Transport
World’s first fully automated intermodal terminal to be built in Australia
Sydney's new intermodal freight precinct will be the largest in Australia – and that's good for the environment.
Virgin Galactic edging closer to space tourism with new mission high
Last week, Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity soared to a peak altitude over 80 km – earning its pilots astronaut wings...
Drones deliver vaccines to remote areas of the South Pacific in world-first trial
A Melbourne-based startup founded by a robotics engineer and former RAAF pilot has bagged world-first commercial contracts to ship vaccines...
How mining company BHP remotely derailed a runaway train
Getting BHP’s runaway Pilbara mining train off the rails at a safe distance from Port Hedland was a significant feat...
The past five years have been big ones for autonomous vehicles
The world of connected and autonomous vehicles is going through a period of tremendous change, but now protocols need to...
Australia set to play a big role in the future of advanced flight
Boeing’s Australian arm is contributing to its development of high-tech flight systems like autonomous planes and vertical takeoff . Here's...
Is there too much focus on high-speed rail at the expense of better urban networks?
“When thinking about building another rail line, or another road, or another piece of the electricity grid, you need to...
Melbourne will need to dig deep to deliver its mega $50 billion rail loop project
The engineering know-how is in place to make the proposed Melbourne suburban rail loop happen in less than three decades....
This shuttle is helping pave the way for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are one of the biggest engineering challenges of the 21st century. What does it take to make them...
Holden invests in Aussie engineering to create its car fleet of the future
Last week, Holden announced it’s backing Australia’s engineering workforce to create a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions, zero congestion”.
