Research Centre
Agreement on Point Nepean Research Centre
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin launches education program to bring space science to students
Generation Beyond
Jet-powered hoverboard
Yes, the jet-powered hoverboard is real, and yes, the creator has crashed it
Transplants
Pig hearts kept alive in baboons for more than two years, research offers hope for human transplants
Mission to the stars
$100 million research and engineering program will seek proof of concept for using light beam to propel gram-scale ‘nanocraft’ to 20 percent of light speed. A possible fly-by mission could reach Alpha Centauri within about 20 years of its launch.
Breakthrough Initiatives
Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Computer Software
Install and Update All Your Programs at Once with Ninite
Metadata
Federal police admit seeking access to reporter’s metadata without warrant
Brain Implant
Implant lets paralysed man ‘play guitar’
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft adds QR codes to Windows 10 ‘Blue Screen of Death’ to help troubleshoot crashes
Tech Expo Melbourne
Connect EXPO is Australia’s fastest growing business technology event. 19th-20th April @ MCEC
Lithium
Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double
Apple
Apple’s Recycling Initiatives Recover $40 Million in Gold
Germs
Dyson Airblades ‘spread germs 1,300 times more than paper towels’