Technology

UNSW Sunswift Racing claims Bridgestone World Solar Challenge victory after wind drama in Outback
UNSW student team ranked #1 in prestigious solar car race across Australia despite weather conditions preventing all Cruiser Class competitors from completing the full 3600km distance from Darwin to Adelaide.

Opinion: We must future-proof Australia’s high-performance-computing framework
Stuart Strickland, COO of WA based DUG Technology identifies issues within Australia’s High Performance Computing framework.

Minister opens new high-tech robotics manufacturing facility Sydney
Australian AI-based robotics and navigation firm Advanced Navigation has opened a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems at UTS Tech Lab in Sydney.

Cybernetics: study this new type of engineering bringing together people and tech
Cybernetics is a type of engineering study exploring big dynamic systems, like the internet, the environment, governments, cultures and even our own bodies. It is also about building new systems that bring together people, technology and the environment.

Conference maps AI revolution set to overhaul every industry
Artificial intelligence-powered tutors for every child, state-of-the-art medical developments and the death of the call centre are among some of the ways AI will revolutionise every industry sector, a conference has been told.

Research to merge human brain cells with AI secures national defence funding
Monash University-led research into growing human brain cells onto silicon chips, with new continual learning capabilities to transform machine learning, has been awarded almost $600,000 AUD in the prestigious National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program.

Novel approach offers cheap, reliable positioning systems for robots
QUT researchers have developed a unique and improved approach to the way robots see, with the aim of making cheap and reliable positioning systems for applications such as service robots and general autonomous vehicle systems.

The ‘flip-flop’ qubit: realisation of a new quantum bit in silicon controlled by electric signals
New type of quantum bit combines the exquisite quantum properties of single atoms with easy controllability using electric signals.

New chatbot goes online to fight image-based abuse
Experts in abusive online behaviour say their world-first AI chatbot will help people report incidents of image-based abuse and find support.

Cyber security experts identify new threat to blockchain technology
A joint study between CDU and the University of Tehran identified a new vulnerability in blockchain technology that threatens its use in Industry 4.0.

How well can AI understand the Hon Ed Husic MP’s recent speech?
To test the skills of open source artificial research laboratory OpenAI, we asked it to ‘write a 500 word news article for web on this speech’.

CSIRO brokers new partnerships to foster tech talent
CSIRO is developing partnerships with businesses and universities to fund up to 195 university student scholarships for the Next Generation Graduates programs.

Crypto scams will increase over the holidays – here’s what you need to know to not fall victim
Researchers from Deakin University’s Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation had an opportunity to interview recent victims of these scams. Here is what they found.

Digital skills gap at all-time high
Seventy five per cent of IT decision-makers report a gap in digital skills, 145% over the previous year.

Monash wins Algorand boost for blockchain technologies in the Pacific
Blockchain project aims to develop sustainable and innovative blockchain technology for the Pacific region.

World-first experiment using drones for wildlife health checks
Signal processing techniques detect vital signs in wildlife from drone footage.

Meet Clive, UniSA’s first off-the-shelf quadruped
Meet Clive, UniSA’s first off-the-shelf quadruped robot who joins the UniSA STEM academic unit.

UNSW receives major crypto gift to fund open-source AI tool to prevent pandemics
Major crypto gift to fund UNSW’s open-source artificial intelligence tool to prevent pandemics

Universities blaze a trail to commercialise defence research
A bid, led by the University of Adelaide in partnership with the UNSW, has been endorsed to assist the country’s economic recovery under the Trailblazer Universities Program.

Plant-based patties, lab-grown meat and insects: how the protein industry is innovating
As demand for alternative protein sources grows, Australians are increasingly looking for options that are healthy, sustainable and ethically made.

Engineering diamonds to unlock computing potential
Researchers will engineer the diamond computer chip that sits at the heart of diamond quantum computers.

5 reasons to switch to cloud hosting
Data is the new gold and digital innovation is re-shaping every facet of every business. Here are five reasons your organisation needs cloud hosting such as a Virtual Data Centre (VDC)

The best in humans and machines combine to reimagine intelligence
The new $12 million Collaborative Intelligence Future Science Platform aims to maximise the benefits of both human and machine intelligence.

Australia and United States partner to build quantum
Quantum partnership to promote research and development, and greater market access for quantum businesses in both nations.