WA’s skies will be home to the Airbus Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite, which can stay aloft in Earth’s stratosphere for up to a month thanks to solar power.…
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New strength and safety tests pit timber against concrete and steel
Thanks to innovative construction materials like cross laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber, wooden buildings are no longer mere houses made of sticks.…
Perth students honoured at NASA’s Space Apps innovation challenge
A group of engineering and computer science students from the University of Western Australia (UWA) was among more than 2000 international teams that designed solutions for real world problems in the …
How mining company BHP remotely derailed a runaway train
Getting BHP’s runaway Pilbara mining train off the rails at a safe distance from Port Hedland was a significant feat – controlled by operators more than 1500 km away.…
Unique robot design helps students save a world in danger at yearly competition
Second-year engineering students gathered at the yearly Warman Design and Build Competition to help save a world on the verge of a food and water crisis.…
CSIRO is building autonomous robots to venture deep underground
A team of Australian researchers is set to compete on the international stage to create robots that can map mine tunnels or plan underground rescues from the safety of the surface.…
Engineering competition asks students how to save a world in peril
The annual Warman Design and Build Competition is just around the corner, with a new cohort of students preparing to save Gondwana once again.…
Australia set to play a big role in the future of advanced flight
Boeing’s Australian arm is contributing to its development of high-tech flight systems like autonomous planes and vertical takeoff . Here’s what the company’s CTO had to say.…
Australia stakes its claim to valuable space data with new super-satellite
The new NovaSAR-1 satellite will provide high-res Earth imagery even at night or in cloudy conditions – and Australia will have direct control of the data collected.…
When it comes to the future of tiny robots, it’s best to think big
In the future, legions of tiny robots might search through earthquake rubble for survivors, build houses on Mars or cure cancer.…