Posts Tagged 'New Zealand'
Rounding The Corner On A Zip Line [video]
Published May 29, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: amusement park, mechanical engineering, New Zealand, OSHA, safety, Tom Scott, video, zip line
Most Powerful Photos Of This Week – March 22, 2019
Published March 25, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: flooding, New Zealand, photography, photojournalism, picture, Politics
From the outpouring of support following last week’s mass shooting at a New Zealand mosque to the historic flooding that has gripped the Midwest, these are the most striking and memorable pictures from this past week.
Electric Fence Used As Heart Defibrillator – And It’s Not Trumpcare
Published May 3, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: atrial fibrillation, Hamilton, health care, Heart Defibrillator, irregular heart beat, John Griffin, Kiwi, medicine, New Zealand, Republicare, Trumpcare, Waikato Hospital
According to the New Zealand Herald –
A Hamilton man has taken Kiwi ingenuity to a whole new level after using his neighbour’s 8000 volt electric fence to jump-start his heart. John Griffin suffers from atrial fibrillation [AF] – an irregular heartbeat which, if left untreated, could lead to a stroke. One of the treatments for the condition is electric shock by defibrillator. But when Griffin got frustrated with the emergency department during an episode, he went home and ended up using his neighbour’s fence to get a shock instead.
Beverly Clock Has Not Been Wound In 150 Years
Published April 11, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Arthur Beverly, atmospheric pressure, Beverly Clock, clock mechanism, Dunedin, efficiency, efficient, New Zealand, temperature change, time piece, University of Otago
The Beverly Clock[1] is a clock situated in the 3rd floor lift foyer of the Department of Physics at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. The clock is still running despite never having been manually wound since its construction in 1864 by Arthur Beverly.[2]
Meet The Original Bungee Jumper [video]
Published February 8, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: B.A.S.E. jump, Base Jump, bungee jump, Chris Sigglekow, New Zealand, video
Truck Used To Simulate Earthquakes
Published September 12, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Christchurch, earthquake, geology, George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, liquefaction, mobile hydraulic shaker, New Zealand, research, T-Rex, UT Austin
The shaking of minor earthquakes can feel like a garbage truck driving by. T-Rex is no plain old garbage truck though. The 64,000-pound “mobile hydraulic shaker” is designed specifically to make the ground rattle and jolt—all so scientists can study how the ground reacts to earthquakes.
Awakening – New Zealand [video]
Published May 20, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Landscape, New Zealand, photography, sunrise, sunset, travel, video
The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011
Published December 4, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 2011, Christchurch, earthquake, Japan's tsunami, Joplin, Missouri, New Zealand, news, pic, picture, Politics, powerful, protest, striking, Thailand, tornado, unrest
Bacon For Vegetarians? [video]
Published May 16, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bacon, funny, humor, Kiwi Bacon, meat, New Zealand, pork, vegetarian, video
More American Jobs Outsourced
Published November 15, 2009 Uncategorized 2 CommentsTags: Auckland, California, California Milk Advisory Board, employment, happy cows, New Zealand, outsource
The California Milk Advisory Board may have shot itself in the hoof. The board, which promotes the state’s dairy farmers and is overseen by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, is again preparing to film commercials touting California milk from California cows — in New Zealand. In January, it plans to shoot part of its new series of 10 California “Happy Cows” TV commercials in Auckland, taking advantage of that country’s low production costs.
New Zealand’s New ‘Gas’ Tax
Published October 6, 2008 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: fart, Kyoto, methane, New Zealand
New Zealand plans to tax farts – no sh@t. Read the BBC article.