WHAT do making rockets and robots, gaming, 3D, animation, teddy hacking, astronauts — even a portable planetarium and Mega Molecules — have in common? Discovery 2011.

TECHNOLOGY ideas will be nurtured into start-up businesses in two industry- led institutions launched yesterday by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton.

A CORK-based ICT site is knocking 20% off its annual energy consumption through the use of ground- breaking energy-saving technologies.