IRL’s engineering brainpower is helping to fuel a drive to continue New Zealand’s legacy of innovation with a challenge to the world land speed record.
The international profile of New Zealand’s emerging high temperature superconductivity (HTS[?]) industry gained a boost recently when IRL and some of its commercialisation partners showcased HTS capabilities at several high-profile events in Europe.
Trish Gibson is owner-operator of Technology Transfer Voucher recipient and IRL partner Country Culinaire, an award-winning manufacturer of high-quality desserts. We asked her to tell us why investing in innovation is so important for her business.
IRL Chief Executive Shaun Coffey says the 2011 TIN 100 Report, launched tomorrow, shows the ability of New Zealand’s top high-tech companies to prosper despite challenging market conditions.
WelTec has relocated its Centre for Smart Product to IRL’s Lower Hutt site, in a move set to benefit the high-value manufacturing sector and the development of the high-tech skills underpinning it.
With the help of IRL’s world-leading assistive technology research, a Christchurch software company is developing an innovative robot platform designed to assist children with autistic spectrum disorder.
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