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Electronics - Technologists Practice Case Study
A spell in the ICU is no-one's idea of a holiday, but advances in engineering are helping to make intensive care safer for patients and less stressful for nursing staff. Claire Le Couteur reports on the results of a collaboration between biomedical engineers and an ICU doctor at Christchurch Hospit...
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Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
Chelsea currently refines some 240,000 tonnes of sugar products a year. Raw sugar liquor (which is imported from Queensland) is passed over filters to remove colourants before it goes through crystallisation and drying processes.
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Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
Sealord Group Ltd is a global seafood enterprise. Twenty-five fishing vessels and processing plants in seven countries produce seafood products that are sold worldwide.
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Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
Living Nature began in 1987 when Suzanne Hall decided to make a living by combining her interests, values, and knowledge to produce a New Zealand-based product. Her first products were medicines but further study led her to skin care.
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
In 1991 Lynn Kirkland got a business development investigation grant to find out whether it was feasible to have an herb-focussed business in the Manawatu.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/the-herb-farm/
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
Extracts NZ Ltd (formerly called HerbPharm) is a Nelson based company, processing botanicals and other natural materials into innovative, quality products for clients both in New Zealand and internationally.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/propolis/
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
For a large food manufacturer with an established market and reputation, new products are vital part of a dynamic strategy for growth. Wattie Industries was built up over about 30 years to become the largest food-processing company in New Zealand, with a substantial export business.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/a-bit-on-the-side/
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
The introduction of new products often requires the use of new technologies, but in manufacturing industry new products are not the main driving force of technology uptake.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/Tendertips/
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
Afternoon sun warming olive groves, a two-storey Mediterranean-style building with terracotta roofing and lime-washed walls. Inside, oil-processing plant, a laboratory, offices, a retail shop and cafe, and a warm welcome from a South African mechanical engineer. This isn't Tuscany but Kerikeri, whe...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/the-good-oil/
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
In just two and a half years Giusti's Ltd, Spoon Biscookies, has developed from a small business venture into a medium size concern with export orders successfully delivered to the United Kingdom for the 2002 Christmas trade. The company is currently producing approximately 10,000 spoons per week t...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/spoon-biscookies/
Digital Technology - Technologists Practice Case Study
Wanted: Games Tester! But before hordes of enthusiastic gamers rush the door at Wellington based Sidhe Interactive it should be pointed out that playing games all day is not all it might sound.
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Digital Technology - Technologists Practice Case Study
One of the biggest lessons web designers learnt from the bursting of the Dotcom Bubble in 2001, was that if an organisation is to benefit from going online, its site has to be more than fluff, smoke and mirrors. Users and potential users of a site have to be able to use it easily and not be turned ...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/ICT/engineering-te-ara/
Digital Technology - Technologists Practice Case Study
This is Not a Love Story is a Loose Unit film production by Keith Hill. Since shooting started in 1999, this film has grown through stages of evaluation and refinement to achieve an award for script at the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles and commendation by Variety magazine as "more adult...
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Soft Materials - Technologists Practice Case Study
They look cute and cuddly and are protected in their native Australia, but in New Zealand possums have been officially considered a national pest since 1936.
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Soft Materials - Technologists Practice Case Study
At one minute past midnight on March 27, 2006, more than 5000 Air New Zealand staff in airports and airline offices around the world began to take their clothes off.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/soft-Materials/zambesi-style/
Soft Materials - Technologists Practice Case Study
In the 1990's, the electronic industry was revolutionised. Devices of all sorts became smaller and more powerful than ever before. The public's growing dependence on mobile devices created a need for lightweight electronic equipment. Because textiles are strong, flexible, lightweight and able to co...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Soft-materials/smart-fibres/
Soft Materials - Technologists Practice Case Study
For Dan Love, managing director of Kia Kaha Clothing, it all started as a high school student in Palmerston North. Dan saw the popularity of clothing brands such as Billabong and Rip Curl and had an idea that there would be a market for clothing with a NZ flavour, and more particularly good quality...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Soft-Materials/kia-kaha-clothing/
Soft Materials - Technologists Practice Case Study
Andrea Moore Design is one of New Zealand's fastest growing quality fashion brands. The business consists of high-end fashion design, wholesale and retail operation, with a flagship store in Wellington, another store in Auckland's Chancery shopping centre and distribution outlets throughout New Zea...
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Virtual Lathe - Christchurch Boys' High
Years 11-13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
Hans was keen to use the virtual lathe to introduce use of a lathe in a safe environment. He hasn't yet tried it with the seniors but says it was "hugely appropriate" for the juniors. It was a good way for them to get a feel for what a lathe is all about, names of parts and what every part does. He...
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Virtual Lathe - Sacred Heart College
Years 11-13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
n 2006 Francois had a combined Year 12/13 class which had 15 boys working at Level 2 and six at Level 3. After agreeing, with the support of his Head of Department, to take on the Virtual Lathe trial with his Year 13 students, Francois wanted a project that involved both Materials Technology and El...
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