Ultrasound could transform 3D printing for a future of smart materials
Jan 19, 2016 02:36 am UTC| Technology
The advent of 3D printers supposedly means we can manufacture anything in our homes. But in reality most existing home 3D printers can only make things out of certain plastics, although there are industrial systems that...
The startup employment dream – the pros and cons
Jan 19, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
People involved in startups are sometimes treated as the rock stars by the business media. Some employees of tech startup Atlassian, for example, have been outed as newly minted millionaires as the company rises in value...
The disruptive technologies that will shape business in the years ahead
Jan 19, 2016 02:11 am UTC| Technology
Regardless of your industry, the marketplace is continually evolving. The reason, increasingly, is the evolution of disruptive technology. Disruptive technologies are enhanced or new technological innovations that...
Cyberattack on Ukraine grid: here's how it worked and perhaps why it was done
Jan 18, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
On December 23, 2015, two days before Christmas, the power grid in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine went down for a reported six hours, leaving about half the homes in the region with a population of 1.4 million...
Battle of ideas is on as election-year innovation debate starts to make up for lost time
Jan 17, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Were now in a race to the top on innovation. Better late than never. Liberating ideas could reboot Australias economy, as we argued a year ago. Now it seems there are more ideas about how to generate ideas than ever...
Digital diagnosis: intelligent machines do a better job than humans
Jan 17, 2016 23:54 pm UTC| Technology
Until now, medicine has been a prestigious and often extremely lucrative career choice. But in the near future, will we need as many doctors as we have now? Are we going to see significant medical unemployment in the...
The 'G' in 5G: how mobile generations have evolved
Jan 17, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Technology
Some of the biggest carriers in Australia, Vodafone, Telstra and even Chinese manufacturer Huawei are preparing for the next generation of mobile phone network, 5G, even though 4G has only just been rolled out. New...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects