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: transport
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to ...
How data analysis and AI could help engineers make our roads safer
More than 1200 Australians have lost their lives in fatal vehicle accidents in the past year. Algorithms that predict where ...
Jason Gordon is solving transport problems from country to city
Growing up in a remote area, Jason Gordon had to do his schoolwork by correspondence. Today, he serves an entire ...
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.
The 120-year journey to build Australia’s Adelaide-to-Darwin railway
Australia would approach the task of building The Ghan, an almost 3000 km rail line stretching through the nation’s centre, ...
What changes are needed to get more Australians on their bikes?
Cities in Australia and overseas are building and planning cycling superhighways to encourage people to use pedal power to get ...
Australian cities grab top spots in world’s most liveable city rankings
The old rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney is likely to continue after both bagged perfect scores in infrastructure, education and ...
This engineering startup is making waves with a flying electric watercraft
Fumes and roaring engines have led to jet skis being banished from many waterways. A Western Australian company has developed ...
Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019 hints at a “new normal” for the engineering profession
The future of engineering is enormously different from the industry’s past, according to the recently released Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019.
