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BBC news online, 17 October
Plugging gadgets into a socket in the wall, or loading them with batteries - or maybe even unfurling a solar panel - is how most of us think of getting electricity. But what about plugging them into your body? A group from the University of Grenoble have built a device to do just that.
Discussion starter:
• Energy technology: Biofuel cells
Stuff.co.nz article, 21 October
In the biggest study so far, Danish researchers have found no evidence of any link between cellphones and cancer, suggesting that billions of people who are rarely more than a few inches from their phones have no special health concerns.
Discussion starter:
• Consumer safety: product evaluation; testing and trialling
TVNZ News article, 27 October
Geo-engineering technology to absorb climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere can be rolled out by 2018 according to the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The institution is demonstrating the air capture technology, resembling a giant fly swat, which is a thousand times more effective at absorbing carbon dioxide from the air than a tree of the same size.
Discussion starter:
• Global warming: geo-engineering solutions
BBC online news article, 4 November
Six men locked away in steel tubes for a year-and-a-half to simulate a mission to Mars have emerged from isolation. The Mars500 project, undertaken at a Moscow institute, was intended to find out how the human mind and body would cope on a long-duration spaceflight.
Discussion starters:
• Nature of Technology: socio-technological environments
• Space Technology: simulation techniques
NZ Herald online news article, 20 November
The country's first road-legal, solar-powered car will be rolled out next week. The one-seater commuter vehicle which can hit speeds of up to 100km/h begins a 1700km trip to Bluff, Southland, from Auckland Domain on Thursday morning.
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• Technological Modelling: prototype development and testing
Idealog Daily Bacon article, 12 December
An Auckland store is embracing the 'recycle and reuse' philosophy, fitting out its space with a range of everyday materials that have been reused in new ways. The approach to 'reusing' reminds consumers that even the simple things seen in a fresh way can be objects of delight.
Discussion starter:
• Characteristics of Technological Outcomes: flexible approach to packaging; fitness for purpose
nzherald.co.nz online article, 22 December
Staff at a hotel in China created a Christmas tree from 20-thousand used plastic water bottles. They did it to show concern for the environment and encourage recycling
Discussion starter:
• Characteristics of Technology Outcomes: fitness for purpose in its broadest sense

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