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  • 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.

  • HTS magnet a world first for "super microscope"

    HTS synchrotron magnet
    29 March, 2009

    The world’s first synchrotron magnet fitted with high-temperature superconducting coils is poised to be shipped from New Zealand to the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.

  • IRL team behind innovative HTS cable wins leading science award

    Cooper Medal 2008
    18 September, 2008

    The IRL science and engineering team that cracked the difficult task of turning fragile high temperature superconducting (HTS[?]) wire into cable has won the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Cooper Medal.

  • Smart technology helps dairy farmers

    Cows
    26 August, 2008

    Rotorua company, Technipharm has worked with IRL to develop a drafting and teat spraying system which can detect where a cow is as the herd files out of the milking shed and adjust automatic teatspraying for maximum effect.

  • R&D key to business growth

    Shoppers
    27 May, 2008

    An Auckland company which is now a world leader in its field is a prime example of how research and development funding can turn a good idea into a multi-million dollar business.

  • Breakthrough cable opens door to global HTS market

    HTS cable
    28 February, 2008

    A revolutionary high temperature superconducting cable is set to significantly increase New Zealand’s competitive advantage in the emerging global HTS[?] market.

  • New dental device a promising weapon in cancer arsenal

    Dental device
    14 November, 2007

    A visit to the dentist in the near future could not only save your molars, it could also save your life. That’s the message from Mony Paz, managing director of Biomedics (NZ) Limited, and developer of a revolutionary illumination and screening device which could provide dentists with an invaluable tool for the early detection of oral cancer.

  • Orchid industry anticipates automation boost

    Orchids
    14 November, 2007

    Automation and machinery may seem an anathema when considering the delicate and ethereal beauty of the orchid. But an Auckland orchid grower is endeavouring to bring the two together to create a more high-tech and efficient orchid export industry for New Zealand.

  • Green light for second radar breast imaging study

    Breast imaging
    14 November, 2007

    The Breast Cancer Research Trust has recently confirmed a further research grant to Industrial Research for a second pilot study on breast cancer patients, commencing in March 2008.

  • Kiwis star performers in telescope project

    Lens - flare
    19 July, 2005

    KiwiStar Optics recently completed work on the biggest and most accurate telescope lens ever made in New Zealand, for the most expensive land based telescope in the world.