Winners of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Science Prize Drs Bob Buckley and Jeff Tallon represent between them a significant proportion of the world’s expertise in high-temperature superconductivity — a developing technology predicted to be worth billions of dollars globally in the coming decade.
Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL) and Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) have signed a long-term co-funding agreement that promises to underpin next-generation innovation at New Zealand’s premier marine electronics company and strengthen the country’s advanced sonar systems capability.
There is little doubt that 3D imagery is the way of the future, a fact borne out not only by the blockbuster success of recent 3D movies, but also by the keen marketplace interest in the latest trials of IRL’s 3D scanning technology.
Boosting the global uptake of high temperature superconductors, a revolutionary technology transforming a wide range of industries, was the goal of an influential line-up of international industrial and scientific heavyweights who gathered in Wellington in February.
A personification of the industry-first ethos IRL has cultivated over the past few years, Paul Harris has had a significant impact on several New Zealand industries.
Few New Zealand travellers sporting their newly redesigned e-passports will give a thought to the rigorous testing regime that these documents are required to undergo before they can be released to the public.
The inaugural Prime Minister’s Science prize was recently awarded jointly to two pre-eminent experts in the field of high temperature superconductors, IRL scientists, Drs Bob Buckley and Jeff Tallon.
Two of New Zealand’s pre-eminent scientists, whose work enabled the creation of a new, high-value industry for New Zealand, were today jointly awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Science Prize.
Boosting the global uptake of high temperature superconductors, a revolutionary technology transforming a wide range of industries, is the goal of an influential line-up of international industrial heavyweights gathering in Wellington next week.
World-leading physicist and IRL Group Manager, HTS[?] Conductors and Devices, Dr Bob Buckley last night won Wellingtonian of the Year in the Science & Technology category.
Setting the scene for a 3D revolution
Island's elemental efficiency
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Dynamic duo
