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• 3-D Printing Comes To New York
  The New York Times, 23 September
  Shapeways is a 3-D printing company which has just moved its headquarters from the Netherlands to New York. The company brings with it a service that lets people design their own objects, send the design to Shapeways and then receive the printed 3-D object back a few days later in the mail. People using the service print more than 10,000 products each month, ranging from iPad kitchen stands to jewellery and DNA molecular models.
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• Turbine wins CleanTech Challenge
  Otago Daily Times, 4 October
  A small Dunedin business is in a spin after its Thinair personal wind turbine and complementary business system won the Otago round of the 2010 New Zealand CleanTech Challenge.
  Powerhouse Wind Ltd co-director Bill Currie said the turbine could be attached to any household to generate electricity, and was an exciting step towards creating a mix of energy appliances for "the future zero-energy home".
• A step toward lead-free electronics
  Science Daily, 5 October
  Research published October 4 by materials engineers from the University of Leeds could help pave the way towards 100% lead-free electronics.
  The work, carried out at the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, reveals the potential of a new artificial material to replace lead-based ceramics in countless electronic devices, ranging from inkjet printers and digital cameras to hospital ultrasound scanners and diesel fuel injectors.
• Wood industry 'set for major change'
  Radio New Zealand News, 11 October
  A Canadian economist and bio-energy expert says new advances in technology and demand for greener products could transform New Zealand's forestry industry.
  The head of resource economics and bioenergy at the Canadian Forestry Service, Rory Gilsenan is in New Zealand this week.