From Pac-Man-like ‘living machines’ to mind-control devices:Freaky and fab new tech

From Pac-Man-like ‘living machines’ to mind-control devices:Freaky and fab new tech

From biodegradable cling-wrap to microscopic robots made of stem cells:the next inventions that could change the way we live.

  • byTony Davis

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Victoria,the birthing robot,endures the stuff of nightmares

Victoria,the birthing robot,endures the stuff of nightmares

To some people,Victoria’s existence is the stuff of nightmares – purpose-built to give birth over and over again. But the birthing robot means junior doctors,nurses and midwives can practice responding to rare obstetric emergencies.

  • byKate Aubusson
Why robot workers can’t fill the labour gap

Why robot workers can’t fill the labour gap

While the current labour shortage might seem like the best time to automate jobs,robots are pretty much useless at carrying out mundane manual tasks.

  • byTim Biggs
‘Like the Wild West’:Who owns the moon and what’s up there?
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‘Like the Wild West’:Who owns the moon and what’s up there?

Missions are blasting off again for the moon as the new space industry hits its stride. Why go back? And what will be the rules of conduct?

  • bySherryn Groch andFelicity Lewis
Robot breaks child’s finger during chess game

Robot breaks child’s finger during chess game

While it is possible that the incident was an unfortunate accident,chess officials have other theories.

  • bySophie Tanno
James Webb sees billions of years into the past. How could it shape the future?
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James Webb sees billions of years into the past. How could it shape the future?

The successor to the Hubble telescope could answer key questions like whether aliens exist and how the universe began. How does Webb work and what does it mean?

  • bySherryn Groch
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Is artificial intelligence a friend or foe? Or is that a question for Siri?

Is artificial intelligence a friend or foe? Or is that a question for Siri?

University of NSW Professor Toby Walsh reveals the good,bad and the ugly side of artificial intelligence.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Metropolis comes Down Under:Cinema’s most famous robot in $188 million reboot

Metropolis comes Down Under:Cinema’s most famous robot in $188 million reboot

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is being adapted in an eight-part series for Apple TV+ to be shot in Australia.

  • byKarl Quinn
Vaccines,autonomous vehicles and robots:Morrison to unveil list of critical technologies to be protected

Vaccines,autonomous vehicles and robots:Morrison to unveil list of critical technologies to be protected

More than 60 rapidly developing technologies,including vaccines,autonomous vehicles,artificial intelligence and quantum technologies,could be blocked from being shared with Chinese universities and firms

  • byAnthony Galloway
Robot artist detained in Egypt over spying fears

Robot artist detained in Egypt over spying fears

Some people took the opportunity to note the robot fared better than thousands of people,including lawyers and journalists,trying to enter or leave Egypt.

  • byEllen Francis
Aussies take podium spot at ‘Robot Olympics’ with help from Bluey

Aussies take podium spot at ‘Robot Olympics’ with help from Bluey

An Australian robotics team from CSIRO have seen off challengers including NASA and the California Institute of Technology to take a podium spot in what is known as the Robot Olympics.

  • byStuart Layt