Technology
Flying taxis within five years? Tell ’em they’re dreaming
By Jason Middleton, UNSW
When the American aerospace company Bell Nexus unveiled an air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in La…
Music to their ears: Meet the team using VR to build instruments for disabled musicians
By Franziska Schroeder, Queen’s University Belfast and Matilde Meireles, Queen’s University Belfast
Most new digital technologies tend to…
After you or after me? The academics giving driverless vehicles a human touch
By Dr Maria Vasardani, Professor Stephan Winter and Surabhi GuptaWhen you’re about to cross a road and see an approaching car or bus, ther…
From fire safety to mapping police violence: Five projects harnessing big data for good
By Arezou Soltani Panah, Swinburne University of Technology and Anthony McCosker, Swinburne University of Technology
Data science has bo…
Walking into a headwind: The barriers women face trying to build science careers
By Robyn Moore, University of Tasmania and Meredith Nash, University of Tasmania
Australia’s parliament has a problem retaining experie…
The x-factor in great product design
Imagine you’re in your favourite snacks aisle at the grocery store. You pick up a box of ‘Sam’s Seafood Snacks’ and have a look at t…
When Alexa went rogue: The importance of context design
I recently read a story on Daring Fireball about Amazon Alexa secretly recording a conversation and emailing it. Amazon’s official explana…
Tools that make us superheroes: A case for embedding behaviour into design
This story starts with me shopping in my local hardware supplies store. I was walking into the store and saw a stack of beer coolers. It was…
How quantum computers could steal your Bitcoin
By Marco Tomamichel, University of Technology Sydney
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have recently captured the public’s imagination beca…
The ethics of Apple’s closed ecosystem app store
By Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia and James Birt
This July marks the tenth birthday of the iOS App Store.
The App Store origi…
