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Report

The global information technology report 2016


Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016.
Evaluation

Game coding workshops in New Zealand public libraries: evaluation of a pilot project


Participants were taken step by step through the process of creating their own simple 2D videogame, learning the basics of coding, computational thinking, and digital game design. The workshops were free and drew 426 people across the seven locations. 85% of participants completed an online evaluation form at the end of the workshop. We evaluated...
Policy report

Review of data security, consent and opt-outs


Recommendations to strengthen security of health and care information and ensure people can make informed choices about how their data is used.
Report

ADF capability snapshot 2016: C4ISR—winning in the networked battlespace


Overview This paper provides an assessment and overview of the ADF’s command, control, computing, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (known commonly as ‘C4ISR’) capabilities in the context of the ADF’s goal of pursuing a network-centric warfare capability. The paper is the final part of a series of ADF ‘capability snapshots’. The previous three ( Navy...
Conference paper

Life cycle cost of standalone solar photovoltaic system powering evaporative cooler and heat pump water heater for Australian remote homes


Deploying standalone solar air-conditioning systems in residential buildings forms a radical demand-side energy management solution for eliminating the peak electricity demand from residential air-conditioning. For existing grids to meet this demand a correspondingly major investment is required to extend the capacity of the infrastructure. For any standalone solar air-conditioner to become acceptable to individual residents...