The 25 finalists in INNOVIC’s Next Big Thing Awards have been named and will be on show at the Melbourne Museum from 30 May to 12 July. The Awards, which identify exciting new commercial innovations, were opened up to international entries this year. The finalists reflect the key challenges of our time in the medical, environmental and ICT fields.
I have a friend who I’ll call Trevor (for the sake of discretion). I’m sure that many of our readers will know someone just like Trev. This is because Trev is the anti-entrepreneur. He works for the public sector, crawls into his workplace at 9am and skips out at 5pm (with visible glee). He associates…
Innovation Series Sydney Luncheon: 4 June 2009 ‘Medical Research Discoveries: Taking Health into the Next Century’ When: 4th June 2009 Where: Sydney (Sofitel Wentworth Hotel) The Innovation Series (IVS) is a high level series of business events, which feature leading edge innovation, research and technologies. The IVS is about ‘connecting people to ideas and ideas…
Instead, I hope that you (dearest Anthillians) find value in these seven business observations and tips from seven weeks of travel.
Instead, I hope that you (dearest Anthillians) find value in these seven business observations and tips from seven weeks of travel.
Today, our Government Grants specialist, Adrian Spencer, considers the post-Budget winners and losers. Looking for a Government Grant? Here’s your cheat sheet.
Adobe didn’t get to where it is today by playing defence. And, as Brad Howarth discovers, the company knows it must keep innovating to stay on top. It’s a lesson for us all.
Following on from his first report plotting the impact of the closure of Commercial Ready Grants on Australian innovation, Nick McNaughton provides his assessment of the 2009 Budget and looks specifically at the impact of the announcements relating to the improved R&D Tax Concession and the introduction of the Commonwealth Commercialisation Institute (CCI).
This video may be more than seven months old, but it’s still relevant to the revolutionary leaps being made in the Nanoscience field. Launched alongside The Museum of Modern Art “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibition, the Morph concept device seems to have been inspired by Space Ghost, which wins my vote. Nokia prefers to…
This video may be more than seven months old, but it’s still relevant to the revolutionary leaps being made in the Nanoscience field. Launched alongside The Museum of Modern Art “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibition, the Morph concept device seems to have been inspired by Space Ghost, which wins my vote. Nokia prefers to…
According to researchers, as children have replaced outdoor physical recreation with video games and internet surfing, the way they actually play has become more artificial. This has been connected to alarming rises in rates of childhood obesity, depression and aggression. Enter Smartground, the creation of internationally acclaimed industrial designer Tamer Nakışçı. It is a physical…
Saving the planet one pizza at a time… sort of. Green Box is manufactured from 100 percent recycled material and can be easily broken down into serving plates and a handy pizza storage container, eliminating the need for plastic wrap, tin foil or plastic bags. Simple.
Okay, this is, for some people, going to be an uncomfortable column to read as I am going to seriously challenge what for many seems like an obvious ‘conventional wisdom’. In many cases it is better for the planet if you offset your carbon emissions than if you reduce them via your own in-house efficiencies. The woman with the fully carbon offset Hummer is probably a better friend to the planet than the man in his non-offset Prius.
Last week, we posted the first in a series of video excerpts from a panel discussion at the 2009 Anthill Smart 100 Awards, held in April at Digital Harbour in Melbourne’s docklands. We received lots of positive feedback about Liesl Capper’s insights on innovation and commercialisation in Australia, but it turns out you are an impatient bunch. So here we’re posting the introductory insights of all five members of our master innovator panel – Ryan Trainor, Campbell Rose, Janine Kirk, Liesl Capper and Tim Pethick. We’ll post part two – a more free form discussion – next week.
Last week, we posted the first in a series of video excerpts from a panel discussion at the 2009 Anthill Smart 100 Awards, held in April at Digital Harbour in Melbourne’s docklands. We received lots of positive feedback about Liesl Capper’s insights on innovation and commercialisation in Australia, but it turns out you are an impatient bunch. So here we’re posting the introductory insights of all five members of our master innovator panel – Ryan Trainor, Campbell Rose, Janine Kirk, Liesl Capper and Tim Pethick. We’ll post part two – a more free form discussion – next week.
Nearly 12 months after the Federal Government’s surprise decision to axe the popular Commercial Ready Grant Scheme, Nick McNaughton embarked on a mission – to plot the impact of its closure on Australian innovation. In his first report, McNaughton heads to the coal-face, seeking feedback from those most affected by the cut – technology developers and members of the early-stage investment community.
A highlight of the 2009 Smart 100 Awards was a panel discussion focused on What and Who Drives Innovation in Australia. In this video excerpt, Liesl Capper, founder of MyCyberTwin.com, shares her thoughts on the current market, investors and customers.
Thinking back, those old gloves with the fingers cut off were a triumph of rationality over common sense. Useful, but kinda pointless. Fortunately, glove designers are more switched on in the iPhone era. Take Dots Gloves: knit or woollen gloves that have nickel and brass dots sewn into the finger tips so wearers can operate…
These basejumpers grew board of just jumping off cliffs, falling for a bit then popping a shoot. So they built sugar-glider wing suits and began to fly. That wasn’t quite doing it for them, so they went to Norway and began flying close – really close – to cliffs and rocks… even roads.
If we are to defend and improve our competitive standing as a first-tier global economy, Australia needs to invest heavily in the development of knowledge economy sectors such as clean coal technology rather than pouring million of dollars into dying legacy sectors. The Australian Federal Government has just launched its Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute…
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