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Australian Technology & Innovation
- Competitions for Students :
- Australian Informatics Olympiad
‘The Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee runs a number of activities aimed at high school students for enrichment and competition in computer programming and algorithm design. The pinnacle of these activities is sending a team of four overseas each year to represent Australia at the International Olympiad in Informatics.’ - Imagine Cup
[The World’s Premier Student Technology Competition]
‘The Imagine Cup is one way Microsoft is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world - today. Now in its sixth year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues.’ - RoboCup Junior Australia
‘Developed with three levels of increasing complexity where students can choose to take up the challenge at their own skill and interest level.’ Check the Competition Rules and Entry Information at this site. - General Sites & Portals :
- Australian Computer Society
Join, find information on the International Computer Driving Licence, professional development, publications, courses and exams, a ‘student’s page’ and links. - Australian High Tech Crime Centre
How they handle high tech crimes and how you can be involved. - Australian IT
A comprehensive review of everything including news in the IT and technology fields. - Australian Science Archives Project
‘Bright Sparcs’ : the biographies of 3 000+ Australian scientists; hundreds of links; ‘The Cabinet of Curiosities’ : 200 years of Australian science treasures; a ‘guest’ section. - Australian Technology Park
Based in Sydney. News, information, space available and innovations developed. - F2 IT News
Information about the information technology world. - IIA News
From the Internet Industry Association - news, code of practice, current issues and member’s benefits and services. - IT News
Breaking news for professional and commercial people. - National ICT Australia
‘Australia’s ICT Research Centre of Excellence. With a focus on use-inspired basic research, NICTA attracts, develops, and networks exceptional talent for Australia’s future prosperity. NICTA’s research efforts focus on the technology challenges facing industry, community, and the national interest. The central themes of NICTA’s research can be found here.’ - Inventions and Inventors
From minor to those which changed the course of history. Australian achievements and achievers. - Inventions & Innovations :
- Ausinvent
‘In the world of bright ideas, Australia has delivered fair its share.’ This site looks at inventions by Australians including what people are inventing now. - Australia Innovates
Things Australians have invented from penicillin to the black box. - Australian Technology Showcase
- Innovations with Fibre
[CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology]
‘Australia’s pre-eminent textile, fibre and leather research centre, with a long history of innovation in textiles and leather.’ Technology can be more than machinery and computers. - Technology in Australia 1788-1988
History of technological inventions developed in Australia. - Inventors :
- 100 Years of Australian Innovations
Information on innovative Australians from Questacon. - Australia Advances
‘Australia Advances is a series of short video stories being shown on network and cable television throughout Australia, showcasing some of the most brilliant, fascinating and important Australian discoveries and technological achievements.’ You need Quicktime and preferably broadband. - Lawrence Hargrave
Australian remembered for his work with box kites. His work is seen as pioneering in the aviation field. Also other pioneers of flight. Check the left hand menu. - New Inventors [ABC TV]
The latest inventions, back to the ‘vault’, kid’s inventions and more.
General Information
- Blogs & Pods :
- Science Blogs - Technology
Access a range of blogs via the one page. There are also links to other blogs in other areas. - Tech Podcast Network
[If it’s tech, it’s Here]
‘Tech Podcast Network is a community supported web site dedicated to the promotion of technology by using the Internet. These initiatives include audio streaming, podcasting, and new technology delivery mechanisms.’ - Tech Wired Australia
[MP3 Edition]
‘Technology, gadgets, tech news, tech offs, recorded and released Wednesdays and Saturdays.’ - The Antipodean Podcast
[Sci-tech news from Downunder]
‘Technology, Biotechnology, innovation and other deliberations.’ - The Global Geek Podcast
‘Two Hemispheres, Two Geeks, One Podcast. Two geeks on opposite sides of the world delivering the news in a fun and entertaining way. Global Geek Podcast sits on its own with the quirky attitudes and pithy, humour between the hosts and their content !’ - This Week in Tech
[With Leo Laporte & Friends]
Described as ‘netcasts from people you trust’. [‘It very quickly became the most popular netcast on the Internet.’]
