Collaborating to build a new industry
If you want to replace livestock with urban transport, you invent the car. If you want to make it impossible for the USSR to destroy your military communications, you invent
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Power Shift
Electric cars are becoming increasingly common on Australian roads, and industrial players are investigating their use in commercial fleets, with one recent study from the University of Michigan finding electric
Manufacturing a better you
A US initiative is intending to kick start an industry in purpose built organs and tissues for human transplantation. Could we do the same thing in Australia – maybe even
Robots in motion
If you weren’t aware, autonomous robots (AMRs) moving materials around factory, warehouse and manufacturing floors is a booming business. According to US AMR maker OTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation, it’s
Rethinking plastics with nature in mind
It’s no secret plastic and oceans don’t mix. You’ve probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a 1.6m square kilometre area full of discarded plastic between North America and Japan,
Drones at Sea
Unmanned vehicles are in something of a renaissance. UAVs have been patrolling the skies of militarily sensitive regions for more than a decade, and regulatory frameworks – to say nothing
Samsara eating plastic
A pioneering group of Canberra chemical engineers is putting a hefty round of funding into the recycling science of tomorrow, and it might spell the end of one of our
A New Spin on Gears
Did people who drove the first cars look back at the horse-drawn carriage and wonder why something as obvious as a self-propelled vehicle took so long to invent? Some advances
Virtual travel from your desktop
You’ve landed back home after visiting your offshore oil rig when you realise you need to set up a meeting with that drilling rig assessor. Her email address is written
Data For Every Body
Imagine all the things you could do with an accurate digital representation of your body that includes height, weight and BMI, eye colour, muscle mass, bicep or calf girth, bone