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Duct Tape and Flip Flops - YIA Awards - Youth Innovation In A Nutshell( 0:29:48)

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Josh and Josh take a look at the Youth Innovation Awards, based in the Bay of Plenty, and take a look at the top achievers, and their intelligent ideas.
Published: 13/09/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Map and Zap - Zapping Weeds With AI And Lazers( 0:28:15)

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Josh talks to Kioumars Ghamker from Agresearch, about why New Zealand is so compelling for innovation, and about what it took for him and his team to build the 'Map And Zap' machine.
Published: 30/08/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Singing Stars NZ( 0:30:6)

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Josh B talks to Jacqui Clark from Singing Stars NZ, and they talk about the ways that Performing Arts improves us as people, in both skills, and in creativity.
Published: 2/08/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - WhisperGen - Power To Off-Grid Homes( 0:25:33)

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We talk about Entrepeneur Don Clucas's journey with WhisperGen, a business set up to be an alternative product to traditional home furnaces, which to this date one of the only use cases for the Stirling Engine.
Published: 19/07/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - FuturePost - Transforming Soft Plastic Waste( 0:27:57)

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We talk to Jerome, founder of Futurepost, a company transforming soft plastic waste into... Fenceposts! We discuss the journey Jerome undertook to achieve the impossible and defy the experts.
Published: 5/07/2024 3:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - PetDirect - Online Pet Shopping( 0:24:51)

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We talk about PetDirect, a small innovation by Kiwi Entrepeneur Shane Bradley, a small but effective example of innovation
Published: 7/06/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Robotics Plus: Home Grown Robots( 0:28:23)

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We chat to Ben from Robotics Plus, a robotics company in Tauranga ready to take the global agriculture industry by storm
Published: 24/05/2024 4:00:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Planit - A new way to plan your New Zealand holidays( 0:27:42)

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We talk about Planit, an app that gives local expertise for planning your southland holiday. At the end, Josh loses his mind.
Published: 10/05/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Carbonscape - Graphite Made From Trees?( 0:25:34)

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We talk about Carbonscape, a company looking to create graphite, an essential material in Lithium Ion batteries, from wood chips.
Published: 12/04/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - EcoSort: A Tour Through Christchurch's Innovative Recycling Systems( 0:25:10)

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Josh C visits the Wigram EcoSort to chat to the crew and learn all about how they're saving the good things we throw away from rotting in a pile.
Published: 29/03/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Upstream: Fundraising Has Never Been So Smart!( 0:24:28)

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Josh and Josh are joined by Mitch Shaw from Upstream to figure out how they're innovating fundraising for local youth charities. Here's a hint: all you have to do to help is shop from cool businesses! Tune in to learn more!
Published: 1/03/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops -Lincoln Agritech - Science and Innovation in Agriculture( 0:27:38)

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We talk to Jaco Fourie, who answers some of our questions of how Machine Learning can be implemented in modern day agriculture. He also shares innovative projects Lincoln Agritech has been working on, to improve farming practises.
Published: 16/02/2024 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - AI Governance - Reigning In AI( 0:30:18)

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We talk about AI Forum, and their passion for AI Governamance, making this new technology as safe and as powerful as it can be
Published: 8/12/2023 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Black Star Games - Dredging Up The Hidden Gems Of NZ Game Development( 0:27:40)

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We talk about Black Star Games, a New Zealand game development company, whose debut title, 'Dredge' has gained global attention, and attracted 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews on Steam.
Published: 24/11/2023 4:30:00 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Hamilton Jet: Surfing the Rivers of the South( 0:25:56)

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We jump back in time to talk about one of the quintessential Kiwi innovators: Sir Bill Hamilton, inventor of the waterjet engine and founder of Hamilton Jet.
Published: 9/11/2023 1:54:12 p.m.

Duct Tape and Flip Flops - Phil Mauger: Talking About The Innovation Capital Of New Zealand( 0:27:37)

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We interview the mayor of Christchurch, Phil Mauger about how Christchurch is growing to become the innovation capital of New Zealand.
Published: 27/10/2023 3:36:00 p.m.

Kiwi innovation, ingenuity, and originality comes to the fore in each episode of Duct Tape and Flip Flops. We search out local innovative projects and interview some of the geniuses behind them. We also dive into some of the history of past kiwi innovation.

Host: Josh and Josh

Produced By: Josh and Josh

Language: English

Category: Children and Youth

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