Road reform has “major and growing problems” says ACCC chair
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Rod Sims says engineers are more often expert witnesses than defendants or plaintiffs...
Laser tech helps guide the way for those with visual impairments
A novel laser-based device can help those with impaired vision navigate their way around obstacles outside the home.
Next-gen stealth fighter jets flex Australian defence muscles
Head of the Joint Strike Fighter project for the RAAF talks about the program and the benefits it is bringing...
3D printing prosthetics starts small, but how big can we go?
In an Australian first, a woman has been fitted with a new ear created using 3D printing after losing it...
Introducing the first Australian-built electric car
The Australian-first electric car, designed with the mining industry in mind, kicks off production.
Earthquake-proof buildings? This shake table puts steel structures to the test
The world’s largest seismic shake table analyses how a six-storey building performs during and after a tremor, which could advance...
New rapid prototyping tech lets you customise designs on the fly
An American team has come up with an interactive rapid prototyping system that prints what you are designing – as...
This software makes hands-free computer operation a reality
A year 11 student has developed computer software to help people with upper body paralysis use their computers.
Do we need to redesign our brains for innovation?
Engineering innovation specialist David Cropley believes that for engineers to be innovative they need environments that encourage this.
What does it take to bring the world’s oldest underground railway up to speed?
Australia can learn something from London’s Crossrail project, which is bringing the world’s oldest underground railway into the 21st Century.
