Sally O’ Brien (yes) at The Bike institute [Lower Dorset Street] writes:
I’m not sure you normally do this but…we love your ‘we don’t normally do this’ section however it fills our eyes with tears seeing people getting their brand new bikes robbed all the time in Dublin.
In an effort to really show how important locking your bike is with a ‘proper’ lock and how it can save your bike from creepy crawlies, we made a short video on bike security (above). To celebrate, we have FIVE top notch Gold Star rating MasterLocks (these are really good locks) to give away to BS readers. (Five of the worst stories of bike thievery in the comments section chosen by BS wins a lock)….
Last December you showed some cool images from Prof. Georg Duesberg’s group of atomically thin nano Christmas trees.The research centre I work in (CRANN/AMBER) in TCD recently announced the winners of its annual scientific image competition, which highlights some of interesting nanomaterials research going on in Dublin and the rest of Ireland.
Above: Space Invaders by Niall McEvoy; Nano-sun by Damien Hanlon; Bird’s Nest Stadium by Xiaoyun (Lily) He and Lab Slave I, by Maria O’Brien
The Terrafugia TF-X flying car is a conceptual design for a twin engined, 200mph, 1 MW, auto piloted air hooptie with vertical take off and landing (VTOL) and a 500 mile range.
When it’s built (in your dreams, our dreams and those of the designers), you’ll simply tell it where you want to go and it will take you there.
Hush now.
It’s a real thing that’s actually happening and that’s that.
The World War 1 kitbag of Major E.F. Farrell, Co. Meath of the Leinster Regiment [was it for this?, etc} containing folding bed, roll-out mattress, crying chair and a cooker with spirit lamps and phone charger.