This week on The Playbook, we focus on the sport of motors! We're joined by our first guest, Emilia Sullivan, who is an avid motorsports fan! The exhilarating world of fast cars and bikes has always been a controversial and fun sport to be apart of, and that's what this episode is all about! We'll be covering everything, from Formula 1 to Lawn Mower Racing. That's us for this week on The Playbook!
Jonny chats to Dr Bryan Ruddy of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute about his work with healthcare robots, and how his involvement BattleBots bootstarted his research into making motors, and robots, more effective. Thanks to Waiapapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly caught up with Caroline Puente-Lelievre, who's research with the School of Biological Sciences has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature’s first motors, which developed 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago to propel bacteria. Whakarongo mai nei!
Spinal cord injuries are common in New Zealand, and 40% are a result motor vehicle accidents. They often have a major impact over the lives of those injured, which is why effective treatment is being sought by the international science community. A budding researcher at the forefront of this field from the University of Auckland, Jarred Griffin, is doing some interesting research into how gene therapy might treat such injuries. Ximena speaks to him about his findings.
Get your motor running, yr motorcycling Worship's here with some news about fixing up Auckland's beaches and phasing out the plastic bag. Listen in as we talk timeframes, rates dollars and, Mike's recurring favourite, helicopters.
Dr. Bryan Ruddy from the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute chats to Rachel and Tess about how the biological muscle system is being used as an inspiration for the design of a motor, that could enable robots to move more like us. We're not talking scary robots from films, we're talking about the kind that can assist those recovering from strokes or injuries. Interesting stuff!
Campbell digs Japan, and he's just back from a ten day jaunt of well curated record stores, incredible food and many greetings of "Arigato gozaimasu!"
His set this month is full of raw, soulful heaters and cosmic jazz-funk that makes you screw your face up like you accidentally ate the ball of wasabi along with your sashimi. All time Swap Meet fave Garfield Fleming’s 'Don’t Send Me Away' still hits like heartbreak on vinyl, that pleading vocal over lush orchestration is pure modern soul gold. And then there’s Mystic Harmony’s Lovers Rock take on The Jones Girls' 'Nights Over Egypt' deep, spiritual, and epic. Add Freedom Suite 'Come Closer' to that category: a rare groove Trini disco dub with the kind of bassline that makes you look around the room for someone else who heard that. The funkier edges really pop off with Wild Fire 'The Dealer' another Trinidadian gem that’s psych-funk with fuzz guitar and heavy attitude.
Campbell keeps it moving with the glistening disco of Chantal Curtis ‘Get Another Love’ to Booker Newberry III’s ‘Love Town’, there’s that roller-skate-ready shimmer. Then off to Brasil with Alma Brasileira ‘Peixeiro’ a choro inflected samba and Dom Salvador’s ‘Barumba’, all syncopated rhythms and raw, earthy joy. On the modern tip, Cool Affair ‘Motoric Patterns (Kaidi Tatham Mix)’ slides in with some proper bruk energy: Kaidi doing what he does best. Mr Ngata has the jazzheads covered too - and we also gotta keep pumping current faves The Circling Sun!
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