Google to invest $5 million for better weather prediction in Ireland
13 October - 6 mins
Podcast Series
The Hard Shoulder
Google is planning to spend up to $5 million into a new project in Ireland to develop better ways of predicting severe storms, flash flooding and other extreme weather events here.
The plan will see 560 weather stations installed in schools across the country, with artificial intelligence being used to analyse the data.
Ciara O’Brien, Technology Correspondent with The Irish Times has the story, and she joins Shane to discuss.