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Bridging the broadband gap

It’s amazing to think that in a country where almost half of adult Australians own a smart device, there are some people who simply don’t use the internet at all. Despite living in a country which is often known for early adoption of technology, there are still a staggering four million or one in five...

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Living life wirelessly

By Iain Collings My nine year old son has lived his whole life in a house that doesn’t have a cable connected to a telephone – not to mention to a laptop or mouse. This is largely because wireless technology has given us the freedom to live life wirelessly using devices like laptops, TVs and...

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 device. Back then, apps simply focused on things like email, calendars and the weather. Powering into the future, apps are catering to a diverse range of tasks from shopping and banking to social networking. It’s...

Future of farming

Part of our Smart Farming series While sensors, soil moisture probes and super smart cattle tags may seem whacky today, some of our new research shows that the future of smart farming isn’t all that far off. “It’s going to be warm today,” John’s wife Carrie says to him as they finish their coffee. They...

CeBIT – bring on this year’s shiny new bits and bytes

Sydney’s annual CeBIT conference – it’s kind of like Oscars week for the Australian technology industry. Despite the fact the Exhibition Centre may not seem as enchanting as a Hollywood red carpet or that the showroom has a lot more shiny bits and bytes than glitz and glamour, CeBIT offers us an exciting insight into...

Ideas + innovation = one 'hack' of a day!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMs5U8CYqtY?rel=0] For many of us, a ‘good hack’ might seem like a foreign and almost illegal concept. Some may even find the subject a little bit dirty. We are tackling this misconception head-on through our new Apps4Broadband competition, aimed at helping Australians better understand what is possible through the smart use of broadband. It...

Bringing health services to outback towns and Aussie homes

For the past two days I’ve been stuck in bed sick with a horrendous cough. By the end of day two I’m over it. I contemplate the 5 minute drive down the road to the doctor’s surgery, but the thought of sitting in a room full of other sick people with god-knows-what bugs floating around...

Meet our Yoda of robotics

Today marks a very special occassion for all geeks around the globe -International Star Wars Day (aka May-the-fourth-be-with-you Day). To get the download on all things Star Wars as well as what is in store for the future of robotics research, we spoke with our very own ‘Yoda of robotics’ Dr Jonathan Roberts. When did you...

The future looks ‘appy’ for broadband connected homes

The app journey so far Source: CSIRO You’ve heard of the Ice Age but have you heard of the ‘App Age’? Today we’ve released research from our ‘Broadband Connected Homes’ report which suggests the next generation of broadband-enabled applications will be more about connecting households to new sensors and cloud services than checking emails and...

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