Technology

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.

New Australian imaging technology set to provide better insight into aircraft stress
Australian invention provides real time imagery that helps quantify material stress and detect fatigue cracks

Tech heavy-weights combined forces to form new industry association
Leaders in Australian tech companies combine forces to shape Australia’s digital future.

How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the ISS
Twenty straight years of life in space makes the ISS the ideal “natural laboratory” to understand how societies function beyond Earth.

Women in AI and Data Science awards
Innovative women in AI (artificial intelligence) and data science from Australia and New Zealand are being recognised at the first ever event in Sydney.

Bioinformation is about to change the world
We are now at the point when synthetic biology techniques can allow information to flow from digital systems into living organisms, paving the way for technologies of vast potential, say Macquarie University researchers.

AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour
Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning more about how to work with (and on) humans.

CyberSeek launched to close Australia’s cybersecurity talent gap
An interactive mapping tool that tracks the state of the Australian cyber security job market in real time and provides data on the talent gap within the sector

Stone & Chalk and AustCyber merge
Stone & Chalk and AustCyber merge to accelerate growth for Australian emerging technology companies

COVID-19, cameras and AI: the story of a pandemic drone
World-first technology combines engineering, drones, cameras, and artificial intelligence to monitor people’s vital health signs remotely.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Google partner for quantum pharma R&D
Quantum computing offers the potential to significantly accelerate and optimize the discovery of future new medicines for patients

Machine learning to help prevent seizures and monitor patients
Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have developed new implantable devices equipped with machine learning to help prevent seizures and monitor patients after brain surgery.

Australian hospitals are under constant cyber attack.
Recently, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) issued warnings to Australian health-care providers that it had observed an increase in cyber incidents targeting the sector.

First-of-its-kind chatbot developed to support genetic counselling
Scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, in partnership with Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, have developed an Australian-first digital conversation agent (a ‘chatbot’) that could support patients in making informed decisions about genomic testing for future health risks.

Three examples of bold quantum science
Accelerated by university research, quantum technology goes far beyond computers. Here are three examples of bold quantum science.

The Quantum Revolution scales up
Quantum mechanics began as curiosity-driven university research into fundamental physics, and now drives advances in everything from computing, communications, mining and medicine to finance.

ANSTO’s partnership with the National Robotics & Automation Group
The National Robotics and Automation Group (NRAG) has been established as a collaboration of leading Southern Sydney based industrial automation, robotics and technology companies.