23 October 2024
Kia ora, The NZ IoT Alliance is gearing up for another year of collaboration, and I’m pleased to welcome our new Executive Council members: Jenna Whitman from Callaghan Innovation, Edwin Lim from HGM Legal, … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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22 October 2024
Spring has brought fresh beginnings for IoT Alliance New Zealand, and we’re thrilled to introduce the newly elected members of our Executive Council. Each of these industry leaders brings unique … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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21 August 2024
I recently provided the foreword for NZ IoT Alliance member Chorus’ report on 'Solving problems with fibre-enabled IoT’. In this, I stated that New Zealand is at an inflection point, with a future that connects data, devices, and people to unlock the next phase of economic growth.
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13 August 2024
The New Zealand IoT Alliance was launched in 2017 and is governed by an independent elected Executive Council and there are vacancies for five positions in 2024. Our key purpose is … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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09 February 2024
Kia ora, Welcome to 2024! If 2023 was all about the leaps in generative AI, this year, we’re setting the stage for IoT to shine. At the close of 2023, … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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26 October 2023
Kia ora, Last month, our executive council chair, Kriv Naicker, and executive director, Alison Mackie, hosted our annual general meeting where we presented on the previous 12 months, our strategic vision, core … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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25 October 2023
The Auckland ICT Graduate School at The University of Auckland is hosting a ‘Green Futures Hackathon’ from 20 November 2023 – 9 February 2024. As a supporter of this event, the IoT … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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16 August 2023
Kia ora, Last week, NZ IoT Alliance hosted a webinar ‘Next Tech Frontier: Exploring IoT and Multi-Modal AI’. We were fortunate to hear from Fraser Paine, Aware Group, Steven Dirven, Shape Technology, and our … Continue reading "LocationTech vs. the Metaverse"
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The Metaverse is a bit of a mystery at the moment. Asking what it is is a bit like asking Tim Berners-Lee what the future of the internet was after he invented the world wide web in 1989. Even so, most can agree that the Metaverse represents a shared experience often in a connected 3D virtual envir
December 16, 2021
As this year draws to a close, we reflect on the challenges we’ve faced but also the increased opportunity, awareness and value of IoT solutions across consumer and business markets. We’ve seen sensor technologies and aligned data science initiatives continue to have a huge impact here in Aotea
December 8, 2021
LocationTech thanks the Transport and Infrastructure Committee for the opportunity to submit on the proposed Civil Aviation Bill. This submission is in response to sections in respect to regulations and policy changes for remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft, and airport regulation. In respo
December 2, 2021
Our guest speakers shared their experiences and knowledge on case studies, challenges and opportunities of using location information in Blockchain. https://youtu.be/W0F9Uk54XUg Sharing trusted data in the Primary Industries sector, Klaeri Schelhowe, Delivery Director, Trust Alliance New Ze
November 19, 2021
Every time I scan into my local supermarket or café, I wonder about the data that is being collected, and all the interesting and insightful research that is being produced from this precious data. One such example is from our members at Abbley, who created a map plotting the locations o
November 11, 2021
New Zealand IoT Alliance recently hosted our Annual Meeting last month, which showed the results of our recent election cycle, as well as our vision for the next 12 months. Thank you to all that attended and those who voted for our executive council member nominations. IoT Alliance is pleased to
November 4, 2021
“A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colours show the realisation of great dreams.”
October 14, 2021
Covid-19 has overturned life as we knew it — in a matter of months. There was a time where it seemed Aotearoa might slip under the radar of the worst impacts of the pandemic. That time has passed. While the future is hard to predict, it’s abundantly clear the Internet of Things w
October 7, 2021
Throughout history cartographers have created maps to help us travel to unknown places, to identify locations of interest, and where necessary, to navigate those that may cause us harm. But when that harm is invisible and highly transmittable things get complicated. Current events have shown how lo
September 16, 2021