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New Zealand is far from unique in deploying biometric tools to solve major social challenges. As the technology has matured and improved in recent years, facial recognition has been increasingly deployed to take advantage of the increased speed, safety, ... Read more...

Building on the previous Vertiv™ SmartAisle™ technology, the SmartAisle 3 is a fully-integrated data centre ecosystem consisting of racks, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), thermal management and monitoring, and physical security. Read more...

New capabilities will transform how industries leverage generative AI to improve efficiency and drive sustainability in performance optimization Read more...

Plant & Food Research and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to cooperate on an initiative, and the New Zealand research institute has also secured a contract with Quezon City, the largest city in metropolitan Manila. Signing ceremonies ... Read more...

By seamlessly integrating driver positioning, facial, and physiological measurements, alongside driver assistance metrics that analyse and detect outward-facing actions like following distance, lane adherence, and harsh manoeuvring, these devices provide ... Read more...

A team of NIWA scientific divers have successfully searched for a freshwater freak of nature in Otago’s alpine lakes. They have unearthed plants that comprise moss and liverwort species, which are collectively known as deep-water bryophytes when ... Read more...

16 research projects have been selected for funding through the latest round of the Government’s Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund. Read more...

Every debt, eventually, has to be repaid. Right now, the day of reckoning is fast approaching for one of the most crippling, but least discussed, debts burdening government across New Zealand – technical debt. Technical debt is the cost of generations ... Read more...

The 2024 Armis Cyberwarfare Report, The Invisible Front Line: AI-Powered Cyber Threats Illuminate the Dark Side, is based on a study of over 2,600 global IT decision-makers and proprietary data from Armis Labs. Read more...

Ben Exton is the first engineer outside of academia to receive the Ivan Skinner Award, which is funded by EQC Toka Tū Ake. Read more...