Shark-spotting software uses drones to patrol beaches
This drone technology is keeping swimmers safe on Australian beaches by detecting sharks from high in the air.
Tag: engineering innovation
Escaping the valley of death: Australia needs to innovate past invention
By embodying courage, purpose and innovation, engineers can — and must — be the architects of change and push back ...
This Melbourne nanoengineering facility is accelerating innovation
The engineers at the Australian Synchrotron are designing tools to study objects at nano-scale resolution in an impressive display of ...
Four new Australian engineering innovations solving some of the world’s greatest challenges
From a robot that can rehabilitate patients to concrete made from coffee cups, some incredible engineering inventions have hit the ...
Reform required to foster Australian engineering innovation
Australia has the potential to be a hub for STEM start-ups, but reform is needed to ensure the right structures ...
Meet Richard James, the engineer behind the Slinky
If you’ve ever wasted hours watching a Slinky meander down stairs, it turns out you have a mechanical engineer to ...
This planet-hunting instrument was built for a fraction of the cost of overseas equivalents
Veloce Rosso is a world-class planet-hunting instrument, but its budget was anything but astronomical.
How Wayne Peel helped save a mining consultancy firm during a resources slump
A few short years ago it seemed that consulting firm Engenium was on its last legs. Then, in the middle ...
This sensor sniffs out beer aromas to help create the perfect brew
From designer chairs to autonomous vehicles and identifying galaxies in deep space, it seems there’s nothing AI can’t do. And ...
Engineers bring quantum computing a step closer after cracking a 50-year-old problem
Quantum computing could be made more feasible thanks to a subatomic discovery by Australian engineers — and they did it ...
