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Keith Newman: Journalist

February 18, 2011 by  
Filed under 5 KURIOUS Kiwi Questions

Keith Newman is the author of ‘Ratana Revisited’, ‘Connecting the Clouds: The Internet in New Zealand’, ‘Ratana: The Prophet’ and ‘Bible & Treaty’. He has established himself over the past 20 years as one of New Zealand’s foremost Technology Journalists writing for mainstream media about telecommunications, computing and the Internet.

Clifford Stoll: 18 minutes with an agile mind

February 13, 2011 by  
Filed under VidStyle

Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he’s a scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

February 13, 2011 by  
Filed under VidStyle

Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. She talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion’s free culture.

Drinking the Bath Water

February 12, 2011 by  
Filed under VPL

From time to time when my children were small I used to fill the bath tub with hot water, added strawberry flavoured jelly crystals, stirred them until they had completely dissolved and the water temp had become tepid. After that, for sheer mad delight, the only other thing you needed to add was three small […]

Cynthia Breazeal: The Rise of Personal Robots

February 11, 2011 by  
Filed under VidStyle

As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realised: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids.

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