Technology and Engineering
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5 Australian manufacturing trends you need to be aware of
Amelia Atkins | June 24, 20183D printing, cloud computing and other technological trends will increasingly shape Australian manufacturing in the near future.
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Co-creation can help our companies compete with global giants
Aleksandar Subic | June 18, 2018A new model based on co-creation is essential if we are to achieve social and economic growth. This calls for more strategic alignment between academic, industry and the community as firms cut back on research and development.
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Delivering Australia’s digital future
Michael Keenan | June 17, 2018Our modern, innovative, growing economy needs to be able to harness the opportunities of data and digital transformation in order to continue to thrive.
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Boost for robotics research in Queensland
First 5000 | June 17, 2018Technological innovation in Queensland is being encouraged with a further $50 million investment in the ‘Advance Queensland’ programme to position the state as a national leader in artificial intelligence and robotics.
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West Australia bids to house Australia’s new space agency
First 5000 | June 12, 2018A new report, sponsored by a range of Western Australian space firms and academic bodies, argues that the state would offer an ideal home for the Australian National Space Agency.
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Balancing the risks and rewards of space
Richard Harrison | June 10, 2018Recent years have seen an explosion of optimism around our ability to reach and exploit space, with a multitude of benefits apparent across all aspects of human endeavour. However the paradigm of ‘Space 2.0’ offers both risks and rewards, and shouldn’t be viewed as an unalloyed good.
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Queensland cars get chatty
First 5000 | June 10, 2018Queensland promotes itself as the ‘smart state’ and, backing up that claim, it will now pioneer a new scheme to help cars ‘talk’ to each other to increase road safety.
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Good science = great business for Australia and Singapore
First 5000 | June 6, 2018Business leaders and scientists in Singapore and Australia can join forces to secure future prosperity for both countries during the first ‘Good Science = Great Business’ festival in Singapore this September.
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Reshaping the factories of the future
First 5000 | June 4, 2018Research to advance the frontiers of metal 3D printing has received a major boost, with a partnership between UNSW scientists and local and US universities receiving a $3 million government grant.
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State transport ministers coordinate new laws for automated vehicles
First 5000 | June 4, 2018A ground-breaking approach to driving laws in Australia will see the development of purpose-built legislation to allow an automated driving system to drive motor vehicles in place of a human.
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New ‘sixth wave alliance’ to drive robotics strategy
First 5000 | May 24, 2018CSIRO’s Data61 has announced the formation of the Sixth Wave Alliance to develop a national robotics R&D strategy and create the critical mass required to address Australian and international challenges using robotics technologies.
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Futuremap charts a fresh course for manufacturing SMEs
First 5000 | May 21, 2018A pioneering program to help manufacturing SMEs map their transition to Industry 4.0 made its debut at workshops held during National Manufacturing Week.
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How much would you trust a driverless car?
Giselle Rampersad | May 20, 2018We’re promised a future with driverless cars on our roads, but do people really trust the technology to take us safely on journeys? New research paints a mixed picture of people’s attitudes.
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Infrared sensing gives forest drones a new edge
Freya Langley | May 20, 2018An ‘x-ray vision system’ that overlays three different technologies to assess the structure and health of individual trees in plantation forests through the canopy is being developed in South Australia.
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National Transport Commission seeks feedback on autonomous vehicle rules
First 5000 | May 20, 2018Submissions for a new consultation into the regulation of driverless vehicles are now being accepted by the National Transport Commission.