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Venture deep inside the new skyway of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and it becomes clear that the bridge's engineers have planned for the long term. At intervals inside the elevated roadway's box girders are anchor blocks, called deadmen, cast into the structure. They are meant to be used decades from now, perhaps in the next century, when in their old age the concrete girders will start to sag. The deadmen are one sign that the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which includes the skyway and a unique suspension bridge, is meant to last at least 150 years after its expected opening in 2013.
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Hardcore gamers have probably heard of Sidhe - the creators of Shatter and Rugby Challenge, and maybe even the Auckland branch of the massive mobile gaming company Gameloft, which primarily makes mobile versions of already popular games. But most won't have a lot of experience with SmallWorlds, if any.
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Ever asked for your cucumber without the plastic wrap, or your steak without the tray? You might want to soon. In Auckland the council is set to charge residents for their waste. A law passed three years ago means councils around the country are preparing radical new waste plans which for most people means hitting them where it hurts - in the pocket.
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One small town in the South Island could really teach Auckland a lesson or two about recycling.Wanaka has had a very effective programme running for ten years now, and manages to recycle 40 percent of the town's waste.
The albatross is one of New Zealand's most recognised birds, but there is one thing we are yet to find out about them. Research at Otago University hopes to uncover just where the royal albatross goes when it flies out to see, thanks to the help of a cellphone SIM card.
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Middlemore Hospital has two new simulators that will change the way surgeons throughout the country are trained. Until now, junior doctors have learned on real people, but a new machine, called a laparascopic simulator, or LapSim, lets them make their surgical mistakes in a virtual world, long before they enter an operating theatre.
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In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad In the last decade, Apple has become one of the most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. Apple and its high-technology peers have achieved a pace of innovation nearly unmatched in modern history. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labour in harsh conditions. Problems are as varied as onerous work environments and serious - sometimes deadly - safety problems.
In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind.
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With the digital world making the Kodak moment a distant memory, what else is on the brink of technological extinction? Our telephone calls, photos, favourite TV shows, books and music can now all fit into our back pockets, so it's no surprise the endangered list is long.
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Megaupload.com was one of the world's largest file-sharing websites with more than 150 million registered users. It has been seized and shut down by the US Justice Department as part of the investigation into alleged copyright infringement in one of the biggest criminal copyright cases in the US.
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The US-based operation of the Kodak corporation has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company last made a profit in 2007 and the number of employees has fallen from a peak of 130,000 to about 30,000. So what does this mean for the future of the Kodak brand?
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Taupo could be in for a new eco-sustainable housing community, reshaping the way houses receive heat, electricity, water, and use wastewater. The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre (NZCEC) is currently investigating whether or not this would be feasible.
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Swiss leather goods company Bally has released photographs and video illustrating step-by-step how mens' shoes are made.
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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas isn't just a place to see new products from gadget giants such as Samsung and Sony - it's also a place to see small companies with disruptive ideas that become big consumer technologies in the future. This year, several of the most promising small exhibitors were showing off glasses that can overlay digital data onto the world around us - technology that could free us from having to peer down at our mobile devices.
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The work of a New Zealand artist is a hit with millions of YouTube viewers, but he isn't quitting his day job, despite becoming an internet phenomenon. Joseph Herscher is the creator of a series of YouTube videos that have gone viral - the latest attracting more than two million hits in just a few days - inspired by the drawings of American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg.
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