Author: Editorial Board
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Keeping the past in the future with world first 3D mobile mapping project
Australian researchers are using a novel mobile laser 3D mapping system called Zebedee to preserve some of the country’s oldest and most culturally significant heritage sites. The new joint research initiative between CSIRO and The University of Queensland aims to collect detailed 3D maps of historic sites of Moreton Bay. With the assistance of Queensland…
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Building a bigger picture of the Bight
A unique Collaborative Research Science Program to improve understanding of the environmental, economic and social value of the Great Australian Bight was today announced by BP Developments Australia (BP), CSIRO and Marine Innovation Southern Australia (MISA). The A$20 million Science Program aims to obtain information about the unique marine environment and potential marine resources within…
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A Robot Revolution: When Robots Come to Life
A day at the museum has come to life. Our latest robots are roaming the galleries of the National Museum of Australia. They’re using high speed broadband to allow remote visitors to control their own view of museum exhibits while interacting with a museum educator. The stars of Museum Robot project, B1 and B2, will use…
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Haptography: The Technology of Touch
As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel — the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the field of haptics, and how it could change everything from the way…
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CSIRO and the ANU launch biodiversity research centre
An initiative that will help Australia harness cutting-edge advances in biological sciences to inform better environmental management decision making will be announced on Wednesday 3 April at the official launch of the Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Canberra. The Centre is a joint initiative established in partnership with CSIRO and the Australian National University (ANU). “The Centre…
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Groundbreaking healthcare conference to take place in Brussels
The first ‘World Research and Innovation Congress – Pioneers in Healthcare’ conference takes place at Steigenberger Grandhotel, Brussels on the 5 and 6 June, 2013. The two day event will bring together over 500 of the world’s top scientific health professionals to discuss future challenges and strategies on the key issues facing health research today.…
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DNA technology set to speed up species discovery
Scientists from CSIRO and the University of Western Australia have teamed up with Kimberley Traditional Owners to test a new molecular technique that has the potential to revolutionise the discovery of new species, particularly those living in remote and poorly studied parts of the world. Working in the virtually inaccessible rainforest vine thickets of Australia’s…
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How to green the desert and reverse climate change
“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it’s happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes —…
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The Science of Productivity: All You Need to Know About Productivity, Animated
After their illustrated primer on how our brain works, the scientific power of thought, and the science of procrastination (and how to manage it), folks behind the AsapSCIENCE look at the science of productivity. This video is made in collaboration with Sparring Mind, the behavioral psychology blog. The moral of the story: It’s hard to…
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FishMap – Mapping Marine Australian Fish
Ever gazed out over the sea and wondered what creatures great and small lie beneath? Wouldn’t it be great if the water was so transparent you could see all that swam by? The Australian fish world was abuzz this week with the release of FishMap, an online mapping tool that allows humans to check out where their…
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Creative Commons Announces “School of Open” project
Just in time to celebrate Open Education Week, here comes a new initiative, the School of Open, a learning environment focused on increasing our understanding of “openness” and the benefits it brings to creativity and education in the digital age. School of Open Project Showcase from Creative Commons on Vimeo. Developed by the collaborative education platform Peer to Peer…
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The Carbon Footprint of Australian Migrations
Measuring the impact of Australian migration on the Australian carbon footprint is a difficult task because of the complexity of the factors involved. However, a direct cause and effect relationship between the two exists, and it is related partially to population growth due to overseas migration, as well as to rural-urban migrations. Both of which…
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Study on actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use
A cross-post ∞. Thanks to prof. Rey Junco, a faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you likely already know that there is a growing body of research that examines how college students use Facebook and the outcomes of such use. For instance, researchers have examined how…
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Perth established as one of world’s top five geothermal cities
Established in 2009 with funding support of A$2.3 million from the Government of Western Australia, WAGCOE brought researchers, industry, investors and government agencies together with the shared vision of creating zero-emission geothermal cities. Representatives from the partner organisations of The University of Western Australia, CSIRO and Curtin University, as well as state government agencies and industry groups…