This Locally Made Solar Battery Could Give Tesla a Run for Their Money
The solar battery industry is still very much in its infancy, but already there’s an Aussie upstart taking the challenge to a major brand. The Brisbane-based, Indigenous-owned AllGrid Energy is...
View ArticlePretend You’re In Jurassic Park at Australia’s New Virtual Dinosaur Zoo
Did you spend your childhood wishing that Jurassic Park wasn’t just a movie (or a book that spawned a movie and box office-smashing sequels)? Us too. While that dream is yet to become a reality,...
View ArticleL’Oreal Have Developed a Temporary Tattoo That Measures Your UV Exposure
Staying sun smart over summer might have just gotten simpler, thanks to a new piece of wearable tech from cosmetic giant L’Oreal. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this...
View ArticleThese Wireless Earbuds Let You Choose What Noises You Want to Hear
You know when you’re trying to read on a train but you just can’t tune out that other passenger’s borezo conversation? Or when you’re at a festival and you want to turn up the base? It’s these times...
View ArticleThese Solar-Powered Clothes Could be the Wearable Heater You’ve Been Hanging...
Sure, it doesn’t get that cold in Australia, but there are certainly times when a wearable heater wouldn’t go astray. Anyone who’s been to Hobart in July will surely attest to that. So our future...
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Elon Musk’s High-Speed Vacuum Tube Transport System Could Be a Reality by 2018
While Australia pushes back the prospect of a high-speed rail (presumably for infinity), Elon Musk has been doing his usual incredible genius thing and has come up with his own high-speed transport...
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These Vibrating Leggings Will Help You Tighten Up Your Yoga Game
Maintaining that perfect yoga pose may have just gotten a wee bit easier, thanks to the latest innovation in wearable tech. Australian company Wearable Experiments have developed a pair of yoga pants...
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This Online Social Startup Is the Airbnb for Refugees
Despite what governmental and mainstream media outlets may have you believe, Australia isn’t the only nation where people are desperately seeking asylum. Europe’s currently in the middle of a very real...
View ArticleUber Are Collecting Donations for the Red Cross This Sunday
Uber’s switched on marketing team are at it again. Less than a week after teaming with Optus on an Australia Day stunt that saw cricket umpires dispatched to backyards around the country, the...
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hey! VINA Is Tinder for Female Friendship
Sometimes it can feel like making solid female friends is tougher than getting a Tinder date. Much tougher. Women often feel the pressure of social conditioning that encourages them to compete for male...
View ArticleSemi Permanent Announces Huge Tech-Heavy 2016 Sydney Lineup
Semi Permanent, Australia’s three-day touring seminar that covers big ideas around design, tech, digital landscapes and the future of the internet, has announced a straight-up cray-cray 2016 lineup...
View ArticleThese Three Satellites Could Help Get Billions of New Users Online
American communications company ViaSat has teamed up with aerospace manufacturer Boeing on a project that will bring high-speed internet to some of the remotest places on earth. The two companies...
View ArticleAustralia’s Village Roadshow Is Taking Legal Action Against Piracy Sites
It’s a sad news day for all the swashbuckling pirates among you. Australian film company Village Roadshow has started a court action to shut down movie streaming website SolarMovie. After the Federal...
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Uber Are Delivering Puppies to Your Office Today
Your workday is about to get a whole lot more bearable, courtesy of the marketing department at Uber. Starting from midday today, the ridesharing service is teaming up with Purina’s Pets at Work...
View ArticlePlayStation's Virtual Reality Headset Is Almost Here and It's Surprisingly...
Virtual reality may finally be about to hit the mainstream, with Sony announcing that PlayStation VR will be on the market by the end of the year. Compatible with the PS4, the long-awaited virtual...
View ArticleDominos Heralds Robot Apocalypse With Autonomous Pizza Delivery Unit
Forget space travel, the internet and the mapping of the human genome. Our greatest technological achievements pale in comparison to the one unveiled by Dominos (yes, that Dominos) in Brisbane last...
View ArticleNSW Government Is Cracking Down on Opal Card's Cheap Fare Loopholes
If you've been one of those savvy, savvy Opal users, who's been rollerblading between light rail stops, to 'Opal mine' and rack up your weekly cap on the cheap, we're afraid your halcyon days are...
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Melbourne Finally Gets Public Transport Data Onto Google Maps, Escapes Time Rift
In news we're filing under About Bloody Time, Melbourne has finally caught up with the rest of the world in getting its public transport data integrated with Google Maps. The news was confirmed by...
View ArticleThis Supersonic Jet Could Fly from London to NYC in Three and a Half Hours
There may be a lot of prospects for high speed travel, like Elon Musk's Hyperloop, but when we can travel between continents without the agony long haul flights, that's when we'll know the future is...
View ArticleOculus Rift Is Finally Here and It's More Affordable Than We Thought
Only a few years ago, virtual reality seemed like a foggy, far distant dream that would probably, like most new technology, take a few decades to become readily accessible and genuinely user-friendly....
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