Computers

Prof. Mark Apperley from University of Waikato spreads out the silicon chips to expose how computers switch us on. Data mining: exploiting the power of modern computers to extract useful information… Audio

Prof. Mark Apperley from University of Waikato spreads out the silicon chips to expose how computers switch us on - gamerfication (using game-like techniques in serious applications) and the virtual… Audio

Discussing the relationship between science and creativity are Julie Maxton, Executive Director of the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Professor Bruce Sheridan, a New Zealand academic at Chicago's… Audio

Today: Radiation, Bit rot and Lenovo putting rootkit software on its laptops. Audio

We're revisiting some of 2014's stories and themes, and the writer and academic Simon Head told us this year that the age of smarter machines is making people dumber. Audio

As attacks on New Zealand computer networks increase by an estimated 60 percent a year, what's the best way to keep information safe from hackers, with minimal infringement on people's right to… Audio

The Classifynder, developed at Massey University, is automating pollen identification and counting Audio

The Classifynder, developed at Massey University, is automating pollen identification and counting Audio