Safer car seats for children, better solar cells, high-performance batteries for electric cars and disease resistant crops could be in Australia's future as researchers get government funding.

With a a clear interface, tablet-like hardware and most the software provided by your phone, Ford's system seems like a smart and safe way to handle in-car tech.

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Is genius only one ‘aha’ moment away? Or is it years in the making?

 Ever wonder why awards tend to go to Men of Power and Women of Influence? I do. Why is it not Men of Power and Women of Power? Or Men of Influence and Women of Power?

If our Committee for Economic Development of Australia report is right that 40 per cent of jobs existing today will be gone within 10 years, children now in primary school need an education that prepares them for a very different future.

The United States has put artificial intelligence at the center of its defense strategy, with weapons that can identify targets and make decisions.

Thanks to a large number of motors, a unique metal frame and the ability to sweat, a new Japanese robot can hammer out push-ups for 11 minutes straight.

The Capital to open in Queen Street Mall on Thursday.

In a bid to foster new and deeper connections among Australia's entrepreneurs and the wider community, new start-up TwoSpace will next week launch a platform allowing nomadic workers to make a temporary, comfortable home in the cosy environs of inner-city restaurants — whose doors are normally closed during office hours.

Film and theatre industry expertise is pushing this creative company to global heights.

A software engineering PhD student has created the 'Uber' of unused data.

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The potential impact this kind of artificial intelligence device could have on our lives in the near future is huge.

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Local manufacturing businesses are embracing new technologies such as requiring factory staff to use wearable devices to monitor fatigue, helping to prevent workplace accidents.

It's a common assumption that the more of us there are on the planet, the more raw materials we extract and consume. In fact, since the year 2000, the opposite has been true in at least one major economy, and it might just save the Earth.

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Construction led the technology revolution in business when it drove the adoption of the first "brick" mobile phones.

Ella Shannon saw an opportunity in the disconnect between the demand for good farm labour and the willing supply of backpackers, uni students and "grey nomads" seeking to supplement their travel or studies with work.

A true wireless VR headset, rather than a smartphone holder, Alcatel's Vision stakes a claim in the increasingly crowded virtual reality space.

It's been the stuff of science fiction since it was deemed theoretically possible in the 1970s. But Sharath Sriram and his research team at RMIT have finally cracked it. They have built an artificial memory cell which could one day function as the grey matter in a bionic brain.

The sharing economy already has your car and your house earmarked. Now for your spag bol.

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It's easy to dismiss Pokemon Go as an online fad without application to business. But it's really the start of a new trend.

Artificial intelligence used to be something that featured in science fiction films. Now, it's writing the scripts.

Neuroscientists have developed a way to turn an entire mouse, including its muscles and internal organs, transparent while illuminating the nerve paths that run throughout its body.

Apple's dominance when it comes to image-handling is under serious threat from Microsoft's latest Surface.

By 2025 Australians may well see the application of artificial intelligence in the preparation of tax returns, according to a report by KPMG.