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Posted by admin at 28 March 2011

Category: Environmental, Health and Fitness, Recreational

New Fabric

A North Shore business has teamed up with an American company to develop performance enhancing fabric that blocks electromagnetic radiation, making it hard for animals to detect humans nearby. The fabric was initially developed to make it easier for hunters to stalk their prey but is now being used in wetsuits and in medical procedures. FOB Direct was approached by American company Human Energy Concealment Systems (HECS) to develop the technology into a fabric which could be made into hunting suits. It took one year to perfect and an additional fabric has also been developed… Read more

Posted by admin at 28 March 2011

Category: Computing and Technology, Health and Fitness

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Christchurch-based gaming company Stickmen Studios has developed a game – Kung Fu Funk – that can help rehabilitate people who have suffered brain injuries. Stickmen Studios and the University of Auckland have teamed up to customise a robot with gaming facilities that will help elderly people stay active through interactive games. The robot, Eldercare, has been developed with the Intelligent Robot Division of South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. The aim of the robot is to reduce the strain on healthcare resources as the aging population… Read more

Posted by admin at 28 March 2011

Category: Health and Fitness, Safety

Many older New Zealanders respect scientist Dr Jim Sprott for undertaking the painstaking forensic research which was crucial to overturning the murder convictions obtained against Arthur Allan Thomas. Many younger New Zealanders have benefited from his research into the cause and prevention of cot death (SIDS). In the 1980s New Zealand had one of the worst cot death rates in the world. Normal, healthy babies were mysteriously, and without warning, dying in their cots, leaving behind grieving parents to mourn them and ask why? Dr Sprott suspected that this silent epidemic was due to… Read more

Posted by admin at 8 February 2011

Category: Computing and Technology

Robot

Researchers at AUT University have revealed a special robot which is commanded solely by brain signals. The researchers are part of an international group of scientists mapping brain functions and turning signals into actions. Their creation, With, is a small and squeaky machine and runs on nine rechargeable batteries. He is solely commanded by brain power. It is believed that controlling robotics through the brain could lead to life changing technology. “Brain signals can be used to control objects to help paralysed people control prosthetics and wheelchairs,” Professor… Read more

Posted by admin at 29 January 2011

Category: Great Practical Ideas

Cut up a disposable water bottle and keep the neck and top, as in photo. Insert the plastic bag through the neck and screw the top – to seal. The bottle is made to be air-tight, such that water will not leak, the secret lies with the top and screw! This is a great idea to share. Good for us and the environment… Read more

Posted by admin at 22 January 2011

Category: Health and Fitness, Recreational

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Dozens of New Zealand children with cerebral palsy are enjoying a better quality of life thanks to a new tricycle specially designed to suit their needs. The alternative to a wheelchair is the brainchild of a West Auckland man whose own daughter suffers from the condition. Chris Haverkort started making the trikes 12 years ago for his daughter Brooke because he wanted her to start school with confidence. “They’d be around there on her bike, and they’d all want to have a go,” Haverkort said. Brooke struggles to take a few steps, but on the trike she is a force to be reckoned… Read more

Posted by admin at 5 January 2011

Category: "She'll be right, mate"

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Some more classic examples of ingenuity being applied in sadly misguided ways – and then there’s just plain… Read more

Posted by admin at 28 December 2010

Category: News

Gazillionaire Competition

ASB is hosting a competition for 7-14 year-olds to come up with the wildest money-making scheme they can think of! Entrants must create a minute-long video demonstrating their idea – or even better, a drawing or even the device in action – and upload it to ASB’s video entry page. For more information, check out the page by clicking here. The page is chock-full of animations and music, so be prepared for a slightly long loading-time. Entries close on the 16th of January 2011, so get… Read more

Posted by admin at 28 December 2010

Category: Kiwiana

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Kiwiana — Celebrating Our National Identity Gumboots, ‘Buzzy Bee’ toys, marching girls, a meringue dessert, shell ashtrays, and a cookbook may not seem terribly important objects. But to many Kiwis (New Zealanders), such things assume vital importance as major icons of Kiwiana! What is Kiwiana? It could be described as all the weird and wonderful quirky things from years gone by that contribute to our sense of nationhood — our kiwi identity. What is a Kiwi? To understand Kiwiana, it’s important to first know what exactly a kiwi is. A kiwi is a flightless nocturnal native… Read more

