Bruce MacDonald

I'm an academic at @AucklandUni in the CARES group ( I like making things happen, especially where robots can help people.

[Bruce MacDonald @brucemacdonald]

Technology for Better Farming, Food, and Nutrition: https://t.co/N5rUsEv78l

[Bruce MacDonald @brucemacdonald]

@Mahlanjt Go Mahla. World domination is coming

[Bruce MacDonald @brucemacdonald]

Our CARES centre is hiring a new research centre manager, see: https://t.co/8fEJvNncFf. We are looking for a highly capable, strategic manager to help develop and grow CARES.

[Bruce MacDonald @brucemacdonald]

See Editor-in-Chief Shahla seifi's podcast about the new journal Technological Sustainability (TECHS) (https://t.co/8d9mxmQ6hR), now seeking submissions:

https://t.co/rUR6lJ1QZN

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Congratulations Jonathan - that's awesome! Here's a flashback to that beard.
https://t.co/kWbyEHKScr

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Me aro koe ki te hā o Hineahuone - Pay heed to the dignity of women. This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the minds & contributions of wahine at SfTI & all the other Science Challenges today and every day. Join us in celebrating all wahine leading innovation for Aotearoa.

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Launch time for our Biosecurity Tech Spearhead Research Project. $2M to Develop smart sensors that can communicate, see, smell, learn & listen while traversing rugged NZ bush to find the last predators #NZSciChallenges https://t.co/LHD0GFoIpY

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

SfTI invests in 15 new 2021 Kaupapa kākano Seed projects to the total of $2.99m. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. Find out more about the successful projects: https://t.co/5P1qXQ6f0Z

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Seed researchers Dr Nancy Garrity and team are catapulting brand Aotearoa-NZ onto the world stage! Combining mātauranga Māori and western science to create a new material from Tī kōuka: https://t.co/0uPbuUrIPD

[CARES Robots 🤖 @caresrobots]

Wednesday morning yarns with our Centre Manager #robot #socialrobot #technology #engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #robotics #machinelearning #speechrecognition

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Need help with your proposal for our 2021 Kaupapa kākano Seed project fund? One week left to apply for our Proposal Development Grant. Up to 3k paid to your employer. Applications close Friday 26 Feb:https://t.co/4rjtUuzTPy

[Bruce MacDonald @brucemacdonald]

We love robots

[CARES Robots 🤖 @caresrobots]

We had fun last week seeing some of NZ's young roboticists battling it out in the #NZRobotOlympiad at @UoAEngineering. Here are some winners from Thursday! Looking forward to seeing you at #IROC in January 🤖

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Our Seed projects invest in risky and complex ideas that stretch tech. Meet Dr Sungchul Jung @UCNZ, he is developing VR tech to help doctors treat their patients safely: https://t.co/EuUOWGOw9N @smcnz @MBIEsci #vrhealthcare

[Norina Gasteiger, PhD @NorinaGasteiger]

Still recruiting older adults to play robot games! Please share with anyone who may be interested 🤖

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Get involved in our next Spearhead project! Partnering with Māori to create new clean water technology for Aotearoa-NZ. Calling for expressions of interest from NZ researchers now, closing 7 February 2020 👉🏽
https://t.co/i3UPtV3RrR @MBIEsci @MacDiarmidInsti @LincolnAgritech

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Hey NZ researchers! Get your cutting-edge tech idea moving. Apply for some funding 👉@sftichallenge are calling for proposals now, closing 20 March, 2020! Find out more: https://t.co/vPnjN1ddhT @MBIEsci @caresrobots @MacDiarmidInsti @PunahaMatatini

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

They stop aircraft from falling out of the sky, keep your car going and let's not talk about Y2K. @VicUniWgtn @smcnz @MBIEsci @callaghannz
Meet super programme debugger - SfTI's Assoc Prof Jens Dietrich. https://t.co/dStvE7DZzN

[Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) @sftichallenge]

Twenty-one fascinating science and tech projects have today joined the SfTI community! We're proud to fund these innovative projects for up to $200,000 each https://t.co/6dw5tH6rty. @DavenportSal @brucemacdonald @smcnz @MBIEsci @callaghannz

[Florian Graichen @FlorianGraichen]

High quality panel on day 2 of the @sftichallenge annual meeting - @DavenportSal @ChiefSciAdvisor @SEaqub Gary Evans & Manuka Henare discussing the role of the #science system in enabling #Newzealand #Economic prosperity

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Getting the spray on the leaf, not the ground - meet Dr Scott Post.
https://t.co/BfxqXYNWF1 @MBIEsci @callaghannz @smcnz @LincolnAgritech @UCNZscience