Technology
Kaikoura quake - mass text warning for tsunamis
Craig Young of TUANZ discusses the practicalities of text warnings for tsunamis. Audio
Astronaut Dan Barry answers your questions
Dan Barry is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space flights, four spacewalks and two trips to the International Space Station. He retired from NASA in 2005 and started his own company… Audio
PM takes Facebook founder to task over tax
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been taken to task by Prime Minister John Key over his company tax arrangements.
Can musicians, critics, and fans really ever be friends?
Charlotte Ryan talks to Scott Maclachlan, Chip Matthews, Anna Coddington and James Milne AKA Lawrence Arabia about the state of the music scene today. Audio
How to listen to all the music on the Internet
Bandcamp's Chief Curator, Andrew Jervis gives us a user's guide in navigating the almost fathomless world of digital music through the online direct-to-fan music portal. Audio
Using VR to teach the surgeons of the future
The world's first virtual reality operation was streamed live from London recently to an audience in the tens of thousands in 140 countries. Video, Audio
Self Driving Car on Tauranga Roads
New Zealand's first official demonstration of a self driving vehicle, on a New Zealand public road, has just taken place in Tauranga. Audio
New technology with Robbie Allan
Robbie Allan on the influence of Facebook and fake news on the US election. Audio
New Zealand needs to better prepare for quakes
Is NZ prepared for quakes such as the one that struck, shook and killed on Monday? John Campbell asks that question in this report. Video, Audio
Is this the fashion of the future?
Fashion imagineer Nixi Killick talks to Kathryn Ryan about designing for Lady Gaga, & Kimbra and her tech focused streetwear. Her label NXK has been hitting runways around the world, most recently… Audio, Gallery
Warning to retailers about on-line competition
New Zealand retailers are being warned they must gear up for major disruption in the digital market with the prospect of global players like Amazon extending their reach here. Kathryn Ryan talks to… Audio
Earthquake forecasting
Shawn is the chief strategy officer at the GeoCosmo Research Center, NASA Ames. The center is working on how to forecast earthquakes, up to two weeks in advance. Audio
Preparing for disruptive digital currencies
Within the next 20 years more than half of jobs as we currently understand them will be under threat from new technology. Audio
Telcos working to repair quake damage
There's been a lot of trouble getting hold of people on both landlines and mobile phones in the worst affected areas. I've got Tony Baird who is the Technology Director for Vodafone on the line. Audio
Tommy Honey, Urban Issues
Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses issues affecting city dwellers. Today he's focusing on technology, driverless cars, retro subways, pedestrians and the pulse of a city. Audio
Google Maps for the human body
Professor Aviv Regev from MIT is one of the leaders of The Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aims to map the 35 trillion cells in our body that make us who we are. It's been described as a… Audio
Tech news: Amazon down under and the rise of the chatbot
This week, the giant retailer Amazon looks like it could be coming to Australia. Meanwhile, you might soon have to pay GST on all the goods you buy online, not just purchases of digital goods… Audio
Facebook to disable 'ethnic affinities' advertising for credit extensions, housing and employment
Facebook will no longer allow advertising for certain things to exclude people from its ads based on race or ethnicity, it says.
This Way Up: Vehicle eye tracking technology
Fatigue, especially on the road, can kill, and that's why a big insurer here in New Zealand is encouraging its customers to try in-vehicle eye tracking technology. The system uses cameras and sensors… Audio
New Technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt on the patent war on a gene-editing tool, delivering fibre over power poles and the good and the bad of software updates. Audio
