App

The days of making the obligatory trip to a visitor centre when arriving at a national park could soon be numbered thanks to a truly 21st century pilot project. Audio

Shazam is the popular music app, whose ingenious algorithm, has been helping hundreds of millions of users to identify songs within seconds. Audio

A Christchurch man has developed a smart phone application which is helping to make a big reduction in the amount of graffiti in the city. Audio

Wellington City Council has developed a mobile phone app which aims to get more kids out of the house and enjoying the sunshine. Audio

The Botany Department at the University of Otago has collaborated with MEA Mobile to make a smart phone app that uses the camera function to help identify native plants Audio

The Botany Department at the University of Otago has collaborated with MEA Mobile to make a smart phone app that uses the camera function to help identify native plants Audio

Life in any of this country's hospital Intensive Care units must be tense and busy enough, without having to deal with patients who don't speak English. One emergency care doctor has come up with a… Audio

A team of University of Otago researchers has developed an iPad app to help people practise sight-singing music at home. Audio

A team of University of Otago researchers has developed an iPad app to help people practise sight-singing music at home. Audio

Professor Melvin McInnis of the University of Michigan is working on a clever speech recognition app. It aims to tell when someone suffering from bipolar disorder is heading for a manic episode, just… Audio

Technology time with Peter Griffin. Google launches an email encryption tool to fight mass online surveillance and Apple's interest in healthcare and health monitoring apps. Audio

A mobile phone app has been developed which can tell visually impaired users where they are in a particular building Audio

Robbie Allan discusses the Internet Explorer bug, the rise of the Loomio app, upcoming Apple announcements and the popularity of controversial Secret apps. Audio

The global app market for smartphones and tablets is worth billions of dollars. But how easy are apps for blind people to access and navigate around? Jonathan Mosen of Appcessible.net is helping… Audio

Hunter Lee Soik is launching a new app called Shadow, initially for iPhone, which allows us to record our dreams and make sense of them. He wants to develop the biggest dream database in the world… Audio

A New Zealand-produced iPhone app which allows you to create your own rain forest is fluttering its way to popularity. The app, called Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, was created by Tim Nixon and his… Audio

Want to know which way is Mecca? Just get the app for your iPhone. Can't make it to church on a Sunday morning? Live streaming means you can watch it from your bed. Turned off by how long and wordy… Audio

Cosmology consultant of the New Scientist, author of a number of books and the Solar System iPad App. Audio