News

• Smart transport research centre revs up in Queensland

  The quest to improve Australian road systems received a boost this week with the opening of a research centre at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane.

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  New disaster phone app on the cards

  A new phone application is being developed to help people survive natural disasters.

• IT startups in the spotlight as time grows short to enter Enterprize

  The University of Queensland Business School’s Enterprize competition enters its tenth year and provides an opportunity for startups around the nation to launch their IT business into the marketplace.

• Aussies taking regional research to PNG via new network

  Australian technology groups will install wireless access points across Papua New Guinea to connect it to an Asia Pacific research network.

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  Aussie quantum experiment challenges computer science

  Australian scientists have completed ground-breaking research using quantum computing that will challenge, among scientific principles, the theory of quantum mechanics.

• Patent examination process trials Web 2.0

  Australia’s patent examination process is set to be revamped following the announcement of a new trial which uses Web 2.0 technology to improve the quality of patents issued.

• New online tool helps residents manage waterways

  Residents of south-east Queensland can access a new online data integration system which details the condition of their water catchments.

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  University of Queensland goes wireless

  There are 38,000 of them. They aren’t employees, so you can’t dictate what they use in terms of computing hardware and software. They’re demanding, because they have grown up in the web age, and they expect to be connected where ever they are (even on remote islands and farms).