Posted by admin at 27 December 2010

Category: "She'll be right, mate"

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Two Cambridge mates say they may turn their unusual method of trimming hedges into a business, after they suspended a ride-on mower from a crane to do the job. “This is how the Waikato boys mow a hedge,” the ride-on mower operator told the Waikato Times. The operator, who did not want to be named, is now nursing a broken hand, but said it wasn’t a fall from the mower that caused the injury but one off the crane. He admitted it was not the safest method of trimming the hedge, but said it was all done as a bit of a joke. They wanted to film the stunt, put it on the internet and… Read more

Posted by admin at 27 December 2010

Category: Environmental, Great Practical Ideas

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From www.rubbishfree.co.nz: This site has emerged out of a year long challenge we set ourselves that became known as the Rubbish Free Year. From 1st Febuary 2008 through to 1st February 2009 we tried to avoid creating any landfill waste from our home in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. The average couple living in NZ sends about 1.5 tons of rubbish to landfills every year, but through composting, recycling, and careful purchasing we accumulated only 2kg of landfill waste between us! The aim was to create new habits in order to further our journey towards living lightly on… Read more

Posted by admin at 14 December 2010

Category: Automotive, News

Still waiting for the hydrogen economy to ignite and save us from the oil squeeze and environmentally unsustainable fossil fuels? New Zealand engineer John Fleming is part of an effort to bypass the hydrogen era and go directly to the nitrogen-hydrogen economy. Pure hydrogen has long been touted as a potentially carbon-free alternative to burning fossil fuels for energy, with former US President George W. Bush the most notable cheerleader. It came with the lure of carbon-free energy and virtually limitless supply. But issues of safety, storage, transportation and production… Read more

Posted by admin at 7 December 2010

Category: Great Practical Ideas

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Before you read to the end, does anybody know what the main ingredient of WD-40 is? Don’t lie and don’t cheat. WD-40. Who knew; I had a neighbor who bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He was very upset and was trying to figure out what to do…. probably nothing until Monday morning, since nothing was open. Another neighbor came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off. It removed… Read more

Posted by admin at 3 December 2010

Category: Recreational

A transforming robot that can turn itself into a car has brought designer Nick Mabey plenty of attention. The 18-year-old from St Heliers has spent the year designing and building a robot that can stand itself up, morph into a car and then be driven by remote control. The robot, named Reggie, was intended only as the final technology project for the year 13 Kings College student. But Nick was asked to enter his creation in this year’s Bright Sparks Awards where he won the People’s Choice Award and came third in the over-17-year-olds category. The competition encourages… Read more

Posted by admin at 26 November 2010

Category: Energy, Environmental

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So why is it after all the money spent by consumers to replace older (less efficient , pollution-causing) wood burners, they are left with enforced products that perform in a lot of cases worse than what they had previously? The newer certified clean air wood burners report to have difficulty in lighting, let smoke out into the room when loading or lighting, take longer to get to their optimum heating capacity and still chunder out smoke into the atmosphere! Nelson inventor and electrical engineer Neville D’Herville from his experience in developing central heating systems in the… Read more

Posted by admin at 25 November 2010

Category: Computing and Technology

From the Author’s Blog: Recently TradeMe released their API. This is pretty great, if only because it means I can finally give up maintaining the increasingly-complicated set of scraper scripts that I’d used to do TradeMe stuff up to this point. After converting the basics of metatrade.co.nz over to the API, I was looking for a new TM-related project, and I happened to stumble across this old comic from XKCD: XKCD: “Packages” Google didn’t reveal anyone doing this already, and after asking a few people, the general opinion was that doing this was a terrible idea that would… Read more

