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FAQs about This Way Up:How many episodes does This Way Up have?The podcast currently has 526 episodes available.
September 17, 2016Beehive monitoringHivemind is a New Zealand company using sensors to measure things like the weight of the hive, temperature and bee movements in and out to help beekeepers keep an eye on what's happening in their hives. With Martin Laas of Midlands Apiaries and Christian Walsh from Hivemind....more14minPlay
September 17, 2016What colour is the internet?Peter Griffin with the latest tech news, and this week what colour is the internet?! It's a question that designers and businesses are wrestling with as they try to get us to spend as long as possible on their sites. Also the head of the UK's cybersecurity agency wants the internet to be filtered for malware; but how realistic is this?...more13minPlay
September 17, 2016This Way Up for Saturday 17 September 2016Line trimmers, tech (colour of the internet and web filtering plans), beehive monitoring using sensors, here comes the "hygge", and science news....more50minPlay
September 17, 2016Typing monkeysScience news with Dr Chris Smith. A team at Stanford is using brain computer interfaces to get monkeys to type at speeds of up to 12 words per minute. Throw in some predictive text (good old Autocorrect!) and technological improvements, and the technique could be used to help paralysed patients or those affected by conditions like motor neurone disease. Also a new way to store power from solar panels in water has been developed by scientists in Korea....more10minPlay
September 10, 2016This Way Up for 10 September 2016Eating insects, China's seafood crisis, rechargeable batteries and Snapchat....more50minPlay
September 10, 2016Flies as feedA less confronting way of introducing insects into our food chain could be to feed them to the animals we eat. Bryan Lessard is an insect specialist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He's championing the black soldier fly as a low cost and nutritious animal feed....more5minPlay
September 10, 2016Snapchat 101Snapchat's a messaging app that uses the power of images to connect an estimated 150 million daily users. With 10 billion videos watched on the platform every day, major businesses are also looking for a slice of all this attention. Tom Harding's the CEO of Mish Guru, a company helping organisations connect with potential customers via Snapchat....more10minPlay
September 10, 2016Death of the sweatshop and China's dangerous appetite for seafoodAccording to Adam Minter of Bloomberg View, the sweatshop model of low-cost labour could soon be consigned to history as it gives way to automation and technology. Plus China's booming fishing fleet and the country's amazing appetite for seafood - a combination that is having a drastic environmental and geopolitical impact....more11minPlay
September 10, 2016Which rechargeable battery is best?George Block of consumer.org.nz has been reviewing 11 flavours of rechargeable AA batteries to find out which ones are best, and can save you most cash. So how quickly do rechargeables go flat, how should you dispose of them, and do you need a special charger?...more9minPlay
September 10, 2016Eating insectsBex de Prospo and Peter Randrup run Anteater in Christchurch. They are supplying insects to New Zealand restaurants, and are trying to get more of us eating them....more13minPlay
FAQs about This Way Up:How many episodes does This Way Up have?The podcast currently has 526 episodes available.