How to spot lying graphs
Your teachers have probably taught you how to make all sorts of graphs but have they taught you how to spot a graph that lies? Graphs that lie? You’re probably thinking what am I...
Category: Digital Technologies
Counting on technology
You’ve probably heard of painting by numbers but what about painting for numbers? That’s exactly what’s happening in Far North Queensland as scientists try to determine just how many turtles there are in this...
How close is too close?
It wasn’t too long ago that you could swim at the beach blissfully unaware if a shark was near. Unless of course it was too close. Today though new technologies are giving us new...
Making Sense of the Traffic
Have you ever been caught in traffic? I am guessing that most of you have. You may even have been in a traffic jam this morning as you made your way to...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! – It’s a drone?
My dog was going ballistic the other night. She just wouldn’t stop barking. When I ventured outside, I couldn’t see anything that should be upsetting her. That was until...
This is the maths that fed the cat with the help of the Internet of Things…
Don’t press play on the video below yet. Take a moment to look at that little face. That cute little guy just wants some milk. That’s got nothing to do with...
The COTSbot – A really GREAT invention!
Did you know that the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia is the largest living thing on Earth? It covers an area of 344,400 km². That’s huge. The...
A Swarm of Robots
Did you know that a group of robots that work together to perform a task are called a swarm? Robot swarms are no longer a concept just found in science fiction books and...
Robear – Coming to a hospital near you!
Japanese inventors have designed a new robot called the Robear. The Robear has been developed to help move patients in a hospital environment. They have designed the Robear because moving patients can...
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