James Dyson Awards open for 2023 looking for planet fixing ideas
Do you have an engineering idea that just might help the planet? You might want to show it off in this year's…
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Google turns Android phones into local earthquake monitors
The sensors in your phone could be used for something else, as Google works out how to turn local Android phones…
2022 James Dyson Award invites problem solvers to win with ideas
Young inventors with an idea to fix a problem could just win on the international stage, as the Dyson Award…
Night sky in reach as Unistellar, Nikon team for digital telescope
Viewing what's out there beyond our own world can be complex with a proper telescope, but there's a new style on…
Animal-free milk takes food science to frothier places
The next coffee you have milk in your coffee or with a bowl of cereal, it might come from a team of Australian…
Australian develops low-cost printable retina to restore sight
Eye-sight problems and blindness may soon be a thing of the past, as a researcher from Sydney University…
NASA takes flight as Mars mission makes record
The first flight on another planet has been achieved, as the Ingenuity helicopter attached to the Perseverance…
James Dyson Award opens for big, young ideas that solve problems
The world has lots of problems to solve, and the 2021 edition of the James Dyson Award aims to get young people…
The Dish to be used for commercial Moon landings in 2021
We're going back to the Moon, it seems, and Australia's iconic dish is going to play a part, says the CSIRO.
Five women to thank your tech for
How much do you know about your technology, and where it came from? For International Women's Day, we're looking…