Engineering and IT
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Melbourne awarded up to $US19m for Intelligence research
The University of Melbourne is one of four teams worldwide awarded a share of more than $US100 million in funding from the US Government’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), in what may be one of the largest-research efforts aimed at improving human reasoning.
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Revolutionary device will show the way forward for the blind
Daily life for blind and vision-impaired people will be dramatically improved following the development by University of Melbourne researchers of a prototype of an electronic device to help them avoid non-protruding obstacles.
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Coming to a commute near you: Melbourne launches world-first connected living transport lab
The fringe of Melbourne’s CBD will become a connected transport living lab from this year, in an ambitious project that will connect data from vehicles, bicycles, transport infrastructure and more, to prevent traffic jams and crashes and cut travel times and carbon emissions.
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Dobbing 2.0: cyber ‘fox hunt’ to nab Australia’s best whistleblower buster
The University of Melbourne is holding its first 'Snitch Hunt' on Saturday — World Human Rights Day — to show how Australia’s new metadata laws have scuppered notions of privacy and made it a doddle to flush out whistleblowers.
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Pre-fabrication manufacturing to boost building industry
A new centre based at the University of Melbourne will help unlock the potential growth of Australia’s prefabricated building industry by creating a cooperative training system between industry and universities.
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Water research program to renew Lake Urmia in Iran
A joint research program between the University of Melbourne and Sharif University of Technology in Iran will focus on finding practical solutions to the urgent issues facing the Lake Urmia basin, a national priority for Iran.
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Fragranced products: risks for people and profits?
A University of Melbourne researcher has found that over one-third of Americans report health problems — from asthma attacks to migraine headaches — when exposed to common fragranced consumer products such as air fresheners, cleaning supplies, laundry products, scented candles, cologne, and personal care products.
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Making new functional polymers for 3D printers
University of Melbourne chemical engineers have found a way to 3D print smart polymers (or plastics) that can perform a function in a way that is cheaper, cleaner and more accessible than ever before.
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Research and industry work together to create transport solutions
The world’s first urban laboratory, capable of testing and implementing emerging technologies at a large scale in complex urban environments, is now a step closer with a new partnership between Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) and the University of Melbourne.
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Nanoscale engineering transforms particles into “Lego-like” building blocks
Researchers have developed a nanoscale engineering method that transforms tiny particles into “Lego-like” modular building blocks.
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New facility to create safe carbon storage
CO2CRC Limited and the University of Melbourne will today open new $7.56 million emissions reduction laboratories aimed at providing clean, efficient and cost-effective energy for Australia.
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Saving nutrients the whey to go
It takes four kilograms of milk to make just one kilogram of Greek yogurt, which means a lot of natural nutrients from milk are not readily being captured, and Australians consume a lot of Greek yogurt.
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Killing superbugs with star-shaped polymers, not antibiotics
Tiny, star-shaped molecules are effective at killing bacteria that can no longer be killed by current antibiotics, new research shows.
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Breaking down the barriers: how energy access can power communities and create gender equality
An international conference examining inclusive energy solutions, being held at the University of Melbourne, will look at how access to energy can help reduce poverty, improve social inclusion, including balancing gender equity.
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Robot Olympics: Victoria’s best to go head-to-head
Hundreds of custom-made robots built by the finest young minds in the state are set to compete in the 2016 RoboCup Junior finals at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday 16 August.
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University welcomes Lockheed Martin to Melbourne
The University of Melbourne has welcomed the arrival of Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab (Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership & Research Laboratory) to Melbourne, to be located off-campus, proximal to the University’s engineering and science innovation precinct.
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Thinking machines in the physical world
Can driverless cars make ethical decisions? Should technologists warn communities of the effects their technologies are about to have? And can computers already think for themselves?
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Transforming advanced manufacturing piece by piece
The University of Melbourne, in collaboration with Speedpanel Australia, has been awarded $3 million to undertake an Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre Project that will research and develop innovative pre-fabricated building systems for three years.
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New transport think tank to lead policy and innovation
More than 20 top chief executive officers and executives from government and private sectors involved in the delivery of transport services met for the first time at the Transport Executive Forum (TEF) at the University of Melbourne.
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Shaping an Indigenous future in engineering
Four of the top Victorian universities are uniting in their commitment to greater representation of Indigenous Australians in the field of engineering.