Without addressing teacher concerns about integrating IT in the classroom, we risk creating a generation of students ill-prepared for a digital future.
Specific predictions go obsolete fast, but some common themes are emerging – convenience, fragmentation, intelligence, personalisation and experience.
A smart city is usually one connected and managed through computing — sensors, data analytics and other information and communications technology.
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As cities become ‘smarter’, they need more and more objects fitted with technology. We need to think about designing these objects to accommodate computers, which often break down and create e-waste.
How will Australia rule when it comes to big tech?
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One of America’s original manufacturing giants is scrambling to control how customers digitise its products.
Will facial recognition software make the world a safer place, as tech firms are claiming, or will it make the marginalized more vulnerable and monitored?
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Facial recognition software is an Orwellian concept that will monitor and regulate the public. Most disturbing is the recent announcement by China to use it in school systems.
There is limited mobile reception on Mt Kosciusko in New South Wales.
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The use of technology to enhance sexual pleasure is ancient. Now advances in AI have led to more lifelike sex dolls hitting the market – but sex robots aren’t the only innovations on the horizon.
A launch like this could happen from Australian soil - with the right investment.
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The art and design industry in Australia is demanding ‘mass customisation’ of works of art. Robots may be the answer – and they’re creating jobs already.
Chanel is one of the brands that makes the most of Instagram.
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Instagram is in fashion, literally. Brands use it in a variety of ways, but some still have significant room for growth. And they’re not necessarily the ones you imagine.