Tagged: innovation

Māui Tikitiki a Tāranga inspires Māui Hudson’s research journey - Mātau Taiao

Rosemary Rangitauira • Nov 30, 2021 •

• Aotearoa,
• genomics,
• innovation,
• Māori researchers,
• mātauranga māori,
• Technology

Māui Hudson says the characteristics of his namesake, the Māori diety Māui Tikitiki a Tāranga, enables and inspires him to confidently walk into new spaces of research. He hails from Te Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine and Ngāpuhi. Māui is a trained physiotherapist but is well-known for his leadership in creating guidelines and principles to safeguard mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) across various … Read More

Looking beyond regenerative agriculture - Unsorted

Robert Hickson • Mar 17, 2021 •

• Agriculture,
• climate change,
• farming,
• future farming,
• innovation,
• Sustainability

Regenerative agriculture, where the health and wellbeing of the environment, animals and farmers is prioritised, is gaining cachet. I see that as a necessary but insufficient change to how we manage land and watery environments. In some respects discussions about regenerative agriculture are more backward- than forward-looking. Take, for example, the UK’s Food, Farming and … Read More

‘Courageous’ investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas - Guest Work

Guest Author • Nov 24, 2020 •

• business,
• industry,
• innovation,
• investment

Jessica C Lai, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Jesse Pirini, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand is in an economic recession and the government is trying to spend its way through it with direct investment to boost the economy and jobs. At the same time, the Reserve Bank of New … Read More

Thrivable - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Apr 20, 2020 •

• foresight,
• innovation,
• New Zealand,
• Pandemic,
• scenarios,
• Society,
• uncertainties

In my previous post I set out some simple techniques to help explore the future. Here I give a worked example. Most of the space I have devoted to one scenario, since that probably is the more interesting part for readers. Scenarios don’t predict what will happen. They are a method … Read More

The mothers of invention - FutureworkNZ

Guest Author • Jun 10, 2019 •

• Economic growth,
• innovation

Dave Heatley Necessity is the mother of invention if camping without tent pegs, according to Kinley Salmon in his very readable book Jobs, robots & us. But the development and diffusion of innovation is a more complex story. Economists came rather late to the thinking about what influences technological innovation. The … Read More

Beyond the Robofarm - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Apr 03, 2019 •

• Agriculture,
• farming,
• future,
• innovation,
• New Zealand,
• robotics,
• science system,
• Technology

It’s easy to get momentarily excited about robots on the farm, particularly if they are close to home, picking apples or herding stock. Robots have been rolling out onto farms elsewhere for several years and the pace is picking up, so NZ is in … Read More

Healthcare in the future - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Oct 14, 2018 •

• disruption,
• future,
• healthcare,
• innovation,
• technology

When thinking about the future of healthcare, images of robot surgeons, predictive algorithms, nanoparticles and nanobots in your bloodstream, CRISPR, and wearable or ingestible sensors may come to mind. A future of big technological advances that help get rid of once acute conditions (like cancers, infectious diseases), and improve the monitoring and treatment of chronic ones (like heart … Read More

Critic and conscience of a national science challenge - Guest Work

Guest Author • Apr 06, 2018 •

• global markets,
• GNS Science,
• innovation,
• major review,
• national benefit,
• National Science Challenge,
• symposium,
• universities,
• university

Troy Baisden By legislation, universities have a role to play as critic and conscience of society. Having recently moved to a professorial post at the University of Waikato, I’m taking up that role to initiate this blog at the Our Land and Water (OLW) National Science Challenge’s 2018 Symposium. The event is on yesterday and today in Wellington, … Read More

Little future houses on the prairie - Ariadne

Robert Hickson • Mar 12, 2018 •

• construction,
• future,
• innovation

There’s plenty of innovative thinking around building houses, but less so about communities. I’ve been writing a series of blogs on the future of construction for the industry transformation initiative. They’ll be appearing on their website over the next few months. There’s a lot going on in the housing and construction field. It’s not just about increasing … Read More

How talented kids from low-income families become America’s ‘Lost Einsteins’ - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jan 30, 2018 •

• America,
• child development,
• class,
• Creativity,
• education,
• gender,
• innovation,
• invention,
• maths,
• Patent,
• poor,
• privilege,
• rich,
• socioeconomic,
• talent

Alexander Bell, Harvard University; John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Raj Chetty, Stanford University, and Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation … Read More