Professor Maurice Whelan, who has died at the age of 84, was a distinguished academic and an innovator in the Irish technology sector. Recognition of his many achievements included being made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, presented by the Dutch government in 1995 for his role in establishing strong business links between the Netherlands and Ireland. In 1999 he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Dublin City University and he received the University College Cork distinguished alumni award in 2003.
A sensor around a millimetre in size has been tested to monitor a honeybee flying around some flowers. It could also work for medical monitoring inside a person's body