Posted by admin at 25 November 2010

Category: Transport

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The Yike Bike is a kiwi invention and one making world headlines. This is no mere parochialism; the Yike Bike has just made the front cover of time magazine’s Asia edition and has been voted one of this year’s top inventions in the world. The bike was designed and developed in Christchurch. It is environmentally friendly, incredibly portable, and gets along nicely at up to 25kmph. The Time magazine recognition is a coup for the Canterbury company with the first of these bikes expected to hit the market in the middle of next year. It is touted as the world’s… Read more

Posted by admin at 24 November 2010

Category: Health and Fitness, News

Massey University food scientist Roger Lentle wants to tackle the country’s obesity epidemic by creating yoghurt that makes people feel as though they have eaten half a roast pork. Lentle believes he is on to a winner. The only thing missing is evidence his magic ingredient is safe to consume. “We want to formulate something like yoghurt. You take it in the morning and it makes you immediately feel as though you’ve eaten half a roast suckling pig and you don’t feel hungry.” Lentle said it would be a drug free, sugar free answer to New Zealand’s obesity problem, a problem that kills… Read more

Posted by admin at 22 November 2010

Category: Business Innovation

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This is an article from TradeIt – a website dedicated to providing information about Trademe. TradeMe – it’s a household name. If you live in New Zealand and use the internet you are almost guaranteed to be a member of this website. TradeMe is New Zealand’s equivalent of eBay, the US online auctions giant. Out of a population of 4 million, 1.9 million people are a member of TradeMe. The numbers are staggering, and the inspiring story behind TradeMe’s success, is one of the “little guy beats the big guy”. Early Days TradeMe.co.nz was started back in 1999 by Sam Morgan. TradeMe started… Read more

Posted by admin at 22 November 2010

Category: Health and Fitness

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From the Naturally4U website: We are a family company creating and distributing gentle and effective products containing only natural ingredients. Our products don’t contain chemicals, artificial colour, petroleum or lanolin ingredients. They are all environmentally friendly and we don’t test them on animals. Naturally 4 U Clinic / Shop at 17 Lincoln Park Ave, Massey. Contact us should you wish to make an appointment. For a Holisitc Health Diagnosis Consultation. Or an Energy Wellness “Rife” Treatment… Read more

Posted by admin at 18 November 2010

Category: Farm & Garden

Inventor Robbie Cullen with a Gudgeon Genie

“One of the best things about this system is that you only have to lift the gate into place once and it will fit perfectly every time.” Robbie Cullen, like many kiwi farmers, has more than one string to his bow and has always enjoyed tinkering around in the workshop. “I’m mostly self-taught,” he explains. “It’s pretty much the kiwi way to pick things up as you go along.” Robbie began farming over 40 years ago when, as a 17 year old, he started work on his father’s Maungaturoto dairy farm. He then moved up to share milking before buying the family out. About four… Read more

Posted by admin at 17 November 2010

Category: Recreational

By Weta Workshop The team here at Weta have recently completed work on a rather unusual project, creating a fully functional Mermaid tail for Auckland woman Nadya Vessey, who is a double leg amputee. Ms Vessey approached Weta with the ambition of making a tail that was both practical and beautiful, a task that proved to be a pleasing challenge for our team. The unique articulated construction of the tail will allow Vessey to propel herself through the water with an undulating movement as if she was a mermaid. Every aspect of the tail has been custom made to… Read more

Posted by admin at 17 November 2010

Category: Safety

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Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson today congratulated Karl Boniface Plumbing for its dedication to making worker safety a priority. The Invercargill business won the New Zealand Safety Best Health and Safety Initiative by a Small Business at the NZ Safeguard Health and Safety Awards earlier this year. The business has 16 employees and took action that many larger businesses would not have when a worker splashed primer used to clean PVC downpipes in his eye last year. After receiving first aid, the employee was fine but Karl Boniface Plumbing decided to do something to prevent it… Read more

Posted by admin at 15 November 2010

Category: D.I.Y.

