When worker protection laws were passed across the US, in-house R&D staff began to take fewer risks.
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A recent study into China’s innovation boom found patenting activity has been accelerating for years and is built on a whole ecosystem, not a few lone heroes.
Going circular doesn’t have to mean buying expensive technology. African manufacturers can innovate by learning from what already exists.
Baleinières, handmade wooden cargo ships, are floating microcosms of life in the DR Congo.
A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
In response, Australia must strengthen standards around data security, vehicle safety and battery recycling.
Scientists are working on some innovative projects to help tackle life in hot climates.
This federal budget recognises AI can’t transform Australia’s economy if we don’t have the local tech, tools and expertise to implement it.
Canada must decide what kind of country it wants to be: One that generates new scientific knowledge, or one that waits for other nations’ discoveries.
Legal recreational cannabis use comes with an increase in innovation – but tends to focus on what marketers and businesses are interested in, rather than health benefits and risks.
From cyber attacks to artificial intelligence, no business can ignore the role of technology. New research shows Australia’s boardrooms are missing key expertise.
Data from readily available sensors can be used to digitally trial new systems – all without risking resources.
Australia spends less on research and development than most of the developed world, and our productivity growth is the lowest in decades.
Leigh argues three forces underpin most innovation: tinkering, teamwork and trade. New ideas alone aren’t enough.
Craft practices are not supplemental to human survival: they enable it, and have always been at the centre of technological innovation.
An anthropologist’s new book lays out the formula for human innovation, from stone tools to supercomputers. Depending on developments in the next few years, AI could hit the gas or the brakes.
The effect of women board members on patent activity hinges on whether the company is meeting performance targets.
Season 2 of the show points to problems at universities as well as possible remedies.
The cost of college is on the rise – but college grads still earn more than those without a degree.
Seeing more refurbished electronic devices on the market? Thank tech innovation – and the government regulation that sparked it.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Innovator in Residence, University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Directeur de l'agence Villes Innovations, Chercheur associé au laboratoire PACTE (Université de Grenoble), Co-fondateur du Laboratoire d’usages culture(s)-art-société (LUCAS), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute