Australian researchers design computer game to diagnose depression and bipolar

Researchers have developed a system they say can peer into the mind with significant accuracy, and could revolutionise mental health diagnosis.

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Tech songs: Music you can do the robot to

With a little help from our social media fans, we've compiled a list of our favourite tech songs Shake your 'bot to these top tech tunes. 🤖

Reality check: digital twin tech to transform manufacturing

Our Mixed Reality Lab enables manufacturers to create 'digital twins', or virtual replicas of physical objects and systems. This will allow them to identify defective components that can be identified and corrected in real-time.

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Cashing in: Australia’s role in $1trn robotic revolution

Australia's recent victory in the Robocup underlines our strengths in this fast emerging industry.

Woman with facial mapping technology edited over face.

Deepfakes: danger in the digital age

As the technology behind deepfakes improves, the ability for audiences to distinguish fact from fiction is becoming increasingly difficult.

Remembering the Starman: Life (and death) on Mars using synthetic biology

Synthetic biology could be used to create ‘living memorials’ for a future Mars colony, 100 years from now.

Mars rover Opportunity

Mars and our path to being an interplanetary species

As we look back to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that lunar landing, there comes another call. Mars. What's needed to get us there?

Vaccinating machine learning against attacks

Vaccines aren’t just for humans. Our researchers have developed world-first techniques to 'vaccinate' algorithms against attacks, a significant advancement in machine learning research.

Bees with backpacks fly into schools

Victorian school students are helping support a global initiative to save bees thanks to our tech.

A cliff of ice towers above the ocean, in which broken sheets of ice float.

What we learnt from spending winter under Antarctic sea ice

A fleet of autonomous oceanic robots called 'Argo Floats' braved icy winter waters to learn more about melting ice in East Antarctica.

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Swinburne taps our Data61 spin-out for telehealth education

Students studying health-related courses now have access to remote health delivery systems in anticipation of wider adoption of the technology in the near future.

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Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the way we live, work, communicate and travel. So long as it's designed that way.