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Avoiding the quarter-life crisis...guide your children well
Friday, 3 December 2010, 8:51 am | sticK
There's going to be a large swathe of the current generation of youth and young adults, who, to their dismay, are going to find themselves in a 'quarter-life crisis'. More >>
Farmers walk the talk, from a sheep to person's back
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 4:06 pm | sticK
Farmers, and the farming industry, often talk about getting closer to the customer. Mostly, that's where it remains; talk. More >>
Can we, and how do we 'supe up' our innovation ecosystem?
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 8:57 am | sticK
Can New Zealand develop a high performing innovation ecosystem that grows many more high value international businesses? More >>
CRIs account for their income and spending and all that jazz
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 12:44 pm | sticK
It often seems like a cute CRI contrivance - operating surpluses, taxes and profit/losses - seeing as the research institutes obtain a majority of their income from government funding anyway…… More >>
Extremely important for NZ; but who will come to the debate?
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 9:50 am | sticK
Depending on your point of view, the 'Top 10 Issues for New Zealand' could make for depressing reading. More >>
NZ's largest single VC recipient picks up another gong
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 1:58 pm | sticK
An Auckland-based global company, that in August was the target of New Zealand's largest single venture capital investment, has picked up an international award. More >>
Cancer detection commercialisation can't be 'overnight'
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 8:56 am | sticK
Pacific Edge Ltd., is inching its way to commercialisation of its bladder cancer detection tests - showing that it can be done, but never 'overnight'. More >>
"Really chuffed" prize winners wants complementary skills
Monday, 29 November 2010, 1:50 pm | sticK
The winning of $400,000 through the Prime Minister's Science Prize will enable Magritek to bring on a complementary researcher with a different skill set to its development team. More >>
Have a beek at this - giving tourists a flavour of somewhere
Monday, 29 November 2010, 8:18 am | sticK
When people are thinking of new places to go and visit, the internet's not the most inspiring place to check them out…..at least until now according to Ben Knill. More >>
…..and the winners are (P.M's Science Prize recipients)
Friday, 26 November 2010, 1:02 pm | sticK
( sticK - 26 Nov. 2010 ) So, how much will the rest of New Zealand care about last night's announcement of the Prime Minister's Science Prizes? More >>
Have money…..will take on the world, 77 Pieces at a time
Friday, 26 November 2010, 8:23 am | sticK
Mass customisation and Wellington - a heavenly marriage?
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 1:52 pm | sticK
The term mass customisation is one that will increasingly become common. An example is a pair of jeans, made, perhaps on the premise, exactly to fit the purchaser. More >>
Weightless export wins in crowded internet domain name space
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 8:30 am | sticK
Wellington's IT entrepreneurs ignore the weather
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 12:37 pm | sticK
The joke is that Wellington's a good place for IT entrepreneurs because the weather forces developers and the like to stay indoors. More >>
2-D to 3-D and back again - making virtual real (77 Pieces)
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 8:24 am | sticK
Ever wondered why so many computer generated characters in movies these days are naked, or near enough to it? Alternatively, if they're not naked, everyone seems to wear cloaks and robes. More >>
Sustainability's like 'beauty' - go on, try and define it
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 1:58 pm | sticK
Sustainability's a term that's a bit like 'beauty' - everyone knows what it is, but pinning down exactly what it is, is often in the eye of the beholder. More >>
Are CRI core purpose statements customer-oriented enough?
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 8:28 am | sticK
Very good, but where is the customer service bit asks Rick Boven about the Minister’s recent announcement of the CRIs statements of core purpose (SCP)? More >>
Ka Mate can't be stuffed back in its genie bottle
Monday, 22 November 2010, 1:15 pm | sticK
Well IPONZ, the Intellectual Property Office, have opened up a can of worms in accepting that the words 'KA MATE' and a logo featuring those words can be trademarked. More >>
Kiwi agribusinesses could foot trip over 'sustainability'
Monday, 22 November 2010, 8:48 am | sticK
The whole, often fraught, often confused, issue of ‘sustainability’ in agriculture has the potential to foot trip New Zealand if we’re not careful. More >>
Getting the science sector to fly in formation
Friday, 19 November 2010, 2:09 pm | sticK
It’s early days, but we (the royal we as in NZ Inc) shouldn’t underestimate the importance and value of the Crown Research Institutes’ statements of core purpose (SCP) More >>
