Mining exploration traditionally involves locating a site that might have valuable resource underground and then drilling numerous and expensive holes to find out for sure. Professor David Thiel from the…
The APP FACTORY
Apps are happening. An industry that only came into being seven years ago with the launch of the first iPhone has quickly become a global technological phenomenon. How phenomenal? As…
One step closer: the Lima climate change agreement
Late last year in Lima, the world community successfully negotiated an agreement to conclude the 20th conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Admittedly, these negotiations…
The 3D printed bicycle
A quick Google search of ‘bike fitting’ demonstrates the lengths people go to find the perfect bike set-up. Saddle height, stem-to-saddle distance, frame size, the list goes on. But what…
OMG, YouTube a valuable educational tool, not just cat videos
For many, YouTube is little more than a deluge of low-quality videos depicting the latest internet craze or conspiracy theory, perhaps some painful-looking accident, music videos and video-bloggers of dubious…
Household pollutants detected around Antarctic stations
Australian Antarctic stations are rethinking their operational practices after the discovery that common household pollutants are dispersing from Casey station into the local Antarctic environment. Research published in Environmental Science and…
Job survival in the age of robots and intelligent machines
In Australia, there are reports that up to half a million of existing jobs could be taken over by robotics or machines run by artificial intelligence. So with smarter computers taking on…
What do major sporting events leave behind?
Event legacy – the positive things left behind after a major sporting event – has become an important part of the competition to host events and winning bids are now…
Listening to the Thames
What do you discover when you listen to one of the most iconic rivers in the world? A unique project between a scientist, an artisit and a musician plunges into…
Towards 2018: The future of wearable tech
By the time the Gold Coast hosts the 2018 Commonwealth Games, athletes may have access to up to 30 times the wearable technology products available today. So predicts Associate Professor…