Thursday, November 28, 2024

4 Paws NZ

November 7, 2010 by  
Filed under kiwiStyle

“Assistance Dogs make the lives of children suffering from Autism better. These dogs will significantly improve the quality of life of children, particularly with regards to increased health, safety and independence. The dogs are valued at $USD15,000 each and have been hugely subsidised at a cost of $NZD3,000 thanks to the generosity of 4PAWS For […]

Serious Materials

November 7, 2010 by  
Filed under mindStyle

“By re-engineering common products that use or lose the most energy, Serious Materials aims to develop and manufacture breakthroughs in product performance that save their customers money and energy, without requiring changes in behavior or in how products are used. The ‘built environment’ is responsible for 52% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide compared to only […]

Medic Mobile

November 1, 2010 by  
Filed under mindStyle

“Is free and enables large-scale, two-way text messaging using only a laptop, a GSM modem, and inexpensive cell phones. Its aim is to advance healthcare networks in under served communities using innovative, appropriate mobile technologies. Every day, more than 450,000 mobile phones in the USA find their way into desk drawers or rubbish bins and […]

The Windowfarms Project

October 19, 2010 by  
Filed under mindStyle

“These vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens are built using low-impact or recycled local materials. Windowfarms is a vertical urban farming project for New York City apartment windows. The system is made from common water bottles and inexpensive parts available at hardware and hydroponic stores. It is supported by an information crowd-sourcing effort. […]

The Human Brain Bank

October 18, 2010 by  
Filed under kiwiStyle

“The N.Z Neurological Foundation Human Brain Bank is established in the Department of Anatomy with Radiology. The bank provides tissue for research programmes such as the pattern of cell death and chemical changes in Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Epilepsy and Motor Neuron Disease. N.Z. Neuroscientist Professor Richard Faull, whose world-leading research on the […]

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