Innovation Insights

Keeping up with innovation in the year ahead  Get up to speed with the latest tech trends   The start of a new year can bring both hope and anxiety, especially as disruptive innovation remains the only certainty in the foreseeable future. Keeping abreast of tech-related trends across a wide swathe of industries can help business owners and innovators better...

Never too late to innovate  Check out some of the hottest innovations on IPI's Online Marketplace in 2018   More than just a buzzword, innovation is a critical determinant of a company’s survival in a competitive global landscape rife with disruption. To improve productivity and accelerate the development of new products and services, entrepreneurs and inventors can find synergy on...

Matching experience and ambition in medtech  In the highly-regulated medical device sector, industry veterans on IPI's TechExpert platform can help inventors and entrepreneurs avoid pitfalls and identify opportunities for growth.   The path of innovation is often fraught with uncertainty. How do I go from prototype to product? What regulatory barriers need to be surmounted before a new product can...

A deep dive into aquaculture technology  Advanced water management systems, diagnostic kits and high-tech floating platforms are now available to the modern-day fish farmer.   The world’s oceans are a vast source of food for humanity. However, to meet burgeoning consumer demand while limiting the damage to natural ecosystems, aquaculture is becoming a necessary element of the seafood supply chain....

Bridging academia and industry Universities are strongholds of knowledge and ideas, but getting those innovations to the market can be a challenge. Here are four strategies to boost industry-academia collaboration. Many ground-breaking innovations have their humble beginnings in academia. For instance, Alan Turing carried out much of his foundational work in computing at Cambridge University in the UK and Princeton University in...

Intellectual property in the ASEAN context   Industry experts from the ASEAN region shared their thoughts on the importance of intellectual property and how to make the most of it.      With a combined GDP of close to US$3 trillion, ASEAN is the sixth largest economy in the world and the third largest in Asia. The economic bloc has seen...