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The future of Australia
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- 2016first covered
- 13 Mar 2026latest update
- 3linked technologies
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Australia launches the first 3D printed Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile from US soil
Using quantum computers to break global encryption just got 10 times easier
Gene Editing That Spreads Within The Body Trialled For First Time
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- Australia launches the first 3D printed Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile from US soilIndustry and manufacturing
- Using quantum computers to break global encryption just got 10 times easierSecurity and privacy
- Gene Editing That Spreads Within The Body Trialled For First TimeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Quantum Twins simulate what supercomputers can’tComputing
- Fast charging Quantum Battery installed in Quantum Computer for first timeEarth and energy
- UK MOD uses AI to classify and categorise secret documentsSecurity and privacy
- Google partners with CSIRO to maintain energy grid stabilityEarth and energy
- US military’s next gen fighter jet helmet lets pilots control everything with thoughtBiotech and enhanced humans
- Anduril ramps Autonomous Underwater Vehicle production in the USARobotics
- Nigerian AI-Ese not English is the primary language of AIAI and intelligence
- This 3D printed material is stronger than anything produced by natureIndustry and manufacturing
- Artificial atoms help achieve ultra secure quantum computersComputing
- New socially intelligent AI Agents mimic human trust behavioursSecurity and privacy
- IATA and BA launch their first fully integrated digital identify travel experienceSecurity and privacy
- Ineffable cryptography breakthrough gets rid of root access adminsSecurity and privacy
- The first brain scale neuromorphic computer is about to go onlineComputing
- Futuristic proton batteries close in on Hydrogen and LiON batteries for energy densityEarth and energy
- This new quantum microscope sees things nothing else canEarth and energy
- These new organic batteries are trying to dethrone LiON batteriesEarth and energy
- This new tech could help you get through airport security in just 30 SecondsSecurity and privacy
- Researchers smash 1.7 Petabits a second through novel 19 core fiber optic cableConnected society
- NASA’s hypersonic Rotating Detonation Engine passes first crucial testsTransport and mobility
- The Future of Railways 2070 | RISSB, Australia | Matthew Griffin | Railways and Mobility Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Scientists used cellular agriculture to create a giant Woolly mammoth meatballIndustry and manufacturing
- Hydrogen eating bacteria make electricity from air in new energy breakthroughEarth and energy
- Airspeeder unveils its first crewed eVTOL racer as it eyes a future flying car seriesTransport and mobility
- Meta’s AI became an expert in Diplomacy and human gamers weren’t the wiserAI and intelligence
- ChatGPT is almost acing the hardest USMLE medical exams in the USAAI and intelligence
- New Laser on a Chip tech brings holographic smartphones closer to sci-factIndustry and manufacturing
- Old oil wells are finding new life as Hydrogen fuel sources thanks to these bacteriaEarth and energy
- Mini brains grown from human neurons have learned how to play PongBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers replace blood tests with a 5 second pulse of light to detect MalariaBiotech and enhanced humans
- From AI lawyers to AI judges courts are embracing tech for better and worseAI and intelligence
- Quantum hard drives could help create quantum telescopes hundreds of kilometers wideSpace
- Researchers have replaced concrete aggregate with rubber in world firstIndustry and manufacturing
- Engineers have a new problem, stopping climate change from destroying roadsIndustry and manufacturing
- Diamond based quantum computers paired with supercomputers for the first timeComputing
- Australia’s ANZ Bank becomes the world’s first bank to mint its own crypto StablecoinsConnected society
- Australia’s central bank is sceptical on a digital currency, but signals that could changeConnected society
- Neumann Space successfully turns space junk into space fuel for satellitesEarth and energy
- Silicon based quantum computing surpasses 99 percent accuracy for the first timeComputing
- Proof of concept verifies quantum batteries that never loose their chargeEarth and energy
- Airspeeder carries out the world’s first eVTOL drag race in OzTransport and mobility
- These tiny bio-electronic implants could treat Rheumatoid ArthritisBiotech and enhanced humans
- 5G and Smart City sensor networks could give autonomous vehicles collective perceptionConnected society
- Research of billions of links shows the internet is both shrinking and expandingConnected society
- Firms line up Green Ammonia as a future zero emission fuel for aviation and shippingEarth and energy
- New Australian heat tolerant COVID-19 vaccine heads to human trialsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Replica Studios makes it easy for games studios to create synthetic voicesAI and intelligence
