Heh. Kiwis will save us all. (Not sarcastic- I am truly blown away by the number of innovations that come out of New Zealand. By population, you get far more than your share. )
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sterling: I am truly blown away by the number of innovations that come out of New Zealand. By population, you get far more than your share.
:: curious :: Such as?
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
I suppose it's a good thing, although the article is so vague that I'm left not knowing whether to take it seriously.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
QUOTE: :: curious :: Such as?
NZ innovations/inventions: first suuccessful shipment of refrigerated meat (exporting to Britain in the 19th Century) electric fences jet boats bungy jumping disposable syringes tranquilliser darts stamp vending machines jogging spreadable butter EARTH SHATTERING INVENTIONS ALL!!
QUOTE: I suppose it's a good thing, although the article is so vague that I'm left not knowing whether to take it seriously.
The article's pretty much as reported on the news cast. The fact that the government's bankrolling them to the tune of $NZ12m means that they're taking it pretty seriously.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Sounds fantastic. I'll believe it when I can fill up on it.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Yup. What happened to all that hydrogen technology that Detroit's supposed to have repressed?
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
quote:The article's pretty much as reported on the news cast. The fact that the government's bankrolling them to the tune of $NZ12m means that they're taking it pretty seriously.
I hear ya, but based on the kinds of things that occasionally get government funding in this country (US), that's still not enough to convince me the technology has real promise. Perhaps the NZ gov't has a better track record.
quote:Yup. What happened to all that hydrogen technology that Detroit's supposed to have repressed?
It comes up in dreams, and in occasional Freudian slips when Detroit means to be talking about something else. "We're going to enact a program to prevent hydrogen...err...heroin use...Ahem."
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Ha. I wonder when the asassination squads will be activated against this NZ research group...
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:Yup. What happened to all that hydrogen technology that Detroit's supposed to have repressed?
Middle-Earth has saved us!!!
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: NZ innovations/inventions: first suuccessful shipment of refrigerated meat (exporting to Britain in the 19th Century) electric fences jet boats bungy jumping disposable syringes tranquilliser darts stamp vending machines jogging spreadable butter
But when you combine all nine of those inventions into one evening...
--Enigmatic
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
...And partial responsibility for the three-dimensional printer that can print copies of itself that was discussed, I believe, on the opposite side of the board.
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
The future is bright, the future is All Black...
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Ah, the All Blacks, the best rugby team in the world once again taking an early exit from the World Cup but then hammering everyone else (90% of the time anyway) in every other competition in the years between world cups! GAAAGGHHH!!!
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