Innovation News

Idealog's Most Creative: ice cream connoisseur Giapo talks creativity

Auckland-based ice cream chef Giapo Grazioli won the People's Choice award for the hospitality category in Idealog's Most Creative People, and for good reason. He has spent the last few years pushing the concept of what could be understood as an ice cream as far as possible, incorporating 3D prin...

Sweeping up the time confetti

The modern world was meant to make us more connected. But, increasingly, it seems to be making us unhappier and more isolated. Helen Kerr, a landscape architect, master plan expert and principal at Isthmus, explains how good urban design and compact communities can limit loneliness and increase h...

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Green gyms use natural materials and movements

A new franchise business brings the outdoors inside with nature-inspired gyms that train using bodyweight exercises and wood and fiber pieces of equipment. The post

One-piece to-go cup eliminates need for plastic covers

A compostable to-go drink container uses a three-step origami process to replace the need for plastic lids. The post

Indoor farm grows produce in outer space

The plant cultivation technology will help provide food for crew members on board the International Space Station. The post

New Zealand Innovation Awards: Emerging New Zealand Innovation and Innovation in Health & Science, MARS Bioimaging

And the 2017 winner of the Emerging New Zealand Innovation and Innovation in Health & Science is... MARS Bioimaging!

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How Idealog, Chorus and One Fat Sheep brought this issue’s AR cover to life

For the 2017 Innovation Issue – as with every issue – we wanted to try something new. So we talked to our friends at digital solutions agency One Fat Sheep to see if we could harness their augmented reality (AR) expertise. And, with the support of Chorus, we’ve turned the cover into an interactiv...

Idealog Podcast: Indiegogo's Kate Drane on crowdfunding, beer and good ideas

Idealog digital editor Ben Mack chats with Indiegogo's Kate Drane about crowdfunding, beer, tips for entrepreneurs to succeed, and more.

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Speaking of tasty, the NZIC team stumbled across Te Mana lamb at a restaurant in AKL last week. Would’ve taken a pic but it didn’t last long

Digital Adventurers: Gut feeling paves way to long-standing tech company

Oil and gas aren't the only things bubbling beneath the surface in Taranaki. In a week long series Brittany Baker reports on Taranaki's digital adventurer businesses making a splash in the real world.