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TV3 Campbell Live, 13 April
Gone are the days of TVs with bunny ears and wooden legs.These days it's all about smart TVs - a combination of TV, internet, and hard drive.
Discussion starter:
• Innovation in information and communication technology
NZ Herald online article, 23 April
New Zealanders are being warned smartphones, including iPhones and Android handsets, could be secretly tracking their every move - and storing information that others could view.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: privacy issues
• Characteristics of Technological outcomes: alternative functions
NZ Herald online article, 27 April
Caroline Jeffries is a Senior technical artist and game development course leader at Media Design School in Auckland. In this article she answers questions about her role as a senior technical artist.
Discussion starters:
• Characteristics of Technology: collaborative inter-disciplinary practice
• Gaming Technology: genres ; socio-cultural influences
NZ Herald online article, 27 April
Sony said it was working with investigators after hackers stole data from users of its PlayStation Network, and told customers it would restore services only when it was confident it was secure..
Discussion starters:
• Digital infrastructure: secure systems
• Nature of Technology: privacy issues; technologists' responsibilities
Stuff.co.nz video, 3 May
Tactile communications: it may not sound too exciting, but it's precisely the field of research that produced a device which lets users "transmit the feeling of a kiss" long-distance.
The Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications has created a device which consists of a hardware receptacle which is placed into the mouth, and software that remembers the movements of your tongue and sends them to the other connected device, which moves accordingly.
Of course, there's more to a kiss than just the movement of the tongue, and the folks from Kajimoto plan to recreate them all. "The elements of a kiss include the sense of taste, the manner of breathing, and the moistness of the tongue. If we can recreate all of those I think it will be a really powerful device," they explain in a video showcasing the device prototype.
NZ Herald online article, 7 May
A renowned British climber has taken Twitter to a new high, firing off the first "tweet" from the peak of world's tallest mountain.
Discussion starters:
• Digital Technology: digital infrastructure;
• Nature of Technology: social networking
New Scientist online, 11 May
VizWiz,is a new mobile phone application that provides the visually impaired with nearly real-time solutions to everyday problems. VizWiz can, for example, help the blind read their mail, coordinate their outfits, understand menus in restaurants, check expiration dates and interpret street signs. The app owes its swiftness and accuracy to a marriage of computer chips and good old-fashioned human brainpower.
Discussion starter:
• Artificial intelligence: addressing real time text and object recognition issues
Stuff.co.nz, 11 May
Social media website Twitter is a virtual office and a game for a New Plymouth graphic designer Ross Bennett - who could be spotted hard at work in a local cafe Tweeting a Melbourne woman he had never met as part of a social media competition he runs. This was Mr Bennett's third Free Logo Friday he had run where, in a live broadcast, he has three hours to design a business logo for one of his Twitter followers.
Discussion starter:
• Innovations in Technological Practice: managing stakeholder interactions
NZ Herald online, 11 May
Google wants Android to move into people's homes with the open-source software powering everything from smart light bulbs to sound systems.
Discussion starter:
• Digital infrastructure: smart phone control
TVNZ Close Up video, 12 May
Meet the Kiwi team creating 3D landscapes of Christchurch - past, present and future.
Discussion starters:
• Digital Technologies - 3D modelling technology
• Technological modelling - mitigation of risk in urban planning
blog.delorme.com, 3 June
The DeLorme inReach is a two-way satellite GPS communicator to be available later this year. It sends and receives text messages or emails, if paired with an Android phone. As a standalone device it can communicate with emergency services through set signals, or send status updates at regular intervals. Don't get lost without it.
Discussion starter:
• Advances in Technology: Safety
TV3 News video, 10 June
An IP address is like a phone number for an internet connection. The current system of designating addresses is Internet Protocol version IPv4 - and its 4.2 billion addresses have run out. This month Google, Facebook and a bunch of big websites all around the world tested IPv6.
Discussion starter:
• Digital infrastructure: Internet protocol implications
stuff.co.nz, 13 June
Apple has put a ban on selling applications that could encourage motorists to drink and drive via its online App Store.
The US technology giant introduced new guidelines this week that prohibit any apps that could warn drivers of the locations of police that are targeting drunk drivers.
Discussion starter:
• Ethics in Technology
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

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