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Technology topics: Communications
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Wireless but not clueless
Quantum computers – why would you want one?
Virtual reality bytes – military uses of VR
GPS and never having to say: 'Where am I?'
The ups and downs of Australian Air traffic control
Mobile phones – communications on the go
Communicating with light – fibre optics
Cochlear implants – wiring for sound
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Monitoring reef systems or catchments for environmental change can be a big job; sometimes too big for humans to handle without a bit of technological assistance. Now that assistance is increasingly available in the form of smart sensors.
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ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing |
Wireless but not clueless
WiFi and other wireless technologies are already part of our lives, and soon they will be almost everywhere. We should try to understand them.
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Quantum computers – why would you want one?
Do we really need even faster computers?
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The Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference Series |
Virtual reality bytes – military uses of VR
The Australian Defence Force is blending the real and the virtual to train and equip defence personnel cost-effectively and safely.
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Defence Science and Technology Organisation |  |
the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
GPS and never having to say: 'Where am I?'
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been operating successfully for over 10 years, allowing anyone with a receiver to work out exactly where they are.
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
The ups and downs of Australian air traffic control
The introduction of the Australian Advanced Air Traffic System brings the management of Australian skies into the computer age.
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Airservices Australia | |
the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
Mobile phones – communications on the go
Australia's mobile phone system is now into its third generation. But what is 3G, and how do mobile phones work anyway?
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
Communicating with light – fibre optics
The Australia Prize for 1997 was awarded to two engineers and an applied mathematician for their outstanding work in fibre optic communications and high-speed modem design.
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Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University |  |
University of Melbourne |
Cochlear implants – wiring for sound
Australian researchers are helping deaf people to hear – the majority of the world's cochlear implant recipients use a device manufactured here.
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Bionic Ear Institute |  |
Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation. |