The drive to hydrogen-powered cars hit the accelerator this past week after the successful trial and refuelling of two fuel cell vehicles.…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo makes its first flight into the mesosphere
Virgin Galactic’s latest test flight was the highest and fastest yet – rocketing into the mesosphere at Mach 2.47.…
Melbourne Airport Rail Link: What stands in the way of the long-promised project?
The Melbourne Airport Rail Link has been on the drawing board for decades. But with new funding promises of $10 billion, will track finally be laid for this much-anticipated project?…
Europe is bringing hydrogen power to the high seas
A European consortium is working to launch the world’s first hydrogen-powered, sea-going car and passenger ferry by 2021.…
The world’s largest robot hints at the future of the mining industry
The world’s largest robot – an autonomous train built by Rio Tinto – has made its first iron ore delivery. But it also comes with a warning about the changing needs of the mining industry. …
Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic race to be first to launch commercial space travel
Space travel is getting closer, with Blue Origin announcing it expects to start selling passenger tickets for their New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2019.…
Autonomous vehicles are going to be a data gold mine
Programming autonomous vehicles is a challenge, but so is finding ways to manage the massive amounts of data and information they will gather while going about their business. Just how much data are w…
The road ahead for driverless cars is a long and winding one
There are many problems to be solved before driverless cars are widespread – and a shortage of engineering talent is one of them.…
Here’s why Australia should step up as leaders of the space travel industry
“If we are going to have an economy built on or increasingly built on innovation in Australia, I think space travel is a logical arena for that.”…
Electric vehicles could get charged on-the-go with wireless tech
The popularity of electric vehicles is on the rise, but for distances over 400 km a single charge isn’t enough. In the future, roads could do the charging for us while we drive thanks to wireless rech…