Technology
Digital artist Evan Roth
Evan Roth is variously described as an artist, an activist, a graffiti engineer, a programmer and a rebel. He's an award-winning American artist living in Paris, who originally studied architecture -… Audio, Gallery
Computer Science
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
Mining for meaning in the age of digitised data
Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists… Audio
Mining for meaning in the age of digitised data
Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists…
AudioCookbooks of the future
Food historian Ken Albala has been pondering the future of the cookbook in the digital age. Audio
Space-based internet
Greg Wyler is the founder and chief executive of OneWeb, a project to bring faster broadband to the remotest parts of the planet using satellites. Audio
Peter Griffin's tech report
Who is using Google's 'right to be forgotten' law in the EU. Also more on the USB or the Ultra Slow Broadband network, and how a huge surge in data use fuelled by video streaming services is slowing… Audio
Jon Baxter: buildings and light
Jon Baxter Director of Perceptual Engineering, and a pioneer of projection mapping in New Zealand, who designed the 3D interactive light show in Parliament grounds for the free Big Birthday Party, a… Audio
Public interest journalism and paywalls
Editor and publisher of Scoop Media, which runs the independent news source Scoop.co.nz as a free service for the public, supported by a range of premium services and a new "Ethical Paywall"… Audio
Children mixing screens with food
As young people use screens more and more, public health researcher Sam Marsh is looking into how much food they are eating when using different media like computers and TVs. Audio
Children mixing screens with food
As young people use screens more and more, public health researcher Sam Marsh is looking into how much food they are eating when using different media like computers and TVs.
AudioVideo Games - Matt Maguire
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Audio
Young people texting for help
More and more young people seeking help by text. Youthline says six years ago most from people called in about their problems, but there's been a big shift and now a massive 91 percent of people… Audio
Govt needs to do more - Maori IT experts critical
Māori IT experts are warning about a digital divide in New Zealand. The Government is spending two billion dollars on improving broadband internet access throughout New Zealand, but tangata whenua say… Audio
Cameras for Hutt City parking wardens
Video cameras for Hutt City Council officers to combat physical, verbal abuse Audio
New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt discusses the demise of chat site Reddit's chief executive and problems with its moderation; and how twitter has started selling advertising. Audio
New information from Pluto
A new picture of Pluto's surface shows evidence of active geology and mountains comparable to the Rockies and nearly as high as Aoraki/Mt Cook. NASA has presented the first images acquired by the New… Audio
Internet video software vulnerable to attack
Mozilla Firefox has blocked the Adobe Flash software from running in its browsers because of massive security vulnerabilities. Audio
Teeth Talk
Did you know that humans form two sets of teeth over the course of their lives? Professor of Dental Epidemiology and Public Health, also editor of New Zealand Dental Journal, Murray Thomson from the… Audio
Web review with Ben Gracewood
Ben Gracewood talks about artificial intelligence, and the Reddit revolt Audio