The presence of a large agricultural sector in New Zealand is sometimes viewed as an impediment to this development.

This view is perhaps best exemplified in the 2013 book Get Off the Grass in which Sir Paul Callaghan (deceased) and Shaun Hendy argued that NZ’s reliance on agriculture stifles the country’s innovation ecosystem. 

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When someone sets out to improve their health, they usually take a familiar path: starting a healthy diet, adopting a new workout regimen, getting better sleep, drinking more water. Each of these behaviors is important, of course, but they all focus on physical health—and a growing body of research suggests that social health is just as, if not more, important to overall well-being.

Among the tech waves having hurt us in the last decade, crowdfunding was on of the most hyped ever. It substantially gave people a chance to get resources to fund thier projects and activities of every kind.

With the hope of revolutionizing financing in any sector, cutting out high street banks and going straight to customers, several (generalistic or sector specific) platforms were launched. Some years later, we can attest that only some of them have been able to survive and succeed.

Texting is now as much of a business communication tool as the phone and email. And just like those, you must follow the same etiquette for the people you are communicating with. The problem is, users, think it is different, and the same rules don’t apply.

A new report from Carphonewarehouse proves this very point. In the survey, 73% of the respondents feel it is OK to text clients after business hours. This is driven by the casual nature of texting, which makes people wrongly assume they can chat whenever they want. While it may be OK in your personal life, it can have unintended consequences in business.

AMPEL BioSolutions Co-Founder and COO/CSO, Dr. Amrie Grammer guests on BioTalk to discuss building the Company in Charlottesville, VA, her work and recognition at NIH, and being a leader from the southern part of the BioHealth Capital Region.

Dr. Amrie Grammer is the Majority Owner and Co-Founder of AMPEL BioSolutions, located in downtown Charlottesville Virginia. Amrie is a Translational Immunologist specializing in human Autoimmune Diseases. She trained at UVA (BS Chemistry, MS Pharmacology) before receiving her PhD in Immunology at UTSW Medical Center at Dallas. Amrie was recruited to the NIH to establish the B Cell Biology Group in the Autoimmunity Branch of NIAMS during the human genome sequencing project. She received multiple NIH awards for her work comparing signaling pathways and genes expressed in patients vs healthy individuals, including the prestigious Director’s Award.

Think of just about any major challenge we will face over the next decade and materials are at the center of it. To build a new clean energy future, we need more efficient solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Manufacturers need new materials to create more advanced products. We also need to replace materials subject to supply disruptions, like rare earth elements.

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The Ugandan government is promoting innovation in universities leading to the registration of patents and has set a target of registering 6,000 patents by 2040, but awareness around intellectual property (IP) is low and the drive to register patents is still relatively under-emphasised in the country’s universities.

Billionaire Masayoshi Son–not Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg–has the most audacious vision for an AI-powered utopia where machines control how we live. And he’s spending hundreds of billions of dollars to realize it. Are you ready to live in Masa World?

Mary Jim, who is noted for championing the wellbeing of rural women, says passion has been one of the factors behind her success.

It usually takes desperate times for families or communities to turn a new leaf.

“When the needs to make changes arise, nothing else matters,” Mary said when met after her return from a conference in Siberia, Russia, recently.

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What is impeding innovation in your organization today? I’ve highlighted the Top Seven Impediments to Innovation in this list and included them in this short video with explanations and solutions:

Medical technology, a vast sector that encompasses everything from bandages to MRI machines, is an integral part of an effective healthcare system. Medical technology (MedTech) includes diagnostics, hospital equipment, consumables, surgical tools (including multi-million dollar robotic systems), implants, software, and various other kinds of life-saving and life-enhancing technologies. While smaller than the pharmaceutical sector in terms of sales, MedTech is as critical in the provision of effective healthcare all over the world.  The MedTech industry in India is estimated to be Rs.50-70,000 crore, growing briskly at 15per cent annually, and is expected to reach Rs.150,000 crores by 2025. Globally, the sector is also growing, from $500 billion today, to an expected $600 billion by 2025.

It can be daunting for a young 20-something to transition into adulthood, but living in the right location can ease the process.

MoneyRates.com recently ranked the best states for young millennials to live in, including Washington, DC. It grouped eight sets of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau into three major categories — job market, affordability and access, and lifestyle, awarding each state an average ranking in each category.

The Norwegians are coming to New York with startup companies, fresh ideas and millions in capital.

And hundreds of these startups are raring to go, say business executives.

The city is the gateway for a growing number of fledgling companies from Norway, lured here by much lower US tax rates and lighter regulations than in their domestic market.

Major universities have big endowments in the tens of billions. These funds, often a result of donations, support financial aid, teaching and improved resources for the universities. Perhaps more importantly, with billions of dollars to invest you can afford some of the best investors to manage your money. So, what can investors learn from Harvard and Yale's approach to investing?

Predicting lifespan isn’t an exact science. U.S. life expectancy is currently estimated at 78.6 years, but that one number doesn’t tell the whole story. Genes, gender, lifestyle and luck all play an important part, but it’s impossible to know exactly how much and in what proportion each ingredient influences a person’s longevity.

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Contrary to popular belief, NASA did not invent Tang or velcro — but there are numerous products, technologies and other things NASA invented that we use every day, from baby formula to tires. Keep reading to see the everyday products invented by rocket scientists.

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The recent Nairobi Innovation Week saw government officials, diplomats and representatives from UN agencies committing their support to tech innovators and start-up entrepreneurs as a way to create employment and business opportunities for graduates in Kenya.

The two-day annual event, held on 13-14 June at the University of Nairobi, is designed to support and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in East Africa’s leading economy.

The idea of the American Dream has endured through centuries of turmoil. Yet our country is inarguably different than it was even just one generation ago. To find out how popular ideas about the American Dream have evolved in our own lifetimes, we asked Fast Company readers to share how their definitions of the concept differ from those of their parents.

In frustrated moments, many professionals long for the independence and income that come with being a consultant or coach. Indeed, the profession can be lucrative, as evinced by famed coach Marshall Goldsmith’s well-publicized rate of $250,000 per client.

But the reality for most coaches and consultants is far different. In fact, the International Coach Federation estimates that globally, coaches’ average annual income is a relatively modest $51,000. Why are most coaches falling short when it comes to building a thriving practice?

In the first of his monthly columns for TechKnow, Tim Robinson, chief operating officer of Tech East, discusses how and why the region can attract 'rockstar' entrepreneurs.

Why has chasing 'Unicorns' become an obsession?

Big, fast growing tech companies produce lots of good jobs and as a region that would be a good thing - our productivity remains below the best in the UK.

They also attract a disproportionate amount of attention from investors, journalists and ministers and put places on the map - consider Edinburgh with Skyscanner or Cambridge with Arm and Darktrace.

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