Technology
How this engineer is improving speech recognition for young tech users
Speech recognition software struggles to understand children’s voices. A new Australian project hopes to change that.
Australian engineers are helping stroke diagnostic equipment fly
Stroke patients in rural communities currently have to travel hours to receive care. A multidisciplinary team of engineers, stroke experts...
A new study shows AI can learn to manipulate human behaviour
A new study demonstrates that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to influence human decision-making by exploiting vulnerabilities in an...
This tiny drone uses a live moth antenna to sniff out odours
Meet the Smellicopter: a drone with a real moth antenna that blurs the line between nature and technology.
This new tool could identify ‘smoke taint’ in wine early in the process
A South Australian researcher is combining materials science, engineering and applied photonics to help winemakers detect smoke taint in grapes...
Australian engineers have developed a life-saving, portable oxygen machine — at a fraction of the usual cost
Australian engineers have developed a low cost and accessible oxygen concentrator that will help less-developed countries treat patients with breathing...
Cyber engineering is about more than keeping digital systems safe
To maintain the security of our institutions and infrastructure in an online world, engineers will need an entirely new way...
This Australian program helps to turn biomedical ideas into reality
At Adelaide's Flinders University, an initiative is fostering collaborations between researchers, industry, end-users and government, to turn ideas into proven...
This parasite-inspired device could change drug delivery
Inspired by a parasitic worm that bites its host’s intestines, engineers have developed technology that could revolutionise slow release medicine...
Melbourne team moves towards human trials of bionic eye
A cortical vision device that helps restore sight to the blind may go to human trial within five years.
