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News archive: December 2019

These news items report on real world examples of innovation in technology. They show students the relevance of the skills they’re developing in the technology learning area.

You can use them to start discussions with students at all levels of the curriculum, building on their current understandings.

You can filter using keywords. Select a keyword under a news item to find others with the same keyword.

Children’s gifts that come in green

Eco-conscious presents range from a World Wildlife Fund ‘adoption’ to a tea set made of recycled plastic.

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Keywords: sustainable, toys, construction and mechanical, characteristics of technology
YouTuber explains why Toyota, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW are not offering more EVs

Statistics show that very few electric vehicles are actually being sold.

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Keywords: electric vehicles, transport, digital, construction and mechanical, characteristics of technology
Disney embraces indigenous peoples and their stories

Disney studio has taken a strong stance on treating indigenous stories in a respectful way.

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Keywords: movies, disney, cultural appropriation, digital, characteristics of technology
Morpurgo's Christmas (fire) cracker

Leopard Pictures and Factory created the animated version of Mimi and the Mountain Dragon for a Christmas release....

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Keywords: animation, film, digital technologies, technological modelling, characteristics of technology
Why Tesla's weird, new Cybertruck could be a hit

Making the Cybertruck different on the outside as it is on the inside separates it from the status quo....

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Keywords: electric truck, transport, digital, construction and mechanical, materials, characteristics of technology, characteristics of technological outcomes
Kenya installs the first solar power plant to transform ocean water into drinking water

Powered by solar energy, the desalination systems are housed in 20-foot shipping containers.

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Keywords: water, sustainability, solar, construction and mechanical, characteristics of technology

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