Irish entrepreneur named in CNN's list of tech superheroes for 2015
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Irish entrepreneur named in CNN's list of tech superheroes for 2015

INVENTOR of the mouldable glue technologhy Sugru, Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh, has been named by CNN as one of seven female tech superheroes to watch in 2015.

The 35-year-old Irish scientist created Sugru, a new material that enables it to stick to anything, from glass to wood, and turns into a strong, flexible rubber overnight.

Creator and presenter of innovation series, Digital Futures, Shivvy Jervis, wrote for CNN: “This self-setting material allows people to ‘hack their products’ – modifying, fixing, and generally making regular objects better. Added to that, Sugru is waterproof, adhesive, and heat-resistant.”

Other tech superheroes set to make an impact in 2015:

  • Rosalind Picard (52), co-founder of computing and human analytics start-up Empatica, and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media lab.
  • Desiree Vargas Wrigley (32), co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding medical platform,Giveforward.
  • Kathryn Myronuk (45), director of research at Singularity University, an organisation devoted to studying how different technologies will affect the world over the next decade.
  • Lynette Kucsma (43), co-founder of Natural Machines, a company that makes 3D food printers.
  • Nina Tandon (35), co-founder of EpiBone, the world’s first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction.
  • Anne Wojcicki (41), founder of one of the world’s largest databases of individual genetic information, 23andme.