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NZ Herald, 26 November
A waste truck which is fuelled by what you threw out last week has begun its rounds.
The truck, launched in Rodney yesterday by Auckland Mayor Len Brown, is the result of the first successful New Zealand project to turn landfill gas into a transport fuel.
TVNZ Breakfast video, 29 November
The recent troubles at Auckland Airport poses the question, how reliable is our country's largest airport?
Discussion starters:
• Technological systems: catastrophic failure; reliability and redundancy
stuff.co.nz, 29 November
Fighting the ageing process is a goal most skincare companies would lay claim to, but Wellington organic skincare company Antipodes wants to prove its words are more than skin deep.
TVNZ NZI Business video, 2 December
Some of New Zealands most environmentally conscious businesses were recognized at the Sustainable 60 Awards presentation , which showcases successful business practices and rewards companies for their clean, green achievements.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: Socio-cultural influences - changing the culture of business practice
TV3 News video, 3 December
When it comes to being a Toyologist, two NZ schoolchildren have it mastered - testing and reviewing $200 worth of toys every month for a year.
Discussion starters:
• Outcome Development and Evaluation: endpoint stakeholder feedback
TV3 News video, 5 December
A year ago seven million Americans owned e-readers, or tablet computers, but that figure has trebled during 2010 and E-books are on a lot of shopping lists this Christmas.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: historical positioning
TV3 Campbell Live video, 7 December
Heath imposters is the name given to foods on the supermarket shelves which don't live up to the claims on their labels.
Discussion starters:
• Food packaging and labeling - reading the fine print.
TVNZ One News video, 10 December
With Fonterra's fleet of milk tankers travelling over 80 million kilometres on NZ roads every year a new innovation is being rolled out to improve road safety.
Discussion starters:
• Design and visual communication solutions: socio-cultural impacts
NZ Herald, 16 December
After watching his IP plundered across the globe, ThumbDrive inventor Henn Tan now has a firmer hold on another invention with a rather unusual name, the FluCard - a postage stamp-size storage device that can also transmit data wirelessly.
Discussion starters:
• IP issues : ensuring global protectio
TV3 News video, 16 December
Marlborough produces the bulk of the country's sauvignon grapes - once the wine's been made, there's an abundance of grape seeds left over. New scientific findings show the wine by-product is highly effective at preventing UV rays that harm the skin.
Discussion starters:
• Processing technology: alternative uses for waste streams; role of research, experimentation, analysis, testing, and evaluation
NZ Herald, 17 December
The NZ Herald's specialist Technology feature highlights its 10 best innovations for 2010.
These include: the Like Bike - a rural African ambulance; SMS health care advice systems; PlanIT Valley - a new eco-city being planned in Portugal; Windstalk wind farms; and Cow Power - a 250,00 head dairy in China turning cow dung into electricity on a massive scale.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: purposeful intervention by design
TV3 News video, 20 December
2011 will see the last of NASA’s space shuttle missions – what will replace it is still very much up in the air.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: historical positioning; sociocultural impact
• Technological modeling: simulation technology
TV3 News video, 21 December
A new type of scanner is being used overseas to read credit and debit cards without them having to be swiped - providing thieves with the capability to steal credit card information without touching wallets or purses.
Discussion starters:
• Data encryption security

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