Australia’s first electric motorbike prepares for launch
An ex-Ford engineer has developed Australia’s first electric motorbike, which will begin production in Melbourne next year.
Tag: mechanical engineering
From feathers to jet packs: the history of personal flying devices
For centuries humans have been enamoured with the idea of flight. Even with aircraft zipping across the planet, humans have ...
How this engineer helps save lives in the NSW wilderness
By combining his love of bushwalking with his engineering knowhow, one mechanical engineer has improved the chances of State Emergency ...
International Women in Engineering Day: Danni Roberts
As Mechanical Practice Lead, Queensland, at engineering, design and advisory company, Aurecon, Danni Roberts MIEAust CPEng takes on bold projects ...
This engineer pushes materials to breaking point to help technology cope with extremes
Mechanical engineer Dr Veronica Gray is figuring out when, why and how materials break, pushing the breaking point further so ...
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 ...
Jason Chan is shaking up the world of agricultural machinery
Jason Chan’s inventive thinking and technical creativity are shaking up the world of agricultural machinery.
COVID-19 shows there’s a greater role for engineers in stopping the spread
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown engineers could be at the forefront of infection control for places like hospitals, offices and ...
Dust-busting engineers develop a deceptively simple solution to keep caravans clean
A team of former auto-industry engineers created a deceptively simple solution to a problem that afflicts tens of thousands of ...
Infographic: Engineering the Tour de France
A lot has changed since the inaugural Tour de France in 1903. Here's how engineering has helped shape the world's ...
