Transport
Three technologies keeping drivers safer on the road
Around the world, 1.35 million people die from road toll accidents per year — about 3700 deaths per day. Here...
Seeing Machines improves driver safety by monitoring for signs of fatigue
Seeing Machines, an Australian business founded in 2000, is developing systems that could one day be able to determine what...
How ‘talking’ cars could save lives on our roads
Digital communication technologies allowing cars to interpret their surroundings and alert drivers to potential hazards could reduce vehicle crashes by...
Formula One takes engineering from the race track to the city street
For 70 years, Formula One has been profoundly shaped by engineers. Their innovations, in turn, have shaped the technology that...
This 100-year-old rail line could connect Canberra to the coast
How do you design a railway to safely deliver a freight train down an impossibly steep slope? For a recent...
Qantas farewells the Boeing 747, an engineering marvel that ruled the skies
With Qantas retiring its last 747 this month, and Boeing announcing it will end production of the aircraft, create takes...
Is the best way to beat congestion to tax it?
Congestion taxes are a controversial way to bust congestion in cities. One engineer explains the idea and debates the merits...
A team of uni students is taking their autonomous car on a world tour
A student team from Monash University has been designing and building its own race car – and the vehicle is...
New battery cracks the ‘range anxiety’ problem of electric cars
Engineers have developed a battery that provides enough charge in just 10 minutes to drive an electric vehicle from Sydney...
Behind the scenes at Australia’s first fully automated international shipping container terminal
Australia’s first fully automated international container terminal is setting a new bar for engineering excellence.
