Technology
Jennifer Palmer: synthetic biology
Year 12 student at Orewa College, whose presentation, Synthetic Biology - Engineering the Future, won her the Secondary category and Premier Award at the 2015 Sir Paul Callaghan EUREKA! Awards. Audio
Edgar Cahn: time banking
Former counsel and speech writer to Robert F. Kennedy, and a legal professor at the University of the District of Columbia, who is best known as the originator of time banking, a way to value the… Audio
Simon Denny: power and secrets
New Zealand artist based in Berlin who represented New Zealand at the 2015 Venice Biennale with his work, Secret Power; four of the works have been acquired by Te Papa. Audio, Gallery
Fonterra to develop app that tracks workers in real time
Fonterra is pushing on with a business relationship with startup company Job Done, after it won a pitch competition this week at Auckland's innovation precinct. Job Done, founded by Manawatu...
Theta-R - a sound and light installation
Among the works at the recent Lux festival in Wellington was an audiovisual kinetic sculpture called Theta-R Video, Audio
Theta-R - a sound and light installation
Among the works at the recent Lux festival in Wellington was an audiovisual kinetic sculpture called Theta-R
Video, AudioNew technology with Robbie Allan
Senior Facebook staff now work for the US government. Audio
Expert explores Big Data
In the wake of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal the idea of 'big data' has become a big worry for many people. Dr Barry Devlin discusses the situation. Audio
Mars team to simulate life there
A team of NASA recruits has begun living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars.
Tech news
Peter Griffin with technology news and You Tube launches its own gaming channel. Also the Government wants to explore 'digital convergence' and Facebook will start using real people to help you find… Audio
Reprogramming cells
Bronwen Connor and her team at the University of Auckland are looking at ways of reprogramming human cells with the aim or treating brain injuries and diseases like Parkinson's and Huntington's. Audio
Pietra Brettkelly: saving Afghanistan's films
Award-winning New Zealand film director and producer whose latest documentary, A Flickering Truth, is about the saving of Afghanistan's films. Audio
Pete Russell: rebuilding the food system
Founder of social enterprise Ooooby, which has the goal of rebuilding the local food system with a distribution model operating in Auckland, Waikato, Matakana, Sydney, and California. Audio
Tom Higham: Neanderthals, denisovans and humans
Professor Tom Higham is deputy director of the Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at Oxford University, and interim director of the Advanced Studies Centre. He is returning to New Zealand as an Allan Wilson… Audio
Facebook posts billion users in single day
The social networking site says that, for the first time in its history, one billion people - or one in seven people on earth - have logged on in a single day.
Computers and privacy
Do you authomatically upgrade your computer system when Windows tells you to? Audio
Mobile phone etiquette
When, where and for how long is it ok to be on your mobile phone in public? Audio
