Innovative hydro-power
Taranaki company is using a large measure of Kiwi ingenuity to market its innovative micro hydro power systems. Liz Light has the story.
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All lights and whistles
The lighting system at SkyCity’s recently-opened convention centre is acknowledged
as one of the country’s most sophisticated - blending spectacular effects with unlimited flexibility and precision, fingertip control. Lawrence Schäffler investigates.
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Simply vantastic
While not as highly contested as some other automotive segments, vans definitely have their place on New Zealand roads. Sean Willmot reviews the market.
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Electricity Modernisation
In 1996 a major energy conference in Rotorua sounded the alarm bells about the need for improvements in electricity load management to create a margin of much-need electricity reserves. Nearly ten years later there has been virtually no progress towards utilising demand-response management (DR) which, along with Distributed Generation (DG), offers New Zealand a way out of its current energy bind.
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Smart Homes
Home is where the IQ is. Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. Electrical Technology talks to smarthome proponents Eric Sagmeister and Shane Walls-Harris.
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A day in the life of a smart home owner
A day in the life of a 2010 smart-home owner
(As visualised by Eric and Shane)
Bill Gate¹s Microsoft vision for home technologies is not far from reality.
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