- A new ultra thin film gives your ordinary glasses night visionIndustry and manufacturing
- CRISPR gene editing tool shown to stop Coronavirus replication in human cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Flying race car company Alauda unveils their fantastic new Mk3 AirspeederTransport and mobility
- Australian designer uses 3D printing and AI to create amazing butterfly inspired fashion lineIndustry and manufacturing
- Australian firm unveils the world’s first Hydrogen battery to power homesEarth and energy
- Fossil fuels running out of gas as renewable energy becomes the world’s cheapest energyEarth and energy
- Energy scavenging nano tech generates energy from everythingEarth and energy
- Researchers unveil Google maps for the human bodyBiotech and enhanced humans
- Australian government backs renewables and unveils plans to export sunshine to AsiaEarth and energy
- An AI hiring company says it can predict job hopping based on your interviewAI and intelligence
- World’s smallest camera is so small it travels around your bloodstream scanning you from the insideIndustry and manufacturing
- This E-Bike reads your brainwaves to help you stay alive on the roadTransport and mobility
- AirSpeeder gets set to launch flying car races in 2021Transport and mobility
- HyperPower unveil their new high density electric motor to accelerate the HyperloopTransport and mobility
- New hot qubits let quantum computers run near room temperatureComputing
- Researchers squeeze a record breaking 44.2Tbps out of ordinary fiber opticConnected society
- A radical new fusion reactor could disrupt how all future fusion reactors are builtEarth and energy
- Spray on solar panels and solar skins push green energy to the next levelEarth and energy
- New Lithium-Sulfur batteries have five times the capacity of Lithium-IonEarth and energy
- Lab grown meat could make eating T-Rex and Zebra burgers completely normalIndustry and manufacturing
- Gallium “heartbeat” discovery gives re-configurable electronics a boostIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s first vaccine entirely designed by an AI heads to human trialsAI and intelligence
- Brick-bot Hadrian X gets to work building homes in AustraliaRobotics
- Evolving robots discover new ways to walk thanks to AI advancesRobotics
- Breakthrough process lets researchers turn Carbon Dioxide back into CoalEarth and energy
- Scientists create Nanobionic plants that detect chemicals and could grow on MarsIndustry and manufacturing
- Experimental vaccine for Celiac disease heads to human trialsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists have created the world’s first Star Trek like tractor beamEarth and energy
- Scientists jumped out of a plane to create a new wonder materialIndustry and manufacturing
- Revolutionary injectable brain implant restores mobility in paralysed patientsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Revolutionary blood test lets doctors see chronic pain in colourBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists turn light into sound to create faster Photonic computersComputing
- New graphene filter turns filthy water into drinking waterEarth and energy
- NASA inspired tech designed for outer space triples crop yields on EarthIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers unveil the world’s first complete silicon quantum chip designComputing
- World’s first fully autonomous freight train goes for a spin in AustraliaTransport and mobility
- Blockchain entrepreneurs are helping utilities re-invent the powergridEarth and energy
- New shark spotter algorithm saves lives, and sharksAI and intelligence
- Australian researchers claim a blockchain record of 440,000 transactions per secondConnected society
- Companies are racing to fill the seas with autonomous drone shipsTransport and mobility
- An Australian AI can predict when you’ll die with 70 percent accuracyAI and intelligence
- World’s biggest meat producer begins rolling out robot butchersRobotics
- Robots are taking over and automating the world’s minesRobotics
- Australia is building the world’s biggest solar farmEarth and energy
- Researchers have created the highest quality hologram yetVirtual worlds
- An extinction gene and glowing mice help scientists eradicate invasive speciesEarth and energy
- Australia hails the end of passports as it rolls out biometrics at airportsSecurity and privacy
- Harder than diamond, the meteorite diamond that’s made in a labIndustry and manufacturing
- Huge new wireless sensor network to help scientists monitor biodiversity in the AmazonEarth and energy
- New research shows plants learn like dogsEarth and energy
- Nanocrystal discovery turns normal glasses into night vision specsIndustry and manufacturing
- Australian researchers reproduce the effects of excercise with a pillBiotech and enhanced humans
- Australia’s Little Ripper search and rescue drone goes looking for sharksSecurity and privacy
- DARPA’s hack proof code protects military systems from hackersSecurity and privacy
- Scientists create breakthrough everything-phobic nanomaterialIndustry and manufacturing
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