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KiwiRail says that it was the failure of a back-up system power box in Wellington that brought down Auckland's rail system, when a device called a UPS - Uninterruptable Power Supply - shorted just before the rush hour traffic began.
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Police have issued a warning about the use of petrol motors fitted to bicycles. Three disqualified drivers have been caught back on the road riding mountain bikes fitted with the motors. Police say it is illegal and dangerous.
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A British-based sportswear group that owns the global Canterbury of New Zealand brand has launched legal action against a small Kiwi startup for trade-mark infringement.
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Researchers have used a low cost 3D printing system to create a range of organic compounds and inorganic clusters - some of which are used to create cancer treatments.Longer term, the scientists say the process could be used to make customised medicines. They predict the technique will be used by pharmaceutical firms within five years, and by the public within 20.
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Thinking of upgrading your phone this year? A lot has changed since you last went looking. Besides the obvious of having a new set of handsets to choose from, many of the technologies in the smartphones themselves have undergone radical transformations.
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The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at events across the world, including the ship's birthplace, Belfast, and the site of the wreck. On April 15, 1912, the so-called "unsinkable'' ship was travelling from England to New York, carrying everyone from millionaires to penniless emigrants, when it struck an iceberg, sinking less than three hours later. More than 1500 people died. Link: New York times page of Titanic links
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Designer Lucy McRae, is captivated by how the human body can be shaped by technology and is constantly inventing and building structures on the skin that reshape the human silhouette.
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Furniture giant Ikea has firmly cemented its place in UK homes - and now its real estate arm is on track to build a brand new neighbourhood near the 2012 Olympic grounds, applying the "Ikea philosophy" to urban planning. The entire suburb will be owned and managed by the company and is to be known as Strand East.
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Christchurch-based ArcActive - a spin-out company from the University of Canterbury - has unveiled its new green battery technology at the recent CleanEquity Monaco awards, where it picked up a prize for excellence in environmental technology research.
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The Tokyo Institute of Technology has unveiled on its campus an impressive new building that is almost self-sustaining in its power use. The Environment and Energy Innovation Building features solar panels all along its exterior facade and on its roof - 4,500 panels in all.
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Never heard of phablets before? They are - quite literally - the next big thing in mobility. Slightly larger than a smartphone and a fair bit smaller than a tablet (especially the iPad-sized ones), the idea is that they occupy a happy middle ground for power users that want a single device that does everything.
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A Palmerston North man who hurt his knee after falling while tramping near Levin was rescued after his emergency GPS tracker sent a distress call to a company based in Texas. The tracking device that he set off was only part of the technology used to rescue him.
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If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses. While wearing a pair, you can see the directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
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An Australian company will start mining for copper, gold, silver and zinc on the seafloor off the shore of Papua New Guinea. Minerals are found there in very high concentrations, because a natural hot spring on the seafloor has been laying them down for thousands of years. People have thought about mining the seafloor's mineral wealth for many decades, but now, a combination of high metal prices and sophisticated technology is making that possible.
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In Auckland the Yellow Pages is 2,216 pages of adverts and phone numbers - but with the growth of the internet is it of any use any more? Or does it sit from one year to the next with no-one in the house even opening a page?
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