Transport
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.
Upgrades needed to pave the way for autonomous vehicles
Automated vehicles might be in our future, but are our roads ready?
When can we expect autonomous taxis to take over our roads?
Give or take a year or two, 2022 should be the year that autonomous vehicle (AV) taxis become sufficiently functional...
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to...
How the ute went from innovation to Australian icon
Initially a way to provide rural churchgoers with a more dignified ride to town, the ute caused decades of challenges...
Engineering students are taking solar-powered cars on an epic cross-country road trip
Teams of engineering students from more than 20 countries have converged in Darwin to chase the future of solar-powered travel.
