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• Eye-catching products in a hall of gadgetry
  New York Times online, 9 January
  Technology editors and reporters from the New York Times share their notes on some of the standout exhibits at the recent Las Vegas Consumer Electronics show including inductive ink technology.
• Thunderbird stamps are go, thanks to Kiwis
  TVNZ One News, 12 January
  Stamps honouring TV puppet master Gerry Anderson were issued yesterday.
  Britain's first "motion stamps" play Thunderbirds' "5 4 3 2 1" take-off sequence when tilted back and forth. Royal Mail's main collection marks Anderson's 50th anniversary of puppeteer film-making.
• Trike-drifting dangers
  TVNZ Close up video, 19 January
  Safety and legality issues around the growing trike-drifting boom are raised and discussed.
  Discussion starter:
  • Nature of Technology: Technological outcomes - positive and negative impacts on the social and natural world.
• Annual year in ideas
  New York Times magazine article, January
  For the tenth year running, New York Times magazine looks back on the past year's innovative ideas. Last year's take starts off with the train that never stops.
  Discussion starter:
  • Idea generation and screening
• Urbis Design day
  TV3 Nightline video, 19 March
  Urbis Design day provided an opportunity for 50 creatives to show off their work around 13 different Auckland locations. TV3's Nightline took a sneak peek at one project, a collaboration between Furniture Lab, Dulux paint and design outfit We Love Inc.
  Discussion starter:
  • Structures and machines: creative design; transformation of energy
• Success: Little gadget aiming for a big market
  NZ Herald article, 21 March
  NZ-developed mounting device is already selling in Australian stores.
  Seasoned sailor Ross Pratt knows the value of securing stuff while out on the water. Over the years, sudden waves have pitched several of his mobile phones, fishing rods and other personal effects overboard.
• Uncle Hugh finally 'knocks up a submarine'
  NZ Herald article, 2 April
  The story of the Q-Sub and its development is one of typical Kiwi determination, doggedness and a willingness to find new solutions to apparently impossible problems.
• Towbar rules will be costly
  Stuff.co.nz article, 5 April
  Despite the recommendations of a coroner's court, the setting mandatory standards for the design and manufacture of light towbars appears to be a long way off.
  Discussion starter:
  • Setting mandatory safety standards: compliance costs versus safety risks
• Germans help to put tow into bar design
  NZHerald online article, 17 April
  A homegrown towbar design and a deal with a German manufacturing giant are set to generate $50 million worth of export business for a small Kiwi company over the next five years.
  Discussion starter:
  • New product development: application of regulatory standards
• Plane replica as good as the real thing
  TV3 news video, 23 April
  A working replica of a famed red Fokker aeroplane can often be seen on the runway at Omaka, while inside the Heritage Centre there's a detailed history for visitors along with parts from the original. The Heritage Centre has been brought to life by Sir Peter Jackson, who provided much of the expertise courtesy of his famed props department.
  Discussion starter:
  • Information and communication technology: communicating heritage effectivel
• World-first idea to solve factory woes
  NZ Herald online article, 4 May
  A breakthrough NZ invention fixes a world-wide problem that plagues processing plants- dust extraction.
  Discussion starters:
  • Processing Technology: safe practice
  • Technological Products: relating material properties to fitness for purpose
  • Technological Modelling: prototype development - testing and trialling
• Technology Universe
  NZHerald online article, 4 May
  PAVEMENT PARK: The Qtvan is the world's smallest caravan, and you can tow it with a mobility scooter.
  EYE BEAM: Engineers from the University of Michigan are developing a tiny solar powered sensor to be implanted inside the eye.
  A NOSE FOR CANCER: The earlier we can detect cancer the better our chances of dealing with it.
• 'First Light' aiming to take first place in international competition
  TVNZ News video, 7 May
  A group of Wellington university students have improved upon the good old Kiwi bach.
  Discussion starter:
  • Construction Technology: material selection; energy efficiency
• Yike Bike pedalling new product
  Stuff.co.nz article, 14 May
  The Christchurch company that developed the electric folding YikeBike has just launched a new Fusion model - a slightly heavier version of the original carbon fibre bike but a bit lighter on the pocket.
  Discussion starters:
  • Nature of Technology: moving from 'early adoption' to 'mainstream' marketing
  • Technological Products: relating material properties to product attributes
• Riding into big sales with a light bike
  NZ Herald online, 14 May
  A Christchurch based company, established in 2002, has designed and developed a 57kg dirt bike - which it claims is the world's lightest. It can easily be picked up and put in the back of an SUV, or lifted over a farm fence. The company plans to begin commercial production this year and by 2016 expects to be selling 25,000 bikes a year, which will pull in revenues of around US$80 million.
  Discussion starter:
  • Manufacturing technology: infrastructural considerations