‘Virtual changerooms’ coming soon to a smartphone near you

By Simon Lucey, Principal Research Scientist & Research Project Leader  We know buying clothes and accessories online carries a certain […]

Does my virtual forehead look big in this?

The online retail sphere is rapidly growing, with more people using their smart phones and tablets to make everyday purchases. […]

Winning wireless for footy finals

Footy finals fever kicks off tomorrow afternoon with the Hawthorn Hawks taking on the Freemantle Dockers at the MCG. And […]

Little flying robots have the ‘Hex’ Factor

If you got lost in the Queensland outback and it was days until you were rescued, the experience would be […]

Do you see what I see?

By Adam Harper 630 kilometres may be a long way to travel for an eye check-up; but when those eyes […]

Lean on me: Australian inventors help map Pisa tower

By Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation. Interviewed: Jonathan Roberts, Research Program Leader, Autonomous Systems. Scientists have used a hand-held 3D laser scanner […]

3D mapping a Pisa cake

Our researchers have created the first ever interior 3D map of Italy’s iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa by using a […]

The app-ortunity for innovation is endless

Since 1985, we’ve used the word ‘app’ to describe any software program that runs your laptop, smartphone, tablet or smart […]

Wireless WASPs let loose in underground mines

We’re buzzing with excitement over our new wireless tracking technology – it can hone in on mine workers deep underground, […]

Robots, radar and exploding gummy bears

As part of National Science Week 2013, the Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies - affectionately known as QCAT – is inviting members of the public to a special Open Day to celebrate 20 years of research in Pullenvale.

Is Grandma OK? There’s an app for that

By Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation. Interviewed: Bronwyn Harch, Chief of CSIRO Computational Informatics and Colin Griffith, Director of CSIRO […]

Is data the next disruptive technology?

By Dr Bronwyn Harch, Chief of CSIRO Computational Informatics.  It has been almost twenty years since Harvard professor Clayton Christensen first […]