No.8 Re-charged

Book excerpt: Take notice, world, New Zealand is undergoing a re-charge. The 'No. 8 wire' thinking we have been so proud of is being expanded and improved. No. 8 Re-charged tells a compelling and accessible story of modern New Zealand and its world-beating products and ideas. From drone technology to electric farm bikes and computer graphics, from space-age umbrellas to fitness trackers and the world’s leading DJ software — New Zealand developers, entrepreneurs and companies are winning in areas where no one thought we could even compete. Chapters: 1. Up in the Air - Planes, Drones and Rockets 2. The Human Body - From Hospital Beds to Cancer Breakthroughs 3. Social Innovation - Change, for Good 4. It’s all Fun and Games - It's about Serious Fun 5. Of Water and the Sea - Boats, Anchors and Surfboards 6. Machines, Large and Small - Large, loud and Globally Successful 7. Film and Pictures - Screen Stars, Large and Small 8. The Land of the Clouds - Aoraki and Aotearoa 9. Down on the Farm - Robots, Designer Cows and Turtle Tracking 10. Global Fingerprints - From New Zealand to the World