Technology
Taking robots from the lab to the real world
Electrical engineer and robotics specialist Professor Ian Manchester is preparing for a not-too-distant future where robots are as commonplace as...
The Australian team bringing bionic vision into focus
Neurotechnology could deliver revolutionary results for people with vision loss. One Melbourne bionic eye prototype works in sheep, but is...
Australian robotics research stands the test of time
More than a decade after Associate Professor Hanna Kurniawati co-authored a paper on robotic movement, her research into developing smarter...
Australian-made COVID-19 test returns results within minutes
A new test for COVID-19 could return results within 10 minutes — and will work without painful nasal swabs and...
Robots are doing riveting work maintaining the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Traditionally, maintaining the Sydney Harbour Bridge required workers to enter confined and potentially dangerous spaces. This company’s robots are far...
This organic, 3D-printed artificial retina could help restore sight
An Australian engineer has developed a cheap, 3D-printed carbon device that uses absorbed light to fire neurons and restore sight...
This engineer wants to stop heart attacks in their tracks
One third of fatal heart attack and stroke patients are under 70. Electrical engineer Dr Zihuai Lin MIEAust is working...
Australian engineers have developed an instant COVID-19 sensor
Engineers from RMIT have produced a prototype of a biosensor that can detect COVID-19 and its variants.
Engineers built a robot to venture where no human can — into a wombat burrow
Australian researchers have created a robot that can traverse burrows looking for mites that cause disease in wombats.
These dressings glow when a wound isn’t healing properly
Researchers have developed smart dressings with built-in nanosensors that alert medical professionals when a wound is not healing.