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Although there are many products you can buy to help solve your cat nuisance problem, why not try some of these simple and effective DIY home remedies – they may just work for you! First you could strengthen your defenses. How easy is it for a cat to get into your garden or yard? Try surrounding the area with a fence (for example chicken wire) that leans in the direction from which the cat will approach. This will most likely stop the cat from clambering over. You could also try placing flimsy plastic roll-up fencing on top of your fence. Another technique is to fit a taut wire or… Read more

Posted by admin at 13 November 2010

Category: Great Practical Ideas, Transport

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Rex, the Robotic Exoskeleton, is primarily the invention of two men, Richard Little and Robert Irving (Pictured from left to right), who have been close friends since they first met at high school over 20 years ago in Fort William, Scotland. Sharing a love for cars and tinkering with machines, the two friends left school to study engineering and went on to work together at various times and in various climates throughout their careers until they both decided to emigrate to New Zealand in the early 1990s. With already so much in common, the two friends also had first-hand knowledge… Read more

Posted by admin at 12 November 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Environmental, Transport

The inventor of Rotorua’s adventure ride, the Shweeb, has always dreamt big. But Geoff Barnett never dreamt he would get monetary backing from global internet phenomenon Google to help turn his concept of a human-powered transport system into a global reality. In 2008 Google launched a project called 10^100 that called for ideas that would change the world by helping as many people as possible. Google evaluated 154,000 ideas submitted by the public and came up with 16 groupings of ideas for the public to vote on. When ‘Drive innovation in public transportation’ turned out to… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Energy

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Could passing cars soon be generating electricity for shops and homes? Auckland company Enervate is looking to a Singapore shopping mall for further road-testing of its innovative technology to capture energy from passing vehicles. The company’s PowerTread system, in which tubes that are compressed by vehicles and pump hydraulic fluid to turn a turbine and generate electricity, has undergone extensive testing and simulation over the past three years. One PowerTread unit can capture enough energy from vehicles on a roadway to supply power to up to three typical New Zealand homes,… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Environmental

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What do you do with second-hand iron, old paint found at the dump, screens from the local crusher and enthusiastic staff members? From unlikely materials, Marlborough trucking firm C.D. Broadbridge Ltd has created an award-winning truck washing system. When the resource consent to discharge water to the aquifer expired, Mark and Weir Broadbridge were faced with a problem. What to do with the wastewater generated each week through washing thirty cartage trucks and crates? Aiming to keep costs to farmer clients down, long-time staff member Peter Wells suggested building a… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Environmental

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A small, innovative New Zealand company is being recognised for its contribution to the environment at a global conference in Japan as part of the Earth Month celebrations. Five organisations from around the world have been selected to make presentations at the new Ecozzeria building in Tokyo. The Good Water Company has been asked to speak at the Round Table discussion on June 3 which will focus on “How responsible innovation comes to everyday life”. The Good Water Project promotes the use of sustainable, bio-based packaging which is made from plant material, and launched… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Transport

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The chance to fly a Kiwi-invented jetpack will be available in New Zealand early next year. Almost a year to the day after it first got worldwide attention, the Martin Jetpack is back on show at the United States’ annual EAA air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Christchurch’s Martin Aircraft Company is also announcing plans to allow the public to try out a “low, slow” version. Christchurch will be the location for the first business offering jetpack flights, and the company plans to expand with franchises around the world. People will be able to fly a jetpack about a metre… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Automotive

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Kiwi inventor Bill Martin has developed a gearbox that looks set to consign current manual and automatic transmissions to the dustbin of history. The last big breakthrough in automatic gearboxes was in 1928 with synchromesh. Now, 90 years later Martin’s Zeroshift has the potential to shake up the entire motor industry. Martin’s system replaces synchromesh, making it smoother than changing gears on a manual gearbox. Place a cup of water on the dashboard and a car fitted with Zeroshift will see the water tilt back as the car accelerates seamlessly, rather than sloshing back and… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Environmental

Marlborough mussel farmers have been the driving force behind a marine pest management programme in Nelson/Marlborough. Working with a range of stakeholders and local and central government agencies to develop and implement the programme, the mussel farmers have been achieving some notable results. The marine pest, Didemnum vexillum, is an invasive sea squirt highly adapted to fouling artificial structures, including marine farms. It was introduced into the Marlborough Sounds via an infested barge in 2001 and was immediately recognised as a potential risk to the mussel farming… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: News, Science