Highly Recommended ! - General Sites & Portals :
- 20Q.net
Remember 20 Questions ? A new version that ‘is an experiment in artificial intelligence. The program is very simple but its behaviour is complex. Everything that it knows and all questions that it asks were entered by people playing this game. 20Q.net is a learning system; the more it is played, the smarter it gets.’ - Bar Code Mechanics
Bar codes each have a meaning. Understand what they do and how they are developed, even make your own. - Compass, How to Use a
Not necessarily the most technological but, if needed, you want to know how to use it. Even find directions without one. - CompInfo
‘The top one-stop reference resource for corporate IT, computer software, computers and communications’. Links on every aspect of IT. - Food Science & Technology, Institute of
‘IFST is the leading independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe and the only professional body in the UK concerned with all aspects of food science and technology.’ - MIT Tech Review
[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
Reviews their programs and the progress and achievements of some special graduates. - NASA Programs
More than 30 year’s worth of computer programs for a variety of functions. - new !Predictions of the
Year 2000
[from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900]
‘We invite you to comment on these predictions, whether they have been realized in some way or how they can never be accomplished ! In any event, we know you’ll enjoy these entries.’ 29 statements in all. Remember when they were made ! - Science and Technology News
- Technology in a Can
Looks at aerosols from their invention, environmental concerns, how cans are created, media information and links to related sites. - Techsoup - Learning Centre
‘Organized by subject, our how-to’s, worksheets, case studies, profiles, and product comparisons are written for all budgets and all levels of technical expertise.’ Articles listed in groupings such as Technology Planning, Web Building, Software, Training, Using the Internet, etc.. There are also feeds, emails, downloads and more. - The Diverse and Exploding Digital
Universe
‘In this companion to last year’s EMC-sponsored white paper, IDC again calibrates the size [bigger than first thought] and the growth [faster than expected] of the digital universe through [to] 2011. IDC also explores new dimensions of the digital universe [e.g., the impact of specific industries on the digital universe; your digital shadow] and discusses the implications for individuals, organizations, and society.’ Get the report for 2008, a summary, the report for 2007 and more. - Through The Wires
[A Century of Telecommunications]
A Thinkquest site. Looks at communication from Morse code to the internet. Uses interactive video & audio methodology to discover how to communicate.
Can be slow to load. - What Is ?
Particular technologies, what acronyms really mean, definitions, take advantage of recommendations regarding books and dictionaries for this area. Dominantly computing. - World Internet Project
‘A major, international, collaborative project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies.’ Check each of the 28 countries involved [including Australia]. - Inventions and Inventors
From minor to those which changed the course of history. Achievements and achievers. - General Sites & Portals :
- Innovations : The Digital Revolution
A Thinkquest site. Discover the ‘digital’ revolution of the last few decades and how it has affected mankind. - Invention at Play
Equates the use of play to the inventive process and provides ways of doing this. Go to the playroom and try. - Official Rube Goldberg Web Site, The
Cartoons from a revered cartoonist, looking at ‘wacky’ inventions. - Specific Areas :
- IEEE Virtual Museum
The history of electricity and how it has been used to change the way we live [through linked inventions]. - Recording Technology History
Offers an easy to understand history of recording sound. - Light Microscope, A History of
Covers all microscopes and how they work and how they developed to present formats. - Inventions & Innovations :
- CNN - Top 25 Innovations
Listed in 2005, and summarised in groups. - Greatest Inventions
[The Evolution of Man Through History]
A Thinkquest site. Follow history and find out inventors and inventions which have helped create the present position. Use ‘Clip, the Helper’. - Inventor’s Toolbox
Some of the simpler inventions and tools that helped to make life easier. - Time’s Best Inventions of the Year :
- Technological Inventions
Time-Warner’s list of the inventions of 2001. Most serious, but a few on the funny side. - TIME - Best Inventions 2002
Best inventions of 2002. - TIME - Best Inventions 2003
Best inventions of 2003. - Inventors :
- Famous Inventors of History
Claims the best collection of information about the largest range of inventors listed on the web. - Inventor of the Week Archives, The
[Invention Dimension]
Search for Inventor of the Week, inventions, Links & Resources, Inventor’s Handbook, Games & Trivia and more, from this Massachusetts Institute of Technology site. - Inventor’s Headquarters
Provides all the advice needed to make you as successful as you can be. - Inventors Museum
Information about significant inventors and inventions. - National Inventors’ Hall of Fame
Textual information about inventors across time. Not just the better known inventors. - Technology Laureates
People awarded the US Presidential Medal of Technology. Amazing technological innovations. - Safeguarding Your Invention
Many ideas don’t end up in the inventor’s hands. Ensure you follow the best path to retain the rights that flow from your invention. - The Very First Steps
Inventors Have To Take
‘The relationship between patents and the market value of inventions, the need for counsel, the need for prior art searches and being sceptical of invention promoters.’ - IP Australia Patents
Information about patents and how to get them in Australia. - Unusual Inventions & Creations :
- Patently Absurd
‘Absurd’ inventions for which patents have been sought. For every successful invention, a huge number are stupid, crazy and plain weird. Links to other sites. - Weird and Wonderful Patents
‘Over the years, inventors have tried to solve many of the problems of daily life. Who could forget these vital advances to the state of the art’.