It's the year 2020...how's your cybersecurity?
May 02, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
What if, in 2020, wearable devices did not care about how many steps you took, and instead were concerned with your real-time emotional state? With networked devices tracking hormone levels, heart rates, facial...
Apple Pay no sure thing in mobile payments race
May 02, 2016 01:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When tech giant Apple announced its second quarter earnings of A$14 billion last week, it gave a limited glimpse into its mobile payments service Apple Pay. The service is gaining one million users per week, but not...
Having trouble picking the right health insurance plan? Let an algorithm decide
Apr 29, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law Health
One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more choice over their insurer. Economic theory suggests that when consumers make informed and active choices in a...
How high-speed wireless compares to cable in boosting our internet speeds
Apr 29, 2016 10:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Australias national broadband network continues its roll out with more than 900,000 premises now connected, according to NBN Cos latest weekly progress report. But Google recently announced the development of high-speed...
Meet the nanomachines that could drive a medical revolution
Apr 22, 2016 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
A group of physicists recently built the smallest engine ever created from just a single atom. Like any other engine it converts heat energy into movement but it does so on a smaller scale than ever seen before. The atom...
Individuals not the priority in the Cyber Security Strategy
Apr 21, 2016 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The Cyber Security Strategy announced today by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clearly places a high priority on protecting Australian government systems from foreign powers. But when it comes to protecting citizens...
Smart homes need to start treating their inhabitants better
Apr 21, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
We might still be some way from coming home to robots doing the cooking and cleaning for us, but the age of widespread home automation has arrived. More and more people now have intelligent versions of devices like...