NIC strongly believes that innovation & entrepreneurship will assist Northlanders to thrive and enjoy life further. One exciting example is Thought Wired. This is an innovative technology developed by passionate entrepreneurs/ scientist in New Zealand. They are helping New Zealanders with severe physical disabilities to use their brain waves to communicate with their family, friends … More Start-up encouragement in Northland
NIC brought BAXTER, the collaborative robot, to the Science Fair from Tuesday 30. August afternoon to 1. September 2016 as part of our Kiwi Innovator Series. We had over 150 young & mature, curious minds, checking out Baxter, flying drones, learning about induction power and other fun science projects. The Science Fair displayed over 250 … More Kiwi Innovator Series 03: Baxter and youth innovation at Science Fair
Four time Olympic Gold Medal Winner and Americas Cup Winner Sir Ben Ainslie (pictured) has been actively involved in environmental campaigns for a number of years and has partnered with 11th Hour Racing, which promotes the health of the marine environment. Ainslie said: “As a sailor I’m constantly aware of my surroundings. Sailing at venues … More Olympic Gold Medalist promotes ocean conservation
Connecting Northlanders with NZ’s top sustainable innovators NIC, a Northland-based business incubator on a mission to bring sustainable innovation to the region, today announced eight guest speakers for its Kiwi Innovators Series. Global Forum Educator Award Winner and Microsoft Global Innovative Educator Chris Clay will head the next Kiwi Innovator workshop to be held on Friday, May … More Kiwi Innovator Series 02: Chris Clay – Educationalist & Entrepreneur
On December 8 last year 195 nations agreed at the COP21 meeting in Paris to limit climate change impacts. It is not so much the content of the agreement but the fact that most nations have agreed to agree, take action and monitor their respective action, that make this event an important one. On a less … More Climate change urgent reminder that sustainable action is needed
World-wide there are more than 1.2 billion cars on the road. With the global population reaching 7 billion in 2011 and some predicting a global population of 11 billion by 2050, we face serious issues on our already congested planet. We already know that in cities like Auckland some people spend up to a whole … More Making Northland ‘s roads safer
Kiwi Innovator Ben O’Brien shares recipe for success StretchSense CEO Ben O’Brien kicked off NIC’s Kiwi Innovator Series today with some great advice for Northlanders keen to launch a career in innovation. Ben co-founded StretchSense, a start-up that makes wearable motion capture sensors, out of Auckland University in 2012. Since then he has travelled the … More Great Advice for Northland’s Future Entrepeneurs
