Paula Clerkin

Swap an episode of Jeremy Kyle to learn something completely different. Worst case, you find out it’s not for you. Best case, you realise making that killer app is a lot closer than you thought. In case you missed it, last week was Computer Science Education Week. The week...

Yesterday it was announced that Orange Wednesdays will be no more. For the past 10 years, Orange Wednesdays has been a firm favourite in everyone’s diaries. At its peak, Orange Wednesdays “was a massive success and an iconic promotion” – the company said in a statement. Created in 2003...

The term ‘drone’ is the mainstream word used to refer to an unmanned, airborne device. Unfortunately, there is stigma attached to drones because of military use. Drones, vary in size, from a mini quadcopter to a delivery drone, there are even fully grown ones! It is inevitable that drones are here to stay. They provide a vast number...

The lightbulb has changed very little since its invention in 1879 – until now. Lifx is a company that builds “smart lightbulbs”; lightbulbs which can be dynamically changed in colour to provide a number of applications. Simon Walker, Chief Marketing Officer at Lifx, gave a talk at Web Summit in...

We think we use the Internet a lot, visiting Facebook, watching videos on YouTube, streaming Netflix and reading articles online. We may spend a lot of time on the web but we’re not actually accessing very much of it. In August 2014, some sites including eBay went offline. Wider...

In light of recent breakthroughs regarding nuclear fusion power, here’s Impact’s quick guide to this developing energy source. What is nuclear fusion? Nuclear fusion, as suggested by the name, involves the fusing together of nuclei. The sun uses it as an energy source. At the Sun’s core the temperature and pressure...

It is a stark reality that between 80% and 85% of the population in developing countries who are in need of a medicine cannot afford it. There is an infamous quote by Novartis officials at a 2004 World Bank meeting, “India has 50 million customers”. India has a population...