Technology could help with flood prevention

Could the problem of flooding in Ireland be solved using cloud technology? That is one of the questions being thrashed out at a two-day Hackathon hosted by Analog Devices International in Limerick.

Photo credit: Claire Frawley, Jason O’Neill, and Margaret Naughton discuss flooding problems on the banks of the River Shannon, Limerick as part of the Analog Devices International event. Picture: Sean Curtin

The prospect of one kind of cloud addressing the spoils of another doesn’t sound far-fetched to the 60 young employees of ADI who have gathered at Thomond Park in Limerick to examine how the multinational’s technology could be used to minimise the impact of flooding Ireland.