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An inside look at spin-out company NOVATEIN
Novatein is a pre revenue company spin out of University of Waikato research in 2008. On the face of it, the idea the company was founded on seems a little hair brained; turning bloodmeal into a plastic. First of all, bloodmeal is used as a fertilizer and sometimes as an animal feed, and is essentially dried blood. How can you make plastic from blood? Aren’t plastics made from petrochemicals? As more…
Innovation and growth in two minutes
Volcanic eruptions, Killing puppies, 240,000 crème eggs and 130 tea trees. All covered at the Innovation and Growth Conference in Hamilton on Monday. “A ground-breaking conference giving forward-thinking business owners and entrepreneurs a leading edge in global growth.” Kevin Malloy, Coca Cola Global Client Director kicked the meat of the day off via faceme. Customer interaction is key and the way we reach them in 2020 is going to be more…
New water purification technology uses current to clean water
$92,500 KiwiNet PreSeed investment supports development of new water purification platform by the University of Waikato and WaikatoLink. Hamilton, New Zealand – 7 June, 2012 – A new water purification technology which removes contaminants in water while simultaneously disinfecting it against microbial contamination has been developed by the University of Waikato with the support of WaikatoLink, the University’s commercialisation company. The new electrochemical PEFT Cell technology which applies a low more…
Continued development for OBodies as they launch new website
![obodies_site[1]](http://www.waikatolink.ac.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/obodies_site1-127x80.png "Continued development for OBodies as they launch new website")
WaikatoLink spin-off company OBodies are enjoying continued development as they launch their new website. The launch of the website coincides with their recent announcement of the formation of a scientific advisory board. Both these advancements are important steps towards securing partnerships and early market collaborations for the development of the technology. OBodies is developing high affinity proteins (HAP’s), which provide a range of advantages over antibody proteins currently available on more…
OBodies announces science advisory board and vision for future developments
Hamilton-based biotechnology company OBodies Limited, developers of a novel class of antibody-like biopharmaceuticals, today announced details of the newly formed Science Advisory Board and vision for future developments. Chairman, Emeritus Professor Dick Bellamy, is joined on the Board by Professor Margaret Brimble, Dr Peter Senter, Dr Mark Baker, Dr Wayne Patrick and Peter Bradley. Neville Jordan, Chairman of OBodies says, “OBodies is working in one of the fastest growing market more…
New Animations Developed to Demonstrate 3D Range Imaging Technologies
Applications for Time-of-FlightRange Imaging Applications for Time-of-FlightRange Imaging Motion Correction and Detection in Range Imaging The development of 3D imaging techniques is growing rapidly as the general public and industry begin to embrace emerging technologies like Microsoft’s Kinect. One such technology is time-of-flight range imaging, which allows electronic devices to perceive depth and experience the world in 3D. WaikatoLink has recently developed a series of animations that demonstrate a portfolio more…
WaikatoLink, Prima Group and Ballance Develop New Filter Technology
Terry Smith, John Luxton and Nigel Slaughter looking at a sample of the novel polymers. WaikatoLink, Prima Group and Ballance have developed new filter technology for industrial scale applications after teaming up through The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet), a collaboration focussed on research commercialisation. Molecularly imprinted polymers allow industrial users to filter large volumes of material in solution to capture unwanted or valuable materials. KiwiNet has supported the project with more…
Creating Value from Innovation Workshop
KiwiNet is hosting a half-day workshop focussed on key commercialisation principles and methods for taking early-stage ideas and technologies to market. The workshop is targeted to researchers and students, and is delivered using an interactive mixture of presentations, group discussions and workbook assignments. The Creating Value from Innovation workshop will be hosted by Nigel Slaughter, General Manager Commercial at WaikatoLink, and is to be held on Friday 23rd March at more…
WLL’s HotHouse: Building Valuable Partnerships.
Welcome back everyone! This is our first Blog entry of 2012. Today we have Charley’s story about his experience becoming a market researcher for us at the end of last year. I am an engineering student that has stepped into a position as a market researcher in WaikatoLink’s HotHouse. The Hothouse likes to employ a range of students from different faculties at the University of Waikato in order to both more…
KiwiNet Commercialisation Forum
The KiwiNet Commercialisation Forum was held on November 9th, 2011 at the Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland. Aligned with the KCA Conference held on November 10th & 11th, the forum attracted commercialisation staff from over 30 organisations across NZ and Australia. With approximately 60 attendees throughout the day, this forum was the biggest held to date. For those that aren’t already aware of the Commercialisation Forum; its day-long event held twice more…