Innovation News

Smart prosthetic limbs have in-built sensors

New style of prosthetics are embedded with sensors that monitors the owner’s gait and provides warning of wear and tear. The post

Compostable bottle helps reduce plastic pollution

French packaging company is manufacturing bottles made from a completely plant-based, fully biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic. The post

Graphene-coated shoes keep feet cooler

New patented technology utilize graphene embedded in a polyurethane layer in soles to provide better cooling, durability and reduced odour. The post

The murderer, the shoe brand and creativity

"In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal." So says DDB's Damon Stapleton.

Idealog's Most Creative: Designer Wardrobe's Donielle Brooke talks creativity

Donielle Brooke was one of the People's Choice winners in the retail category in Idealog and Accenture's Most Creative People. Brooke founded Designer Wardrobe, an online marketplace where users list, sell, rent or look for designer items on Facebook, in 2013, as a way to pay rent after being dia...

How Isthmus helped get a Newmarket retail road back in business

Newmarket’s Teed Street has finished its renovation to create a wider, more accommodating, retail hub for Newmarket customers.

Where land meets body: How artist Andrew Steel and photographer Matt Quérée’s new series celebrates New Zealand women

Artist Andrew Steel and photographer Matt Quérée have come together to create a photography series called BodyLandscape, which features 20 women in the nude painted to merge with the landscape behind them. But there’s more to this series than meets the eye: It was a showcase of diversity of ethni...

Help a brother out: Support Idealog columnist/innovation icon David Downs in his fight against cancer

Long-time Idealog columnist, author of No.8 wire and No.8 recharged and NZTE general manager of services has been fighting an uphill battle against cancer for the past year, but now he needs a little financial help to try a new, futuristic form of treatment and nip it in the bud. A campaign on Gi...

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Airline offers new luxury cabins

Top-end customers can look forward to suites furnished with a full-flat bed and packed with the latest tech. The post

Artisan nut milk delivery service comes to London

UK startup takes on the traditional door-to-door milk delivery service and responds to a growing demand for milk alternatives. The post

Cognitive AR brings training manuals to life

A German startup has developed a cognitive augmented reality system that turns AR glasses into training manuals for manufacturers. The post

Facebook on your face: Social media marketing and where modern-day tech is taking it next

Setting out to raise the social media literacy of New Zealand businesses is a bold task to embark on, but social media specialist agency Mosh thought it could teach companies a thing or two about the online realm. Managing director Jeremy Marks breaks down the state of the New Zealand business so...

How to create a culture of kindness in the workplace

In honour of World Kindness Day, CEO of The CEO Circle John Karagounis writes about the need to show kindness in the workplace.

25 things with Xero's Craig Walker, part one

Xero's longtime CTO Craig Walker knows things, wants things, predicts things, worries about things and improves things. In this first installment, here are five things he wishes he knew before he started his career in tech.