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Robotics one of the hottest industries right now and its something Australians need to stay on top of, to compete for the jobs of tomorrow – programming them. Doug Morrison is a 28yo Aussie who had the opportunity to spend 5 months at Amazon Robotics in Berlin (November 2018...
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This week, one of Australia’s largest technology conferences is happening in Sydney. Melbourne-based UAM Tec (Underwater Autonomous Mapping Technology) used CEBIT 2019 as the launch platform for its first product. That product is an underwater submarine that can autonomously map the world’s oceans, lakes, and waterways. In many ways,...
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CSIRO have developed a new groundwater sensor system that will make environmental monitoring faster, more reliable and less labour intensive for the resources industry. CSIRO is now looking for partners to bring the technology to market. A prototype unit will be on display at the International Mining and Resources...
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Every year, the James Dyson Award gives students and recent graduates of engineering and design, the opportunity to showcase their ideas on a global stage. This year, the 2018 Award goes to Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani who created the O-Wind Turbine. Traditional wind turbines only capture wind travelling...
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Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO are now making mobile apps apparently. For the first time, Australian farmers can forecast grain yield at the touch of a button. Graincast allows growers to estimate yields ranging from a single paddock, right up to their entire farm. The app was developed by CSIRO...
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TED has today released a new talk today by encryption expert Vikram Sharma. The 11 minute talk focuses on world-first quantum research by his Canberra-based cybersecurity company, QuintessenceLabs. Vikram discusses the risks cyber attacks pose to businesses and governments, potentially destroying economies and swaying election results. Interestingly, the talk was...
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Researchers at RMIT have been turning to nature to improve camera technology. Here’s a quick science lesson, bees have 5 eyes, nope I didn’t know that either, and they use those eyes to filter light and understand the world their interacting with, very differently than any other animal. The...
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The Parkes Radio Telescope has been given a substantial upgrade in capability, thanks to high performance computing solutions company, XENON. As part of the Breakthrough Listen project, The Parkes Observatory in New South Wales will use XENON servers along with a fully redundant storage system to process vast amounts...
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Today the Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR) opens in Tasmania. The project is designed to learn more about the changes in climate by monitoring the southern oceans, so it makes sense its located in the southern most place in Australia. The project is a collaboration between CSIRO, China’s Qingdao...
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Our best research organisation, the CSIRO is getting a massive boost with a new 5 year commitment with leading aeronautical company Boeing. The two businesses have committed to continue working together on a broad range of areas of mutual interest including space sciences, advanced materials and manufacturing. This continues a...
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Australians are great at technology and science, with a long history that includes worldwide beneficial technologies like WiFi. Get ready to add another breakthrough to the list of successes for Australia. CSIRO and Deakin University claim to have, for the first time, created the capacity to produce carbon fibre...
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Australian startup, Quberider is a space education company that sends student experiments to the International Space Station. They have just become the first startup in Australia to get approval from the federal Government to fly a mission to space. The company springs from Sydney-based startup accelerator, Muru-D which is funded...
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Yesterday Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with Industry, Innovation and Science Minister, Christopher Pyne, announced his innovation agenda for Australia’s future. This package of strategies are designed to stimulate the #IdeasBoom, unlocking the creativity and innovative thinking that lives inside many Australians and turn that into jobs. Startups are risky ventures...
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Right now our Prime Minister is in France, set to discuss Australia’s renewable energy targets for the future in an effort to reduce our emissions and positively effect climate change. Back home our political parties are fighting over what our targets should be and the methods which will deliver...
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Most of us know Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn for it’s work on iPhones, iPad, PlayStation 4, Xbox and the Wii U, but with more than a million employees, the company has a rapidly expanding solar division. As the global movement to sustainable energy sources surges ahead, even developing countries like...
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If all weather segments looked like this, I’d watch all of them. In this insane augmented video, we see Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel, explain the anatomy of a tornado. The 3D graphics are overlayed on top of the standard video layer and with some strategic planning, pulls...
Robotics one of the hottest industries right now and its something Australians need to stay on top of, to compete for the jobs of tomorrow – programming them. Doug Morrison is a 28yo Aussie who had the opportunity to spend 5 months at Amazon Robotics in Berlin (November 2018...
This week, one of Australia’s largest technology conferences is happening in Sydney. Melbourne-based UAM Tec (Underwater Autonomous Mapping Technology) used CEBIT 2019 as the launch platform for its first product. That product is an underwater submarine that can autonomously map the world’s oceans, lakes, and waterways. In many ways,...
CSIRO have developed a new groundwater sensor system that will make environmental monitoring faster, more reliable and less labour intensive for the resources industry. CSIRO is now looking for partners to bring the technology to market. A prototype unit will be on display at the International Mining and Resources...
Every year, the James Dyson Award gives students and recent graduates of engineering and design, the opportunity to showcase their ideas on a global stage. This year, the 2018 Award goes to Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani who created the O-Wind Turbine. Traditional wind turbines only capture wind travelling...
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO are now making mobile apps apparently. For the first time, Australian farmers can forecast grain yield at the touch of a button. Graincast allows growers to estimate yields ranging from a single paddock, right up to their entire farm. The app was developed by CSIRO...
TED has today released a new talk today by encryption expert Vikram Sharma. The 11 minute talk focuses on world-first quantum research by his Canberra-based cybersecurity company, QuintessenceLabs. Vikram discusses the risks cyber attacks pose to businesses and governments, potentially destroying economies and swaying election results. Interestingly, the talk was...
Researchers at RMIT have been turning to nature to improve camera technology. Here’s a quick science lesson, bees have 5 eyes, nope I didn’t know that either, and they use those eyes to filter light and understand the world their interacting with, very differently than any other animal. The...
The Parkes Radio Telescope has been given a substantial upgrade in capability, thanks to high performance computing solutions company, XENON. As part of the Breakthrough Listen project, The Parkes Observatory in New South Wales will use XENON servers along with a fully redundant storage system to process vast amounts...
Today the Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR) opens in Tasmania. The project is designed to learn more about the changes in climate by monitoring the southern oceans, so it makes sense its located in the southern most place in Australia. The project is a collaboration between CSIRO, China’s Qingdao...
Our best research organisation, the CSIRO is getting a massive boost with a new 5 year commitment with leading aeronautical company Boeing. The two businesses have committed to continue working together on a broad range of areas of mutual interest including space sciences, advanced materials and manufacturing. This continues a...
Australians are great at technology and science, with a long history that includes worldwide beneficial technologies like WiFi. Get ready to add another breakthrough to the list of successes for Australia. CSIRO and Deakin University claim to have, for the first time, created the capacity to produce carbon fibre...
Australian startup, Quberider is a space education company that sends student experiments to the International Space Station. They have just become the first startup in Australia to get approval from the federal Government to fly a mission to space. The company springs from Sydney-based startup accelerator, Muru-D which is funded...
