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    Queensland road trip to test AI on real Aussie roads

    Open Forum     |      February 17, 2019

    QUT researchers will take an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system on a road trip of south-east Queensland to ensure the autonomous cars of the future will be smart enough to handle tough Australian road conditions.

    • Science and Technology

    UNSW Sydney engineers want to mine water on the moon

    Open Forum     |      February 11, 2019

    A team of engineers from the University of New South Wales wants to capitalise on unique Australian expertise to help potential investors understand the true costs and risks of mining resources beyond the bounds of planet Earth.

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    Blockchain of things: Could blockchain save IoT?

    Stefan Ateljevic     |      January 26, 2019

    Blockchain technology might not solve all the security challenges facing Internet of Things networks and devices, but could certainly help solve several major problems.

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    Prouder than ever to be Australian

    Michelle Simmons     |      January 25, 2019

    Professor Michelle Simmons looks back on her time as Australian of the Year, before handing the baton over to the next award recipient this week.

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    New analytics platform will help future-proof farms

    Open Forum     |      January 23, 2019

    CSIRO and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services have launched a new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology to deliver reliable, independent and robust farm data and analytics.

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    VR thrill rides need more than technology to sell them

    Amanda Weaver     |      January 20, 2019

    If creators don’t get virtual reality right for thrill rides the concept of VR as entertainment could be set back years; mirroring its habit of riding waves of popularity before falling into obscurity over the past two decades.

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    ‘Ultra” ultrasound could revolutionise technology

    Open Forum     |      January 17, 2019

    A new, more sensitive method to measure ultrasound may improve a wide range of technology from medical devices to driverless vehicles.

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    A driverless future? Don’t believe the hype

    Graham Currie     |      January 15, 2019

    Old fashioned public transport, rather than new business models such as uber or new technology in the form of driverless cars, will remain the backbone of urban mass transport for the foreseeable future.

    • Science and Technology

    Future robots will be more R2D2 than C3PO

    Open Forum     |      January 14, 2019

    Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have offered a bold glimpse into what the robots of the future could look like – and it’s nothing like C3PO, or a T-800 Terminator.

    • Science and Technology

    Why belief in a flat Earth is increasing

    Anders Furze     |      January 12, 2019

    The Earth is demonstrably a sphere, and yet belief in a ‘flat Earth’ is increasing. However amusing at first glance, this misapprehension points to people’s increasing preference for ill informed internet bubbles rather than expert analysis or fact based critical thinking.

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    Insurance companies, advanced technology and you

    David Tuffley     |      January 11, 2019

    Companies of all kinds are embracing technology to reduce costs and increase profits, and the insurance industry is no exception. China’s surveillance state gives a glimpse of one dystopian future using AI and exploiting the technology to maximise private profit is another. 

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    Will China’s moon landing start a new space race?

    Wendy Whitman Cobb     |      January 9, 2019

    China’s rise is posing a challenge in space as well as planet Earth for the USA and its allies. However just as competition with the USSR advanced technology in the 1960s, a new space race should generate opportunities as well as threats.

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