Technology
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s UberAir lifting off by 2020
Ridesharing giant Uber is set to launch UberAir in Los Angeles by 2020. UberAir promises new flying taxis which will......
Virtual Reality allows everyone to experience national parks
Virtual reality immerses us in artificial experiences of the real world. It has the power to give equal access to......
Cryo-electron microscope discovery wins Nobel prize
The 2017 Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to a team of scientists who pioneered cryo-electron microscopy. The discovery allows......
Will the robots take our jobs?
Robots and automated machines have already replaced some of our jobs, such as ATMs and self service checkouts. But a......
Drones innovate aerial agriculture
Are drones the new shepherds in the sky? Farmers are starting to take advantage of quad-rotor drones to survey corp......
Anxiety linked to too much tech
Increased connectivity and the capacity to get answers straight away is affecting the way humans behave. The risk of mental......
MeTro gel set to become a medical staple
Professor Anthony Weiss is part of a team of biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney and the United States that......
Concerns over privacy and accuracy with facial recognition software
The Federal Government will soon use driver’s license photos to rapidly identify terror suspects using facial recognition software. With the......
Google flicks ‘First-Click-Free’ policy
Today marked the end of Google’s ‘First-Click-Free’ policy after a decade. The policy meant that news organisations wanting to regularly......
Space is the new legal frontier
The news that Australia is to have its own space agency has turned attention up there- to the places satellites and space......