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John McCarthy: The Father of Artificial Intelligence

By Ray Cavanaugh
Summer 2021

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Artificial intelligence is impacting the future of virtually every industry and every human being, and we owe it all to an Irishman named McCarthy.Few phrases evoke the rapid hi-tech acceleration of our era like “artificial intelligence” (also known by the somewhat less-threatening acronym of “AI”). Until very recently, this world, for better or worse, was ours. But, having … [Read more...] about John McCarthy: The Father of Artificial Intelligence

U.S. Navy Partners with Irish Ocean Energy Company for $12 Million Project

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

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Ocean Energy, a County Cork-based renewable energy technology company, has partnered with the U.S. Navy and Oregon-based fabrication company Vigor to build the first full-scale model of a pioneering wave energy conversion device called the OE Buoy. “It’s the combination of Irish innovation and American manufacturing expertise and that’s always going to produce a world-class … [Read more...] about U.S. Navy Partners with Irish Ocean Energy Company for $12 Million Project