Feature: BETT 2010
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Villa81 headed over to BETT, the top dog in educational technology trade shows. Samsung, Ricoh, and O2 were among the exhibitors at the event.
BETT concludes on the 16th of January.
Feature: UCD and Siemens develop a robot boat
Thursday, June 4th, 2009In the week of a new Terminator film being launched, Villa81 got a look at a boat that could be a pre-cursor to a real life Skynet. The Siemens Autonomous Sailboat is thankfully being designed for purposes much more beneficial than the destruction of humanity.
UCD and Siemens hope to hold the first test of the [...]
Feature: Siemens RoboRugby 2009 - The Finals
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009After months of preparation it came down to one evening in the Clinton Auditorium in UCD. The 2009 Siemens RoboRugby competition saw 21 teams battle it out for honours and we caught all the action.
We spoke with some of the participants and organisers to get their views on the tournament.
That’s the end of the competition [...]
Feature: RoboRugby 2009
Thursday, April 16th, 2009The 2009 Siemens RoboRugby competition takes place in UCD this Monday, the 20th of April. Our cameras headed to meet the students taking part as they made final preparations ahead of the big day.
We’ll be back in UCD on Monday to capture all the drama of the competition where a new champion will be crowned. [...]