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NZ Herald, 15 October
A Pukekohe company is riding high on a wave of support for environmentally friendly pesticides.
Bioagritech producer Greentide is at the forefront of the development of biological pesticides for the horticultural industry using fungi.
The company has worked alongside scientists to discover about 100 strains of entomopathogenic fungi - fungi that can kill or seriously maim insects.
NZ Herald, 18 October
Fonterra will use a urea-based solution made locally to help cut greenhouse gas emissions from its large fleet of milk tankers by between 70-90 per cent.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: socio-cultural impacts and influences
Bay of Plenty Times, 21 October
A walking stick with a light and a computer mouse kinetically charged and readily available in case of an emergency. These are just two of the innovative designs four graphics and technology students are responsible for - earning them the title of New Zealand's top young designers.
The Nelson Mail, 26 October
Waimea College's computer studies students got a sneak preview of the business world they may eventually enter when they produced a website for a commercial client.
Principal Larry Ching organised the project after completing his three-year term as leading principal for Lake Rotoiti Lodge Outdoor Education Centre, near St Arnaud. The lodge's website was outdated and Mr Ching negotiated a "contract" with the college's year 13 computer whizzes to create a new website as part of their NCEA studies.
Manawatu Standard, 27 October
If you told a bunch of teenagers to spend a Saturday learning physics, maths, computer programming, and mechanical engineering, many would roll their eyes.
But add a remote-controlled robot, and tell them to build it, drive it, and win a team game against other robots, suddenly it's all on, as LEE MATTHEWS discovers.
New York Times, 31 October
A new entrant into the field of search engines aims to show search results from only trustworthy sites, weeding out sites filled with little relevant information.
Discussion starters:
• Digital technologies: Search algorithms; integrity of information
New York Times, 31 October
A Nepalese company has installed 3G cell towers at the base of Mount Everest, allowing mountaineers to make video calls at the mountain's peak.
Discussion starters:
• Digital technologies – communication technology; sociocultural influences
Hawkes Bay Today, 1 November
Success in a competition to design new gates for the Rotary Pathway has also netted Hawke's Bay students national design awards.
Thomas Daulton, from Lindisfarne College, has won the secondary school category of the nationwide Transpower Neighbourhood Engineers' Awards, a competition run by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). He earned $1000 for his school.
National Business Review, 1 November
The University of Auckland has developed what is understood to be the world's first wireless technology that allows parked or moving electric cars to charge automatically.
The breakthrough technology, which is owned by UK-based HaloIPT, was developed by the university's Power Electronics Group.
HaloIPT was founded by Auckland UniServices, which manages the University's intellectual property and is responsible for all research-based consultancy partnerships, and Australian structural engineering company Ove Arup & Partners.
Otago Daily Times, 1 November
The inventor of the world's first recreational jetpack will be landing in Queenstown this month to tell the fascinating tale of how a childhood ambition became a reality.
Formerly from Dunedin, Glenn Martin will be talking about the Martin Jetpack at the Crowne Plaza Queenstown on November 10 at 6pm.
TV3 News video, 3 November
A new breed of game is about to hit the shelves in USA. Kinect sees and even hears what players are doing allowing the game to follow every move you are making.
Discussion starters:
• Developments in gaming technology
• Interaction between humans and machines
NZ Herald, 4 November
A squalid flat along a busy thoroughfare of San Francisco, seems an unlikely setting for a cleaning revolution.
But that's exactly what happened when Adam Lowry and his flatmate and university friend Eric Ryan began running small-scale tests from their home in 2000, and ambushing supermarket owners with their ideas.
New York Times online, 5 November
From one end, this concrete and glass house looks as if it had burst through the rocks on which it stands. From the other, it seems to nestle into them, a civilized shelter in a wild setting. Of course, the reality involves inspired design and engineering, but the appearance is magical nonetheless.
Discussion starters:
• Site integration
• Good design: could we, should we?
Dominion Post, 8 November
A family road trip has seen a Wellington student stumble upon an innovation that could cut the number of traffic accidents caused by sleepy drivers.
Fourth-year Massey University industrial design student Rachel Moller, 21, has created a range of roadside rest-area furniture to entice tired motorists to take a break.
The circular outdoor tables feature a light beneath the tabletop to make them stand out at night and become a beacon for motoring locals, tourists and long-haul drivers.
NZ Herald, 8 November
With big overseas projects under its belt, design company is now keen to do more work at home.
While many New Zealand companies have been suffering in the past few years, design company Space Studio has been busy working on projects in the Pacific.

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