All “Technology” topics

One New Zealand (One NZ) has recently partnered with SpaceX’s satellite unit Starlink to provide nationwide direct-to-cell coverage. The partnership was announced as part of plans to provide coverage to 100 per cent of the country and could spell the end of blackspots once and for all.

With a vision to maximise storage space and revenue, automate storage systems and capitalise on a booming growth market, Boxman Managing Director Mat Charles knew there had to be a better way to offer container storage in New Zealand.

A combination of problems facing the trucking industry opened the opportunity for a new kind of solution: autonomous technology for heavy-duty trucks.

Auckland Transport (AT) has selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to deliver an AI-enhanced video feed to optimise transport routes, promote public transportation, and support decision-making for law enforcement.

Firms are currently facing highly turbulent environments, with strong doses of dynamism, complexity, and uncertainty. Work has become knowlege intensive and geographically dispersed. In such a context, knowing the mechanisms that allow organisations to detect environmental changes and being able to adapt and offer the proper response to them becomes especially relevant.

Samuel Vye, co-founder of Tauranga’s Envico Technologies (formerly Environment & Conservation Technologies), discusses with Daniel Dunt the future of drones in conservation efforts, problems facing the industry, and why this innovative technology is not only for big business.

Drones are proving to be versatile and effective tools in the coronavirus epidemic. Yet with drone regulation still in its infancy, their potential is not fully exploited.

Drones offer a cost-effective aerial platform enabling other technologies, unlocking new applications and disrupting traditional business models. Advances in sensing, measuring and optical technologies, combined with improvements in drone capabilities, have driven great interest in using drones in new ways.

Six vessels that deviated from planned paths and ran aground in as many years and under similar circumstances is being described as “Groundhog Day”, and likely due to a reluctance to embrace technology.

The NZ Transport Agency has worked with local government and private providers to produce the National Road Centreline – an online data resource for use by all. As Louisa Bloomer writes – it was as much about building relationships as it was about building roads.

A staggering 41% of New Zealand’s commercial transport operators experience symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), according to health and safety company Fit for Duty.

In recent years, China’s traditional foreign trade has slowed down, while cross-border e-commerce has maintained a rapid growth rate.

New Zealand’s approach to fatigue management, particularly for commercial and heavy vehicle drivers, may soon go under the microscope, according to the Ministry of Transport.