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A computer may have been the size of room in 1968, but it was still a watershed year for tech industry. That year saw the founding of the Intel Corporation that would revolutionize microprocessors and ...

A scene from Doug Engelbart's groundbreaking 1968 computer demo. Doug Engelbart InstituteOn a crisp California afternoon in early December 1968, a square-jawed, mild-mannered Stanford researcher named ...

Author providedHundreds of thousands of people with severe hearing loss depend on surgically implanted electronic devices to recover some of their hearing. These devices, known as auditory or cochlear ...

Why are we drawn to tech toys? Ars Electronica, CC BY-NC-NDThere’s a lot of hype around the release of Sony’s latest robotic dog. It’s called “aibo,” and is promoted as using artificial intelligence t ...

Technology and artificial intelligence are already profoundly changing how we live, work and travel. Are we ready for more profound changes? (Shutterstock)How do we prepare for and manage what’s known ...

Older Australians are falling behind younger people in their capacity to access and make use of the internet. www.shutterstock.comIn Australia, use of the internet is almost universal. At last count, ...

As technology improves, it’s tempting for company executives to slash jobs that are “standard” and “routine”, making them easy to automate. But research shows focusing on improving management practice ...

The State Library in Victoria illustrates that libraries are so much more than just places that contain books. from shutterstock.comIn 2017, archaeologists discovered the ruins of the oldest public li ...

A handful of europium. Alchemist-hp, CC BY-SAMost Americans use rare earth elements every day – without knowing it, or knowing anything about what they do. That could change, as these unusual material ...

Integrating technology into the classroom can have huge benefits. But it's not always straight forward. from www.shutterstock.comSomewhere in a school near you, a teacher is struggling to handle a que ...