A big weekend of celebrations are planned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Category Archives: Business & Innovation
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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.
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.
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.
Artificial intelligence, VR and AR aid space ventures to Mars and beyond
Artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality will play a huge role as humankind heads to Mars and beyond.
Peter Ford’s Control Bionics key to locked-in syndrome
Michael Phillips’s only means of communicating is by contracting the frontalis muscle on his forehead.