TechWeek17

Emily Writes: Revamp your wardrobe with advice from a kid

6th December, 2017

Emily Writes: Revamp your wardrobe with advice from a kid

As we come into summer have you been thinking about a style overhaul? Never fear! Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes has a fashion-obsessed five-year-old and he has many tips.

By Emily Writes

Contributing writer

A young woman looks into the future of tech (Image:Supplied)

‘We created it for New Zealand’: A TechWeek wrap-up with director Jennifer Clamp

As TechWeek'17 comes to an end, Henry Oliver spoke to national director Jennifer Clamp about what she's learned from the newer and bigger 2017 event.

By Henry Oliver

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Could Christchurch become New Zealand’s Silicon Valley?

With Christchurch’s first Techweek over and done, Jonathan Cotton takes a moment to look back and ask the question seemingly on every tech-conscious Cantabrian’s lips: Could Christchurch become the centre of New Zealand burgeoning tech boom?

By Jonathan Cotton

What will we eat in the future? And how will we grow it?

What will we eat in the future? And how will we grow it?

Jonathan Cotton goes to Techweek’17’s Future of Food event in Christchurch to find out how New Zealand can innovate our way to a bigger slice of the $1 trillion global food market.

By Jonathan Cotton

Don’t have Sheldon in your gang.

Eight simple rules for destroying boring stereotypes in the tech industry

Alex Casey reports back from the Techweek'17 'Breaking Stereotypes' panel with a bevy of useful life advice.

Synthetic milk? Lab-grown meat? Microgrids? How New Zealand can disrupt climate change

Synthetic milk? Lab-grown meat? Microgrids? How New Zealand can disrupt climate change

Jonathan Cotton hears how technology can help literally save the world at Techweek'17's Disrupting Climate Change event in Christchurch.

By Jonathan Cotton

‘Where are all the women? We’re here! There’s lots of us!’ : An engineer talks gender diversity in tech

‘Where are all the women? We’re here! There’s lots of us!’ : An engineer talks gender diversity in tech

In the midst of Techweek’17, Alex Casey talks to The Next Billion’s Priti Ambani about shining a light on the women in tech.

Frances Valintine, Mandy Simpson, Leigh Flounders

On the future of paying for stuff: ‘You don’t need a phone, you don’t need a card, you are the money’

At Techweek'17, over breakfast baps and muesli cups, Henry Oliver looked into the future. Of money.

By Henry Oliver

Virtual reality glasses retro girl science fiction, pop art vector. Futuristic mechanism of virtual reality

Catching up with the reality mechanics at the GridAKL AR/VR Garage

Since opening in October last year the AR/VR Garage in Uptown is now home to more than 20 companies working across virtual and augmented reality. Don Rowe visits ahead of their ten day programme at Techweek'17.

Contributing writer

Junge Frau mit einer virtual reality Brille auf der re:publica 2015 am 05.05.2015 in Berlin.Copyright: re:publica/Jan Zappner

The Spinoff’s Guide to Techweek’17 – Christchurch Edition

Contrary to what many people in the city of sails might assume, there is in fact an entire country outside of Auckland. Here our Christchurch correspondent curates the best of Techweek'17 in the south.

By Jonathan Cotton

The Spinoff’s Techweek Glossary 1.0: A minimum viable guide to disruptive techspeak

The Spinoff’s Techweek Glossary 1.0: A minimum viable guide to disruptive techspeak

Next week is Techweek'17! So if you're planning on attending one of the 100+ events across the country, but don't know your pivots from your MVPs because you're not in scrum sprints and hackathons in your everyday life, we've got you covered. Here are the thirteen words and phrases you're most likely to hear, explained!

By Henry Oliver