Tag: UNSW
Betty and Arnold to receive a new hand from an inventive UNSW student
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A UNSW Master’s student has designed the world’s first soft robotic hand that can pick up, put down, paint and hammer with greater...
Student develops specialised weeder tool to improve bushfire management
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A specialised weed management tool for bush regeneration is one of dozens of innovations on display at UNSW’s virtual Luminocity exhibition.
The “lever weeder”...
Healthcare products, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural innovation could be Australia’s domestic manufacturing future says UNSW...
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Business leaders, community groups and politicians across the politician spectrum have called for Australia to build up its domestic manufacturing capability during the Coronavirus pandemic.
With...
Bio-inspired sensing technology gives robots a human sense of touch
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A bio-inspired tactile sensor technology created by Sydney-based start-up Contactile equips robotic gripping systems with the sensory advantages of human hands, enabling robots...
Engineers find neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material
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Making catalysts to convert waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial products has been expensive and complicated – until now. UNSW engineers show it's...
Trials begin for a new type of face mask
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RMIT fashion and textiles experts have designed a new style of protective face mask for healthcare workers.
The staff and student team has...
Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing
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In a breakthrough for quantum computing, researchers at UNSW Sydney have made much improved qubits by exploiting concepts from high school chemistry.
Quantum engineers...
New national taskforce releases report to tackle gender disparity in engineering
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A new independent national taskforce to tackle the significant deficit in the numbers of women studying engineering, the Engineering for Australia Taskforce, has...
UNSW’s smart microrecycling technology secures funding boost to commercialise
A new Aussie made technology that can reform waste into new materials is edging closer to commercialisation thanks to new NSW government funding announced this week.
Developed...
Naval Group Pacific and UNSW Sydney demonstrate potential new applications of composite material
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Naval Group Pacific, in partnership with the ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) at UNSW Sydney, has successfully demonstrated...
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Balancing profit and sustainability in supply chains
Priorities in the supply chain are expanding, moving away from cost as the main driver behind purchasing decisions. Now, sustainability and ethical sourcing are grabbing a portion of the spotlight.
