one central location.
“This significant investment underpins our broader growth strategy that is seeing over €30 million being invested over two years to ensure we continue to have the very best services, equipment and facilities.”