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University of Otago scientists have made a “major physics breakthrough” with the development of a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving single atom. A team of four researchers from the university’s physics department are believed to be the first to isolate and photograph the Rubidium 85 atom. The three-year project used laser cooling technology to slow a group of atoms, before a laser beam, or “optical tweezers”, isolated and held one atom. Lead researcher Mikkel Andersen said individual atoms were consistently isolated, which meant “a major step”… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: News

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AORAKI/MOUNT COOK One of New Zealand’s greatest gifts to the world of wilderness snow sports celebrated 55 high flying years yesterday. (22 September) The Auster, the world’s first ski plane with retractable skis landed on the Tasman Glacier, flown by Sir Harry Wigley on 22 September 1955. The plane is now a permanent exhibit at Aoraki Mount Cook’s Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre where the milestone was marked yesterday with pupils from Aoraki Mount Cook School. The Auster made aviation history as the first ski plane to successfully make a snow landing using retractable… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: News

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Rural Living: In the profound words of architect Graeme North, “there is no limit to human ingenuity.” It was therefore heartening to see during an exhibition of long-standing, which inevitably risks becoming monotonous as a result, that Kiwi ingenuity is alive and kicking. The innovations section of Fieldays this year was full of the kind of lateral thinking Kiwis are renowned for, and all solidly turned into working prototypes, for the public to observe, comment and vote on. The dairy industry has played a prominent role in encouraging those with an inventive streak… Read more

Posted by admin at 11 November 2010

Category: Automotive, D.I.Y.

Stu Hill has a pickup-truck with a story that’s just bursting to be told. It’s a 1955 Ford F100 Pickup, powered by a 256 cubic inch V8 motor, and it was owned from new by the Golden Bay Power Board. Stu’s grandfather, Ben Hill, bought it from the power board in 1964 and used it as his farm vehicle. When Stu’s uncles Dave and Allan took over the family farm in Central Takaka, the F100 was still going, but at some stage it must have started to show its age because it was repowered. “Uncle Dave was the mechanic in the family and he must have done some of the work,” said… Read more

Posted by admin at 10 November 2010

Category: Info about Patenting

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The link below leads to an excellent article on the subject of intellectual property by James and Wells (Patent Attorneys) -… Read more

Posted by admin at 2 November 2010

Category: Automotive, Greatest NZ Inventions of all time

Archie Blue, from Christchurch, New Zealand, was both a professional athlete in his younger years and an avid inventor. In the 1970′s he patented and demonstrated publicly and before experts a device that fit in the motor compartment of a car which converted water into combustible hydrogen and oxygen. He proved his invention on many occasions, and is featured in the book “Suppressed Inventions & Other Discoveries”. He was offered big money for his invention, which he refused, and when he died of old age, his family discarded a “pile of junk” that had belonged to him at the local… Read more

Posted by admin at 28 October 2010

Category: Environmental, Farm & Garden

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Editor’s note: Probitas is a sustainable farming system, and a new kind of fertiliser, that produces astounding results. Below is the preamble from the Probitas website. PHILOSOPHY Sheep meat, beef, venison and dairy producers, arable farmers and horticulturists carry an extraordinary burden of responsibility in that they are, first and foremost, food producers. The food produced is totally dependent on the soil for all its nutrients. Current analysis of farm performance is based solely on production efficiency. The nutritional quality of the food produced is not assessed. Farmers… Read more

Posted by admin at 25 October 2010

Category: NZ Genius of the Month, Transport

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Check out this video of Brian taking his amphibious vehicle for a spin! Also check out the small image gallery below for closeups of Brian and his amazing machine. Click the images to view in full… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Computing and Technology, Health and Fitness, News

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A device used to radio-track animals will be used on humans for the first time during the 23rd Speight’s Coast to Coast race this weekend, in a world-leading move to map competitors’ locations. The units will be used by New Zealand television production company LeggeWork for a documentary on this year’s inaugural World Team Championship race, tracking the competitors’ routes on the gruelling 243 kilometre event. In what is believed to be a world first for endurance sports telecoverage, the competitors’ routes and times during the one-day event will be displayed on… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Farm & Garden

