Technology
This ultra-thin wearable tech will help doctors look after patient health
The ongoing miniaturisation of semiconductors has enabled some big advances in wearable tech. The latest: a soft, stretchy, ultra thin...
10 big robotics challenges that need to be solved in the next 10 years
The field of robotics is accelerating at an increasingly rapid rate and is showing no signs of slowing down. But...
This new water filter can make dirty water clean in a single step
Researchers have developed a heavy-duty water filter that’s capable of making even Sydney Harbour water drinkable.
Star Wars-style 3D images are quickly becoming real
A professor of electrical engineering has used light printing volumetric displays to create 3D images in thin air.
Adelaide boosts its smart city status with a new IoT tech trial
Add this to the list of issues Internet of Things technology could solve: reducing traffic on Australia's congested roads.
Ceramics might one day replace metal to help heal broken bones
Move over metal plates and screws – ceramic could become the go-to graft for mending broken bones.
Could this student-designed nanotechnology help in the war against HIV?
A group of university students has brought us one step closer to a cure for HIV by developing an innovative...
One of Boeing’s latest creations is the stuff of drone delivery dreams
Our future visions for drone delivery started with just a box or two, but this 300 kg mega drone can...
What happens when you transform living cells into wearable tech?
Your next health check might come courtesy of this chic, discreet, 3D-printed 'living tattoo'.
This new algorithm could make for accident-free medical robots
A new algorithm could keep manufacturing, home care and medical robots from tripping over themselves and everything around them.
