Grant Jacobs • Aug 30, 2015 •
The Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand has published a special issue, The future of science in New Zealand.[1] It’s open for all to read for this month (August 2015) – grab your copies soon! [Update: a limited number of copies are available from the authors’ blog.] There’s a lot to read,[2] but … Read More
Peter Kerr • Nov 12, 2013 •
The TIN100 Report aims to be an authoritative, dispassionate look at the high tech manufacturing, ICT and biotech industries of New Zealand. Through a thorough process, TIN100 founder Greg Shanahan, and research and publication manager Jo-Anne Hazel have put together … Continue reading → … Read More
Peter Kerr • Sep 24, 2013 •
A thumbs up to Lightning Lab and Wellington’s Creative HQ for celebrating non-success. That, quite deliberately, is different from describing the five of the nine companies which went through LL’s 12 week accelerator programme as failures. Earlier in the year, … Continue reading → … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Dec 19, 2012 •
News out today is that Professor Kerr, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Canterbury, is to be presented the 2013 Albert Einstein Award, given by the Albert Einstein Society in Switzerland for ‘to deserving individuals for outstanding scientific findings, works, or publications related to Albert Einstein’. Previous Einstein Award winners … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Oct 26, 2012 •
The shortlisted entries for this year’s Manhire Prize* are now available on the Royal Society website as PDF files, free for you to read. One sciblogger features in the fiction section - Gareth Renowden, author of Hot Topic and, more recently in fiction, The Aviator (The Burning World … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Sep 24, 2012 •
Among the categories are ‘science, technology and academia’: New Thinking Life Sciences Creative Investment & Business Information & Communications Manufacturing, Design & Innovation Science, Technology & Academia If you’ve got someone you think that might fit the bill, get to it! Nominations close September 30th. Nominations are by email, using a template … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Sep 02, 2012 •
New Zealand’s Open Science Award is seeking nominations. Supported by NeSi, the New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (more on them in a later post), the award is to highlight leadership by NZ researchers in using open licensing and open approaches to their research: New Zealanders are invited to nominate scientists … Read More
Peter Kerr • Aug 14, 2012 •
While there’s a great deal of satisfaction in creating a mobile device app that people use, and come back to frequently, there’s a bigger game eyed for Fast, Fresh & Tasty. The Wellington-originated app provides updated recipes, with a strong … Continue reading → … Read More
Peter Kerr • Jul 31, 2012 •
What was the fifth Startup Weekend in New Zealand, and the second in Wellington, continued to raise the bar. Co-organiser, and WebFund chairman Dave Moskovitz says the 54 hour event that aims to take pitched (to all participants’) ideas into … Continue reading → … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Dec 11, 2011 •
The Skeptic Magazine is calling for nominations for its first Skeptics Awards celebrating a variety of skeptical activities in 2011. The categories are: The best podcast The best blog The best event, campaign or outreach event of the year The best science video clip on the web The best sceptical video clip on the web … Read More