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Relevant Research - April 2018

Welcome to our April issue of Relevant Research.  We hope you enjoy reading this month's selection of stories about the research by Otago Polytechnic staff and students.

Otago Polytechnic is involved in many different events to mark TechWeek 2018. I particularly want to draw your attention to the TEXpo, an exhibition of technology and innovation on Saturday 26 May. Please come, and bring your family. Check out our events webpage to find out about other events coming up. 

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies

Contents

Southern Steel performance analysis

Hi-tech helping hand for Southern Steel

by Shane Gilchrist

How can computers and machine learning help sports teams?

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On the beach

Who cares for the environment?

by Lesley Brook

Jo Thompson's research uncovers how and why people learn to care.

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Rangatahi Uruwhenua
AYA passport app

Information at your finger tips

by Lesley Brook

Our students have been helping the Southern DHB develop a new app for adolescents and young adults who are living with cancer.

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Waikato River flood near Glen Murray, New Zealand, 22 August 2008

Improving flood predictions

by Lesley Brook

Barnaby Pace has been exploring regional hazard management.

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Drone battery fires

by Lesley Brook

An Electrical Engineering student has invented a warning system to bring a drone down safely if it was at risk of catching fire.

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Minecraft world

Minecraft for learning

by Lesley Brook

Paul Admiraal and Elise Allen tested a popular game as a learning environment.

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Chinese supermarket - noodle aisle

Moving into e-commerce

by Lesley Brook

How might a business start selling online?

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Plants triangle

Sustainable professional practice

by Lesley Brook

How do we educate nurses who will minimise the resources they require?

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Marion Wassenaar, Ties That Bind, detail 2017, mixed media

Ties that bind

by Marion Wassenaar

Artist Marion Wassenaar teamed up with scientist Tanya Major to explore the suffering caused by gout.

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