Map and Zap: automated and high throughput mapping and environment friendly, laser-treatment control of weeds
AgResearch Limited
3 years
$999,000
Could we one day trim weeds with lasers? The future is here, y’all.
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Flipping the paradigm: feeding methane to cows
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited – Trading as GNS Science
3 years
$999,999
Do cows eat methane? How do you even eat methane? And where is the methane coming from? The cows?
So. Many. Questions.
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A fruit-fly screening model to accelerate development of species-selective vertebrate toxins
Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd
3 years
$999,999
This just sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi film. Fruit flies + toxins = probably nothing good.
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Magnetotactic bacteria for removing contaminants from manufacturing processes
Lincoln Agritech Limited
2 years
$1,000,000
Another one that just sounds cool. Super-powered bacteria that can clean things? This could go either very wrong, or very right.
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Machine learning for convective weather analysis and forecasting
MetOcean Solutions Limited
2 years
$500,000
There’s little question that machine learning is the future. And the sooner they can improve weather forecasting and analysis – especially as the effects of climate change increase at an exponential rate – the better for all of us.
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Reconstructing real world lights and reflectance models for Augmented and Mixed Reality
The Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
3 years
$999,999
With each passing day, augmented reality and mixed reality become more important parts of the real world. This project sounds like it’ll bring us closer to total integration one day.
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Advances in fermentation using underwater sound
University of Auckland
3 years
$999,999
Using sound underwater to ferment things? That’d be sweet to see.
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Discovering petroleum associated with buried volcanoes
University of Canterbury
3 years
$999,999
Combine petroleum and volcanoes, and what do you get? A potentially very explosive research project. Boom.
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NetStinky: Allowing Regular Users to Detect Compromised IoT Devices in Home Networks
University of Waikato
3 years
$997,182
We’ve written before about how IoT devices can literally kill you. This is important stuff.
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ECLIPSE – Eruption or Catastrophe: Learning to Implement Preparedness for future Supervolcano Eruptions
The Research Trust of Victoria University of Wellington
5 years
$8,246,225
This is important, but we have a much better (and cheaper) idea: run.