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 ...
Tag: engineering innovation
The life of black box inventor David Warren celebrated through song
Think arts and engineering don’t mix? Think again.
Students win global competition with cholesterol-busting nanofilter
Proving the best designs are often found in nature, students from the University of Sydney have taken out first place ...
Old mine shafts, weights and gravity could power a shift in renewable energy storage
Creative experiments with energy storage technology have been emerging recently. One development out of the UK could see cheap energy ...
Safe and stylish: Engineering entrepreneurs create a helmet with the comfort of your favourite beanie
Engineering student and snowboarder Rob Joseph was tired of uncomfortable helmets, but still wanted to stay safe on the slopes. ...
Engineering students save a world in peril at 2019 Warman Design and Build Competition
Engineers are often called upon to solve problems big and small. But the disaster facing Gondwana, a small planet in ...
Bold vision: Andrew Woods is using virtual reality to explore the most distant frontiers
Curtin University engineer Andrew Woods delights in using data analysis technology to visualise everything from ocean depths to distant planets.
Engineers achieve great things – and with that comes great responsibility
Engineers have an immense opportunity to transform the world. They are at their best when they have a keen awareness ...
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.
