The brave new world of firefighting bots
With the rise of robots, the mechanical shuffle of automated colleagues around the workplace may be a not-to-distant future.
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Feeding a COVID-19 Nation: protecting all worker’s rights in a time of crisis
In a period of panic-buying and empty supermarket shelves, we can’t forget about the horticultural industry that works to sustain us.
Swipe, tap and touch – what the future of transactions looks like
The days of having a wallet full of ‘pineapples’ and pocket or purse bulging with silver and gold coins are quickly disappearing.
Drought, bushfire, flood, hail, and dust: local action the way forward for sustainability
Australia recently experienced unprecedented bushfires, affecting people’s health in many of its major cities and destroying homes and lives.
What’s your loneliness room? Connecting humans through creative practice research
In ‘How to Treat a “Loneliness Epidemic”’, a recent letter to the editor from The New York Times, writers discussed what responsibility we have to lonely people.
Intelligent surfaces could change how we interact with a space
This technology could help us save energy, live independently, and pinpoint our whereabouts in times of crisis.
Online courses to reduce gambling-related harm
Thousands of Australians are negatively affected by gambling each year. But Deakin and the Office of Responsible Gambling NSW are working to change that.
Protecting small mammals after fire
After the tragic bushfires that tore through Australia, researchers at Deakin are wondering how best to protect our most vulnerable animals after the disaster.