Hitachi, the Japanese industrial giant, has picked Trinity College Dublin (TCD) as one of four locations worldwide for a research laboratory.

Report shows people working at computer terminals.

Research projects in model form.

Interview with Padraic White, Managing Director, Industrial Development Authority (IDA).

Computer Department in Trinity College.

Computer lab.

Interview with Declan Collins, IDA Projects Manager.

O’Reilly Institute in TCD where Hitachi will be working with computer scientists on 'blue skies research'.

Interview with Professor Vincent McBrierty, TCD Bursar.

Computer guided camera on model car.

David Vernon, expert in neuro-networks, at a computer.

Research models.

Interview with Dr David Vernon, Computer Science Department, TCD.

Project on computer-assisted medical diagnosis.

Interview with Dr Jane Grimson, TCD Computer Science Department.

The reporter is Alasdair Jackson.

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