Meet the engineer using rats to teach robots how to find their way
Humans have often looked to nature to build better machines. Professor Michael Milford discusses what path-finding robots can learn from ...
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The next decade in quantum computing: error correction, killer apps and engineers
It’s set to be an exciting decade for the quantum computing field, and 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle ...
Here’s your chance to make this year’s list of Most Innovative Engineers
Are you an innovative engineer? Know someone who is? The search is on for create’s annual Most Innovative Engineers list.
Materials engineers find way to recycle old jeans into artificial cartilage
A Deakin University team has found an unexpected material that can be used to produce synthetic cartilage: old denim.
Election time: Evidence-based policy needs engineers to be at the table
As the Federal election approaches, the Government and Opposition are promising to give scientists a greater voice in policy discussions. ...
The “amazing spread of opportunities” at the intersection of engineering and medicine
One young electrical engineer is applying her engineering skills to help solve medical imaging problems.
Graphene: Engineering the ‘wonder material’ to live up to the hype
Electronics engineer Francesca Iacopi is intent on taking innovative 2D materials like graphene out of the lab and into the ...
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 ...
Australia’s most powerful electron microscope is the “ultimate nanotechnology tool”
Two Nobel laureates launched what has been dubbed “Australia’s most advanced electron microscope” at the University of Sydney’s Nanoscience Hub ...
Have you heard? Hearing aids are transforming into high-tech ‘hearables’
One company out of Perth is taking advantage of electronics miniaturisation trends to design smart hearing aids – aka 'hearables' ...
