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As good as an atomic clock

7 July 2010

Mobile phones, air traffic control, smart grids, and online gaming are all critically dependent on accurate timing across the internet. That’s why it’s so important that University of Melbourne electronic engineer Julien Ridoux and his colleagues have developed a completely new, free, software clock accurate to within a millionth of a second.

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Print your own lasers, lights and TV screens

30 June 2010

Imagine printing your own room lighting, lasers, or solar cells from inks you buy at the local newsagent. Jacek Jasieniak and his colleagues at CSIRO, the University of Melbourne and the University of Padua in Italy, have moved a step closer to such a future, by developing liquid inks to print devices known as quantum dots.

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Silicon back in the race for quantum computers

6 August 2008

The odds that a futuristic quantum computer will be built of silicon have received a boost, thanks to new technology recently invented by researchers in the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT).

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Cleaner flights, smaller footprint

3 August 2008

Smarter air traffic control could save 500 kg of fuel and reduce airport noise by 35% for a typical Boeing 747 flight between Sydney and Melbourne according to a team of Canberra-based researchers.

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Why can we see what our cameras can’t? Video cameras learn from insect eyes

28 August 2006

The bane of all wedding videos-that picture of the bride in front of the window where her face so dark that you can’t see the features-may soon be a thing of the past.

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The life and death of diamonds

8 August 2006

Could Australia rise to the top of the diamond pipe again? Macquarie University researcher Craig O’Neill believes his research could open new diamond fields across Australia.

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Artificial worlds seen with a new backpack

19 August 2003

New home builders and those looking to change their gardens may soon have the opportunity to visualise the changes in advance, using new technology that combines reality with computer generated virtual objects. By wearing special goggles and a backpack computer, people can walk around outdoors and see the real world as it currently is.  They [...]

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Smarter computers learn sign language

22 August 2002

A smart computer system able to read deaf sign language has been developed by a PhD student at the University of NSW

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Single atoms line up for quantum computer

26 August 2001

Australian researchers have made a break through in developing a quantum computer – a computer so powerful that it calculates in seconds what it would take current supercomputers billions of years. University of New South Wales PhD student, Jeremy O’Brien is part of a research team at the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology who have [...]

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Humanoid robots “a thing of the past”

6 May 2000

Robots that look and behave like humans are proving too complicated and expensive to use in industry, and are being replaced by devices called ‘modular manipulators’. The manipulator is made up of modules, with each module performing one simple task, like putting a bolt in place or twisting it, or bringing two components together.  The [...]

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Spying on the program of life

10 May 1999

It is now possible to measure what every single gene is doing simultaneously in a cell under a variety of conditions. This enables scientists to say “Eureka! I’ve discovered a million numbers!” Unfortunately, their colleagues reply “And?” Andrew Conway is helping biochemists find meaning in their data.

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Computer program to build mountains in the outback

9 May 1999

Building environmentally friendly mountains in the outback: design of Post-Mining Landscapes For Erosion Control – Gary Sheridan Coal-mining has disturbed over 50,000 ha of land that requires more than $1 Billion to rehabilitate. Scott’s software is being used to design mountains that won’t wash away.

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High tech spy: hunting secret lives

10 May 1998

The short-tailed shearwater travels further to feed its young than most animals known including the albatross. Advanced electronic and satellite communication is revealing their secrets. Nick Klomp goes to work armed.

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Time rolled back on an alien landscape

10 May 1998

How does the Earth’s surface evolve? A geologist is using 3D animated reconstructions to explore ancient landscapes.

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