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  • Wellingtonian of the Year Award for world-leading IRL scientist

    Bob Buckley
    27 November, 2009

    World-leading physicist and IRL  Group Manager, HTS[?] Conductors and Devices, Dr Bob Buckley last night won Wellingtonian of the Year in the Science & Technology category.

  • Royal recognition for IRL engineer

    Paul Harris
    19 November, 2009

    IRL Research Engineer Paul Harris was last night awarded the RJ Scott medal for his significant contributions to the development and application of electronic devices in New Zealand.

  • Win-win for What's Your Problem New Zealand? finalists

    WYPNZ competition finalists
    10 November, 2009

    While Resene got the lion's share of the publicity for winning What's Your Problem New Zealand? it would be an understatement to say the other nine finalists presented outstanding proposals.

  • Sharing the gains from meat mechanisation

    Sheep
    10 November, 2009

    Ovine Automation Limited (OAL) Manager Richard McColl believes the R&D consortium which was recently awarded funding of more than $7 million is only scratching the surface of potential automation projects in the meat industry, and the future benefits for New Zealand industry could be enormous.

  • Testing IRL's metal

    Iron-based superconductivity
    10 November, 2009

    IRL’s world-leading copper oxide-based high temperature superconductor researchers are now turning their attention to one of the world’s oldest known metals — iron.

  • Siemens cable deal proves tipping point for superconductor industry

    HTS Tapescope system
    10 November, 2009

    Two years of painstaking work by IRLs high temperature superconductivity  team has culminated in the manufacture and sale of the world’s longest second-generation HTS[?] cables.

  • 'Smart art' brings Maori sculptures to life

    Pulsing koru
    29 October, 2009

    In a union of art and science, smart materials combined with robotic technologies are being used to make Maori kowhaiwhai (painted designs) come alive.

  • Ingenious engineering takes 2009 IRL prize

    Mechanical Engineering Awards 2009
    28 October, 2009

    The 2009 IRL prize for the best demonstration in robotics or automation has been awarded to final-year Auckland University Mechanical Engineering students Dzulfadli Ibrahim and Luqman Kamarudin for their project, "Propeller prototyping for an unmanned aerial vehicle".

  • Scientists on trail of squeaky hip mystery

    Hip prosthesis
    30 June, 2009

    When an undercover police officer realised his squeaking hip implant was jeopardising covert surveillance work, his surgeon turned to IRL to help solve the problem.

  • Automation technology to transform meat industry

    28 June, 2009

    The New Zealand meat production industry is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar investment in automation technology research and development.