Gold Coast firm Gilmour Space and Griffith University have signed a five-year deal to locally develop and launch low earth orbit satellites.
Author Archive: Chris Griffith
PlayStation 5 first hands-on
Chris Griffith plays Astro’s Playroom at the first Australian session with Sony’s coming PlayStation 5 games console.
Victa’s robot cuts your grass
If a robot mower cuts your grass, do you still deserve a ritualist beer at the end for its hard work?
Off-road virtual cycling with Zwift
Welcome to the world of a daredevil form of cycling where you steer your real bike in a virtual world.
GoPro Hero9 Black is a vlogger’s dream.
A pandemic and reduced adventure travel hasn’t stopped GoPro further perfect its premium action camera.
Teach your phone camera new tricks
A $239 outlay can turn your smartphone camera into a cinematic powerhouse.
Decision time for Google in Australia
The $US1 trillion valued Google is playing hardball with Australian media over demands it pays to use their content.
Infrastructure a heightened risk
Australia’s industrial infrastructure faces a heightened security risk from state sponsored hackers.
Chaise longue backdrop for Zwift Tour de France
The world’s iconic cycling race, Tour de France, will take place with real riders slogging it out in virtual depictions of Paris and France’s mountainous terrain.
The amazing race
The inside story of how three computer scientists achieved their mind-blowing feat to put Australia ahead in a post-COVID world.
Mavic Air 2 videos the skies
DJI’s latest foldable drone is tempting, as long as you have a place to fly it.
Wuhan lab records reveal untold deaths
COVID-19 case data allegedly hacked from China’s Wuhan lab suggests the number of cases has been under-reported.
Virtual choirs defy virus isolation
Chris Griffith joins 350 singers in a massive virtual choir and discovers the tech bringing them together.
China’s Wuhan Labs hacked
An Australian cyber security expert says the Wuhan Labs in China have been hacked in what appears to be a deliberate attack on health organisations.
From cabin fever to cabin beaver
Virtual cycling is a new age form of exercise and Zwift is one of its leading providers.
News fact checker coming to Oz
A company that rates news websites and exposes misinformation will begin analysing Australian sites from around July.
Electric scooters are on a roll
As a kid I had a simple rule: if it moved, I wanted to be on it.
The electric bike that you can ride … on water
The Hydrofoiler XE-1 is an electric bike that rides across water developed by Kiwi start-up Manta5.
Pedal power on a bike built for two
Journalists from The Australian take an electric tandem bike for a spin around the park.
Rewriting the script
Having to front up to a doctor to replace a lost prescription may be a thing of the past thanks to a new electronic system.