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How artificial intelligence is transforming the healthcare industry

What you need to know to keep up In an era when software can detect tumours far more cheaply –…

November 12, 2017 5:48 am·

Wollongong takes the lead with LoRaWAN

Given the interminable dumpster fire that is Australia’s NBN rollout, we’ll forgive you if you haven’t paid attention to the…

September 3, 2017 11:17 am·

4 ways virtual reality in healthcare is coming to life

Futurists have raved about the potential of using virtual reality in healthcare for decades. But much like the paperless office,…

September 3, 2017 11:08 am·

Iraqi asylum seeker turned-surgeon helps Australia’s war-wounded walk again

Dr Munjed Al Muderis arrived in Australia as a refugee from Iraq. The orthopaedic surgeon now has three clinics in…

September 20, 2016 6:23 am·

Eyes through the sky

Professor Yogesan Kanagasingam wasn’t short of career options when he moved to Australia two decades ago. That he’s a visiting…

October 13, 2015 4:00 am·

The rise of the drones…

When the first legal drone delivery on United States’ soil took place experts hailed it as a ‘Kitty Hawk moment’.…

October 13, 2015 2:09 am·

Reinventing the wheel – part two

As the city of Geelong builds a global reputation for carbon fibre technologies, Australian company Carbon Revolution is tackling the…

September 7, 2015 2:49 am·

Reinventing the wheel – Part one

Like many heavy industry-based regional economies, Geelong found its economy collapsing in the face of globalisation. However the city is…

September 7, 2015 2:42 am·

Cough into my smartphone

Drawing on a lifetime of innovative research conducted across several countries, Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne of the University of Queensland…

August 20, 2015 7:06 am·

Live rock stars

The trio of blue-collar blokes behind Baba Marda (Abrolhos Live Rock Pty Ltd) leveraged a lifetime of fishing knowledge to…

July 6, 2015 1:33 am·

The man who built James Cameron a foam submarine

For decades, Ron Allum has been assisting directors to access and film in some of the most remote locations on…

July 6, 2015 12:26 am·

Cancer-fighting spheres go global

Australian life sciences company Sirtex has developed a cancer treatment based around microscopically small irradiated beads. The company’s SIR-Spheres have…

January 30, 2015 10:12 am·