Peter Yealands has not only been an aquaculturist, agriculturist and viticulturist, but a pioneer in the three farming sectors, Mark Hotton reports. Entrepreneur Peter Yealands reckons he’s a “run of the mill” tractor driver who gets his best – and loopiest – ideas while driving one of his earthmoving “toys”. Tractor time was valuable thinking time, because it allowed him to clear his mind and focus on other things, he told attendees at the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), in Invercargill last week. He warned those listening to his presentation not to expect too much. “I’m… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Environmental, Home Building/Improvement

A new locally made building product has been launched to try and reduce the 163,000 tonnes of concrete dumped in New Zealand landfills each year. According to recent Ministry for the Environment statistics building and construction waste makes up 17% of the 3.2 million tonnes of refuse dumped in New Zealand landfills annually. Cemix is an Auckland company, and a tried and trusted brand, which has been manufacturing innovtive construction products in New Zealand for over 25 years. Cemix has developed a new product which will provide an environmentally friendly option for DIY… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Home Building/Improvement

Kiwi Ingenuity to the fore – the world’s first cool drawer! That’s a bit of a corny headline I know – but I think given the tone of some of the discussions of late regarding the state of the NZ property market and the NZIER report today on the business and economic sentiment we need a shot in the arm! Great kiwi ingenuity has done it again – the boys and girls at Fisher and Paykel have once again broken the kitchen appliance paradigm and 10 years after launching the world’s first Dishdrawer we now have the world’s first fridge / freezer that can be fitted into a standard… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Computing and Technology, News

Us Kiwis are well known for our ingenuity or number 8 wire mentality and after seeing the technology and innovation being showcased during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) I am glad to report that Kiwi ingenuity is on the up and up. At the Wellington to the World (W2W09) technology venture showcase, put on as part of GEW, I was impressed with the offerings launched from Wellington with the intent of going global. Over recent years Wellington has grown a strong reputation as the creative and innovative capital. However, W2W09 showed that Wellington innovation and creativity is… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Environmental, News

NEW ZEALAND — A Kiwi company has hooked up with Starbucks to reuse their old coffee sacks for furnishings in their outlets. The Formary will blend New Zealand Laneve wool with fibre from the sacks to create a fabric called WoJo. The fabric — 70 per cent wool and 30 per cent jute fibre — will be used to cover seating in its coffee shops, according to media reports. The fabric will initially be used in British Starbucks and in other markets in Europe, the Middle East and African regions. The Formary co-founder Bernadette Casey said the partnerships showed that “when… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Health and Fitness

They may be New Zealand’s sporting rivals but England’s cricket team and Japan’s rugby team have turned to Kiwi ingenuity to boost their training – using technology developed by Lower Hutt firm VX Sport. The firm’s GPS units and software can be used to monitor the training and performance of athletes and teams – providing detailed data on heart rate, speed, distance, location and can even measure “body force” such as step rate and hip sway. Chief executive Richard Snow says the firm has spent $2 million developing the product, which is designed to be vastly more… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: News

Scientists and engineers from the University of Canterbury will be part of a team working with American scientists designing NASA’s next generation of space vehicles to replace the familiar space shuttles. The futuristic spacecraft will use scramjet engines and travel at hypersonic speeds of Mach 10 or more (12,250kmh-1). They will be able to fly into space like a plane, eliminating the need for the current rocket-assisted space shuttle launch pads. The exterior of the spacecraft will be made from woven material, a composite of silicon and carbide. The knitted material will be blown… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Business Innovation, Farm & Garden

Australian Bill Franklin, Managing Director of specialist New Zealand ATV company C-DAX, makes no secret of his admiration for kiwi ingenuity. He credits development of the company’s latest piece of technology, recently released on the New Zealand market and being trialed in Australia, to the kiwi streetwise approach to innovation and competition. The C-DAX pasture meter is a rapid pasture measurement system with potential to improve farm production by between 10 and 15 percent, representing around $600 million to $800 million a year to the New Zealand dairy industry. The… Read more

Posted by admin at 21 October 2010

Category: Environmental, Great Practical Ideas, News

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