Image capturing of satellites orbiting the earth is set to be revolutionised with new images showing 60% more clarity.
Trishil Kyle Dahya spoke to University of Canterbury Associate Professor Steve Waddell about the work he has pioneered with the Computational Design and Adaption Research Group to capture clear images of low earth orbiting satellites and debris. Topics such as the funding stage of the project, as well as the use of Adaptive Optics to minimise atmospheric turbulence, and more form the basis of the conversation.
Tonight on Friendly Potential Radio, we hear from two Tāmaki touchstones - Friends Of All The World and Carlotta.
Friends Of All The World is an undersung producer and deejay who haunts Bandcamp and K Rd. Def check out his catalogue at friendsofalltheworld.bandcamp.com. He starts off with a witching hour set recorded at his brother's flat in Naarm.
Ladies and Gentleman hop on board Flight Morning Glory with Tuva'a and sit back and relax, while you get taken for a musical ride. During our flight, HINA and her band come onto the show and perform a magical set of songs live. As we land, we finish the show off with the Remix of the Day courtesy of MC Slave from the LoggCabin.
Last weekend, Friendly Potential hosted the wonderful Lauren Hansom in Auckland and Wellington. Tonight, we head back to the club, and hear the warm-up and closing sets from Saturday night at 121. We kick off with Simon ramping it up, and then close with Gus shutting it down.
We kick off the next episode of Friendly Potential Radio with Brotherhoodjz, two Tāmaki Makaurau-based brothers who champion amapiano and afro-house in Aotearoa. After that, we hear from Mr. Meaty Boy, a multi-disciplinary Pōneke-based Māori artist who runs WAY.PNT and is renowned for their genre-jumping club sets
While backstage in Cologne, Marlon Williams has a kōrero about castles, solo sets, and being curious. His albumMy Boy will be out 9 September and you can check out tickets for the tour here. Whakarongo mai nei!
Tāmaki Makaurau-based DJ Aw B has secured a bi-monthly residency at Pōneke's Club 121. The series, named 'Aw B B2B', sees her invite a special guest or two to play an all night back-to-back set at the club. This weekend, we share a two hour excerpt from the first event from early June, when Aw B and Hurricane Emily combined forces for the first time.
A recent announcement set aside $2.8m for a research agreement between Manaaki Whenua and Predator Free Rakiura.
Predator free means eliminating and studying the impacts of introduced predators in New Zealand, which impacts the ecology of the country as well as conservation efforts for native species.
Forest & Bird support the vision of Predator Free Rakiura Stewart Island and to understand why Casper spoke to spokesperson Dean Baigent-Mercer.
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