An unbreakable phone screen?
If you claim anything is “unbreakable”, someone is going to prove you wrong. But imagine a world where your mobile phone could be dropped with near impunity! The day is coming and it has many more benefits than just saving you the cost and inconvenience of repairs. In Australia alone, a country of 25 million […]
Electric Pickups Are Here… Almost
It was only a couple of years back that that the common perception was that electic pickups (utes in Australian) would never carry the required loads over any distance. Then Ford made a slick video showing a prototype EV F-150 towing a double-decker, 10-car freight train filled with 42 other F-150s. Since then we’ve seen […]
What if Iron Could Power the World?
Oxidizing and reducing powdered iron has the potential to provide clean power on an industrial scale… We’re not short of ways to generate power. But, as any conservative politician will tell you, we’re short on ways to generate reliable, ‘base load’ power, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They argue that wind and […]
Juice Jacking! Why you should never use public USB ports…
We’ve all done it. We’re stuck in the middle of nowhere – otherwise known as an airport terminal – and our phone is about to run out of juice. You can’t find a power outlet that someone else isn’t already hoarding. Your only option is that public charging station ‘over there in the corner’. But […]
Emotionally-intelligent AI may be key to future space exploration
The US space agency, NASA, is working with the Australian company, Akin, to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that could provide emotional support for astronauts in deep space. The space agency already works with a wide variety of digital assistants. Recently, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) began work with a new version of IBM’s […]
