R&D
At last, a Federal grant for IT
The Federal Government has just launched a new grant for third party service providers to help small and home based businesses with:
• ‘free or low cost’ IT skills development
• training and mentoring services
• improved web presence and e-business capability
Funding is available up to $500,000.
Newcastle wins $20 million Clean Energy Innovation Centre
The Federal Government yesterday announced that a new $20 million Clean Energy Innovation Centre (CEIC) will be headquartered in Newcastle.
Surf the Alps with Wii and Google earth
Some technically-minded Germans from the Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence have managed to mashup a Wii balance board to Google Earth and enable you to “surf” the globe. The mind boggles at where this will all be in a decade or two.
InnoCentive: The wisdom of lab crowds
The name – InnoCentive – sounds like it was manufactured in the crucible of an expensive, bureaucratic, innovation think-tank naming committee, but the site is incredibly impressive, efficient and market oriented.
John Brumby – No Oxymoron
Innovation and good fiscal management are unlikely bedfellows. Yet when Victoria’s chief number cruncher Treasurer John Brumby adopted the Minister for Innovation mantel in February 2002, few raised an eyebrow. And it’s a good thing, too. While our federal policy makers have a patchy record at best, this Labor Government is fast developing an innovation [...]









