Brainwave: UCC project to monitor the brain activity of newborns wins Entrepreneurship Award

Pocket-sized EEG device for newborns secures UCC innovation prize.

Paul McGuirk, head of enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Cork City and chief sponsor with deputy president and registrar to UCC John O’Halloran present the UCC Entrepreneurship Award to Mark O’Sullivan of ‘Neurobell’ from Ballincollig, Cork. He also received €8,000 in prize money. Picture: Donagh Glavin

A UCC project to develop a pocket-sized EEG device to monitor the brain activity of newborns has won an Entrepreneurship Award.