New sensors and software could greatly improve mine safety by monitoring block caving projects where miners go beneath an ore body and undercut it.…
Infrastructure monitoring might soon be the work of specialised drones
An engineering student is investigating the use of drones and laser scanning tech to boost infrastructure monitoring capabilities, especially for bridges.…
New technology adds air refuelling to RAAF abilities
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has successfully refuelled fighter aircraft in the air over the Middle East using its new Aerial Refuelling Boom System.…
In the future will astronauts blast off in 3D-printed rockets?
A team from the University of Queensland has designed a rocket using 3D printing for a NASA competition.…
How will autonomous vehicles change our cities?
Autonomous vehicles are expected to have a disruptive effect on travel, but could end up creating gridlock.…
Airports that people love? They’re closer than you think
What should airports of the future look like? Where should they be positioned? And how do you build flexibility into infrastructure with a 20- to 50-year design life?…
New detection method could nip concrete creep in the bud
A solution to concrete creep might be at hand with new research into its physical origins.…
If you can think it, you can 3D print it at CSIRO’s Lab 22
After acquiring the latest 3D printing facilities, CSIRO’s Lab 22 is providing access to metal additive manufacturing, modelling, simulation and testing.…
Disruptive technology: With major challenges come opportunities for engineers
While many companies are eager to embrace ‘disruptive’ technologies, few are equipped to implement them in a meaningful way. Enter Denise Goldsworthy who, after a long career as an engineer, now advis…
This smog-eating building helps cities get rid of air pollution
Rotterdam-based designer and engineer Daan Roosegaarde was inspired to build a giant smog-eating tower after seeing all of Beijing covered in smog.…