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“Gene Patents”: What’s the Fuss?
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 8:25 am | sticK
Patent attorneys operate in a netherworld between science and law. More >>
Mapping NZ’s startup ecosystem – An Aussie beats us
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 8:39 am | sticK
Have a look at this, and click through the link that goes with it. You’ll find this Startup Ecosystem Mindmeister map by Phil Worle, fascinating (well probably). More >>
Technology Transfer Vouchers go the way of the dinosaurs
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 10:11 am | sticK
Dave Guerin runs a blog and a paid subscription model for Education Insider – essentially an education everything at the tertiary and beyond level. More >>
HTC One is a digital multi-tool | Scoop TechLab
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 1:02 pm | Peter Kerr
My younger boy made the comment that "you don't deserve this phone." (The HTC One). That is, because I don't yet know how to drive it, I shouldn't be allowed to use it. But he's wrong. More >>
The HTC One - Magic! | Scoop Techlab
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 12:47 pm | Peter Kerr
So, when I received a HTC One to review, my first thought was wow – this is so much better looking than my present phone. The number two son went, ‘heck dad, this is one of the top phones of the moment and you don’t even know what to do ... More >>
Where’s Callaghan Innovation’s business plan……?
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 9:26 am | sticK
Now that Steven Joyce has fixed (or not) the Novopay teachers’ pay debacle, perhaps he’d like to turn his attention back to Callaghan Innovation. More >>
Playing in the world of smartphones – a magical experience
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 10:17 am | sticK
Now, let it be known right from the get-go that I’m relatively uncool when it comes to smart phones and techy-type stuff. More >>
Key’s causing of capital introspection is good for us
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 8:21 am | sticK
As much as Prime Minister John Key has attempted to water down his ‘Wellington is dying’ aside, at the very least it has provided a good opportunity for some capital introspection. More >>
Software patents get complicated
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 8:40 am | sticK
The Patents Bill has had a tortuous ride through Parliament – to say the least. More >>
Lightning Lab startups ask – ‘where’s the money’?
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 9:02 am | sticK
Lightning Lab 2013 saw nine startups pitch their digital products to would-be investors last week, seeking expansion capital for ideas that 12 weeks before mostly existed on paper. More >>
One way to crack a coder shortage
Friday, 17 May 2013, 10:05 am | sticK
Ever tried to get hold of a professional who can write computer code? More >>
National Science Challenge winners underwhelm
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 8:40 am | sticK
There’s only one word really to describe the winners of the National Science Challenge – ‘wow’ writ small. More >>
Email sales tool allows companies to ‘dress to impress’
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 8:33 am | sticK
On the face of it, creating clever emails with embedded graphics and other gee-whizz stuff that acts as a clever sales tool should be pretty easy. More >>
Adding a hole lot of value to a piece of pine
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 9:44 am | sticK
We all know that we’d prefer to export more than just a log of pine to overseas markets. At the same time, the NZ Inc desire to add value to our raw commodities such as trees is almost tiresome through over-use. More >>
Dyed in the wool innovation partners up to go global
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 10:58 am | sticK
The time it takes to convert a good idea into something that another person’s willing to buy is almost invariably longer than you think. More >>
Kickstarting a San Fran Bay school science rap promotion
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 9:12 am | sticK
Tom McFadden, a Californian and Stanford biology lecturer among other things, completed a Masters in Science Communication at Otago University last year. More >>
Callaghan Innovation – building the plane while they fly it
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 9:11 am | sticK
There’s a term that’s particularly loved by IT-oriented start-ups, ‘building the plane while you’re flying it’. More >>
Little school thinks bearly big
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 8:43 am | sticK
“And the prize for the best use of social media and punching well above its weight goes to,”….drum roll….”Koputoroa Primary School”. More >>
Creating a deep infrastructure tool for Christchurch
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 8:40 am | sticK
Here’s an idea, so time topical it deserves much more thinking about by Christchurch, government and NZ Inc. More >>
A solution to our lack of shared science-innovation purpose
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 9:18 am | sticK
OK, now we have Callaghan Innovation gestating its way into life, with no indication of how long the process will take, or even what it is we’re trying to bring to fruition. More >>
