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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.
Retro tech back in the game
Nostalgia for old-school products, from arcade games to turntables, is fuelling a retro revival.
AI colours 1916 & 1947 matches
A war time 1916 men’s Aussie rules match and 1947 women’s game have been “colourised” using machine learning.
Return to the reel thing
Once a mainstay of mainframe and early home computers, magnetic tape is making a comeback for safe data storage.
Parkes dishes up Apollo 11 magic
A big weekend of celebrations are planned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Netgear streams art to our walls
The most breathtaking aspect of Meural is the choice of more than 30,000 digital artworks and photographs found in its library.
Safety in numbers
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to predict and alleviate natural disasters such as earthquakes, bushfires and floods.
Canva valued at $1bn with a billion subscribers
In five years, Canva chief Melanie Perkins, 31, has turned her start-up graphics design software company into a venture worth $1.4bn.
Warehouse VR a big success
Gallivanting around a 200-square-metre VR experience has morphed into a lucrative international business for Melbourne-headquartered Zero Latency.
Robot cleans windows, slowly
My resolution for 2019 is to have gleaming robot-cleaned windows at home.
Meural to stream digital art into homes
Meural Canvas lets you view tens of thousands of digital artworks on a frame in your home.
Fancy Stargate shopping?
Going through Stargate portals between worlds is something you associate with sci-fi movies rather than supermarket shopping.
NASA lacks tech to colonise Mars
Colonising Mars could take much longer than previously thought.
AI bid to future-proof our ancient languages
Researchers in Queensland are harnessing artificial intelligence to document Australian indigenous languages.
Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes teaches a crash course in coding
It was back to school when Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes held a coding class yesterday.
Get on your e-bike
Riding up a hill on a regular pushbike normally is hard work. On this e-bike it’s easy despite the headwind and squalls of rain.
A voice that rings true
Motor neurone disease sufferers may soon get the chance to use a device that turns text into authentic sounding speech.
A drive on the mild side
A driverless share ride in Las Vegas is not to be missed. That was my thought.
Mission to Mars takes first steps
I interview Jason Crusan, director of advanced exploration systems at NASA, who is in charge of planning its Mars mission.