University of Canterbury stories

Vxt converts voicemails to text for users to read via app or email. >>

The funding will be used to boost the University of Canterbury’s Applied Immersive Gaming Initiative, which will research and accelerate public use of immersing gaming applications.>>

“We are validating our deepest ideas about the physical world by testing them in the most extreme environment we can imagine.”>>

If there’s one city in New Zealand that has been in a constant state of transformation, Christchurch stands out - and it’s shaping graduates’ lives.>>

“It is a long-term solution to make it easier, faster and cheaper to launch a rocket, making technology that relies on this more accessible.">>

Dr Deborah Crittenden has been named as a finalist for her efforts in research behind an 'infinitely' rechargeable battery.>>

Selva Ganapathy and Joyce Chen from the College of Business and Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch were the APAC winners in 2017.>>

A University of Canterbury PhD student is using milk protein to 3D-imprint muscle and bone cells...>>

"There is so much call for people who really understand how to work with this new technology, and we are primed to educate the next generation.">>

The University of Canterbury has pulled off an Australasian first and is using cloud infrastructure and big data analytics to empower teachers.>>

"E-Week provides an opportunity for curious young minds to get hands-on experience, visit local companies, program a robot and build a lab-on-a-chip.">>

Summer holidays can lead to a drop in children’s learning levels when they are left to electronic devices.>>

UoC Professor Paul Millar believes it’s never been more important to focus on preserving the record of what Canterbury went through.>>

University of Canterbury psychology researchers are working with a robot known as Baxter to understand human-robot interaction such as trust, cooperation, social behaviour, aggression and moral decision-making.>>

Sam Jarman hopes the website will increase the number of participants involved in research projects, leading to more reliable and statistically sound results.>>

A University of Canterbury postgraduate electrical and computer engineering student is designing a hybrid renewable energy power system for the Ha’apai Island group in Tonga.>>

Christchurch is unique in the world, combining the rollout of Ultra-Fast Broadband with the rebuilding of the city following its devastating earthquakes.>>

Tablet based systems are at the forefront of the construction industry with regards to health and safety as well as pricing and work scoping.>>

"The results of the study show that our computer game improved the social skills of the participants significantly more than the psychologist-led group intervention." >>

"The way I see it is that parents are going to Google, or read numerous books looking for this information.">>

Two University of Canterbury graduates are pitching their software programme Glassjar to Lightning Lab in the hope of receiving follow-on funding to assist their product’s growth in the global market.>>

Around the country this week recipients of several InternetNZ grants were a step closer to realising their research goals.>>

Music education needs to be more open to the use of digital technology says a University of Canterbury researcher.>>

People will soon be able to walk the streets of Christchurch and see how it was before the earthquake using a wearable augmented reality device developed by the University of Canterbury.>>