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NZHerald online, 24 June
Two Dunedin companies have joined forces to come up with an ice cream to lick bad breath and sore throats.
At this stage, the only flavour is vanilla. But when it goes on sale in supermarkets later this year, there may be other flavours.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology of Technology: interdisciplinary collaboration
• Food and Bio- related technology: functional foods
NZHerald online, 25 June
Two North Shore City high-school students have caught the attention of the world's scientific community with an invention that cleans greenhouse gases out of car exhausts.
Discussion starter:
• Technological modelling: Proof of concept
nzherald.co.nz, 27 June
Ben Fulton is a businessman who is well on the way to building an international operation and is working toward a $5 million turnover.
His company specialises in making analogue guitar effect pedals and has won fans around the world from U2's The Edge to The Police's Andy Summers. "I'm a novelty, this long-haired Kiwi guy," says Fulton.
Discussion starter:
• Technology design process
• Entrepreneurship
NZHerald online, 29 June
Tumu ITM's 4200sq m store in Ahuriri features a world-first roof design, says University of Auckland PhD student Felix Scheibmair. The university designed a connection that enabled steel and laminated timber to be joined more efficiently with a bolt system.
Discussion starter:
• Resistant materials - Research and development; construction innovation
Ideolog.co.nz, 7 July
Being allocated only 48 hours in which to redesign a part of Christchurch's central city may not seem like enough time, but it was enough to earn NZ Wood the title of supreme winner for the 48 Hour Design Challenge.
Discussion starters:
• Nature of Technology : collaborative interdisciplinary practice
• Design and Visual Communication: site permeability
• Construction technology: timber as a safe construction material
www.stuff.co.nz, 7 July
Hackers have disclosed a bug in software from Apple that security experts said could be exploited by criminals looking to gain remote control over iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices.
Discussion starter:
• Digital Technologies : malicious software development
www.stuff.co.nz, 8 July
Driving distractions, primarily by cellphones and other electronic devices, are associated with up to 25 per cent of US car crashes, according to a recently released report. It showed that drivers are distracted up to half the time and that crashes caused by distractions range from minor damage to fatal injury.
Discussion starters:
• Socio-technological environment
• Research based decision making
www.stuff.co.nz, 8 July
Consumers may soon be able to download a piece of software and use it to sketch the kind of chocolate they'd like to make. By sending the 3D CAD file to a machine in a local shop they'll be able pick up their finished chocolate design as quickly as 10 minutes later.
Discussion starters:
• Manufacturing technology: Flexible manufacturing; 3-D computer aided design
• Product development: co-creation
TV1 News, 8 July
A TVNZ reporter investigates just how easy it could be to hack into your voicemail
Discussion starter:
• Digital Technologies: data protection
New Scientist magazine online, 8 July
Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world's first synthetic organ transplant, using an artificial windpipe coated in stem cells. Video clip (1.58 mins)
Discussion starters:
• Technological knowledge: new material formulation
• Medical technology: transplant innovation
www.bbc.co.uk news, 10 July
Atlantis has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on the final mission of the US space shuttle programme.
It will spend at least seven days at the ISS and, on its return to Earth, will be retired along with the other shuttles in Nasa's fleet. Atlantis is taking vital supplies to the space station, including more than a tonne of food, ensuring astronauts there have got enough to last a year.
Discussion starter:
• Characteristics of Technological Outcomes: fitness for purpose - in its broadest sense
www.stuff.co.nz, 11 July
Wellington games developer Sidhe will release its first browser based and social smartphone games in the next few months as it shuns bricks and mortar retailing for digital downloads.
Discussion starters:
• Digital technologies: gaming technology; modes of distribution
• Enterprise: marketing strategies
Innovationwatch.com video, 11 July
Imagine a virtual computer simulation that reflects the world around you in real-time. Before you ever leave your home, a wealth of images and information about the world around you is at your finger-tips.
Discussion starter:
• Digital technologies: Blending the real and virtual worlds; software applications
BBC.com online article, 12 July
Wars have been fought over scarce resources like oil and water. But are the future global tensions going to be over access to Scandium, Neodymium or Dysprosium or any other of the 17 rare earth elements, which, week by week, are becoming more and more important in developing the latest high-tech products? Tucked onto the periodic table of the elements, in a little section once ignored by chemistry teachers, rare earths are now everywhere.
Discussion starters:
• Nature of Technology: Socio-cultural influences
• Technological Products: new material formulation; impact of material use and development on product life cycles / expectancy; material sustainability
www.stuff.co.nz, 12 July
New Zealand is facing a toxic crisis of electronic waste, with a new report estimating that 2.2 million televisions and 1.5m home computers will be dumped in the next few years. The eDay Trust is publishing a report today calling for urgent Government action, in which it outlines the extent of the problem from material such as cathode ray tubes entering landfills.
Discussion starter:
• Technological Products: The impact of material use and development on product life cycles; product stewardship

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