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Protecting the bones and muscles of children with cerebral palsy
9 September 2019
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) talk about their potentially life-changing research into cerebral palsy.
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Bioengineer jets off to NASA to study drones for planetary exploration
30 August 2019
Bioengineer Finbar Argus has been awarded a scholarship to NASA, where he'll be looking at the aerodynamics of aircraft such as drones for planetary exploration.
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A watch-like device that helps people feel the music
28 August 2019
A wearable device which allows people to feel music, developed by researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, is "life-changing" according to one deaf user.
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Why you should go jump off a table
15 August 2019
“If you want to excite the bones, and get your bones to respond to that, the best thing you can do is jump off a table,” says Associate Professor Thor Besier. “Do that ten times, and your bones will receive more stimulus than if you went for a walk for two hours.”
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It’s the final countdown
31 July 2019
After three years, New Zealand’s largest-ever fundraising campaign is coming to an end.
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Checking in for The Check Up
29 July 2019
Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of TVNZ’s myth-busting health series, The Check Up, with co-presenter and FMHS senior lecturer, Dr Mataroria Lyndon.
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Encouraging students to stick with the STEM subjects
11 July 2019
Almost 100 year 9 and 10 students in the Waikato region got up close and personal with researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute on Innovation Day this week.
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$6m for new Gisborne MRI research lab targeting concussion, heart disease
11 July 2019
University of Auckland's Dr Samantha Holdsworth heads up Mātai, a new not-for-profit medical imaging research and innovation centre in Tairāwhiti Gisborne.
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Māori working with and for Māori in health research, and for better vision
10 July 2019
Dr Jason Turuwhenua of the ABI has successfully led a trial that builds a new model of engagement for researchers working with Māori and Pacific communities.
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$5m boost to hunt for new way to control blood pressure
26 June 2019
Half the New Zealanders being treated for blood pressure don’t have it under control, says a University of Auckland researcher who has been awarded nearly $5 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to look at the problem from a completely different angle.
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Now everyone can read subtitles, whenever they want
19 June 2019
A new technology developed by ABI researchers allows the hearing-impaired to watch a movie at whatever cinema they like, whenever they want to.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship: The shape of things to come
3 June 2019
To move beyond an economy founded on agriculture and tourism, NZ needs the type of entrepreneurial activity being undertaken by researchers at the University of Auckland.
