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What is a safe following distance? Confusion over what is a “safe following distance” has QUT road safety researchers calling for a standardised definition to prevent tailgating.
Australian gift deductions take a great leap forward: Australians are claiming their gifts to charity on tax more than ever, the annual report produced by QUT’s Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) showed.
Testing centre to shine light on sun safe promises: Technologies and products that promise to improve sun protection will be put to the test at a new research centre being established in Brisbane by QUT in partnership with clinical trial company Q-Pharm.
QUT bluebox Challenge: Popgun’s ALICE hits the top note: Popgun, the team building ALICE, an artificial intelligence that can play and compose music, has won QUT’s own Shark Tank business pitch showcase for graduates, students and staff, the QUT bluebox Challenge.
Bringing Australian-developed medicines to market: Global pharmaceutical companies, biotech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists hungry for Australian-developed medicines will shed light on the complex process of the commercialisation of new drugs at the three-day Bridge Program conference this week.
Game on: the future is eSports: Purpose-built training facilities and arenas, a take up by traditional sports clubs, and an Olympics berth – that’s the not-too-distant future of eSports, according to Australian eSports pioneer Nick Vanzetti, a speaker at QUT’s Real World Futures Disruptive Influences conference.
Drivers are less cautious at railway crossings: Drivers aren’t as cautious approaching a railway level crossing compared to a road intersection despite the greater risk of fatality if a collision occurs, a new QUT study has found.
Lost in translation: When humour kills the message: Getting a laugh may not help get the road safety message across, with a new QUT study showing humorous driver sleepiness advertisements can get lost in translation.
QUT students escape to YMCA Rat Race: The value of interning has been once again highlighted by 12 QUT Creative Industries students attached to YMCA Brisbane for Sunday’s fund-raising YMCA Rat Race event.
Partnership behind new hope for Queenslanders with drug-resistant epilepsy: Researchers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Mater Centre for Neurosciences and Queensland University of Technology will join forces to develop new diagnostic and treatment tools for doctors working with patients who have debilitating, drug-resistant epilepsy.
Oct 16-19: Anti-Poverty Week 2017 @QUT @Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove
Oct 17: Real World Futures conference: Disruptive Influences @ Gardens Point
Oct 19: QUT Learning Potential Fund Breakfast with Tracey Spicer @ Gardens Point
Oct 19: Frontiers of Materials Research Symposium (free) @ Gardens Point
Oct 21: Pure Planta Food Fiesta @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Oct 23: Open Access Bazaar (free) @ Gardens Point
Oct 25: Women and the Justice System seminar (free) @ Old Government House
Oct 25: MBA and Postgraduate Business Information Evening (free) @ Gardens Point
Oct 25: QUT Business Leaders’ Forum with Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz @ Hilton Brisbane
Oct 27: Science in Focus Finalist Exhibition & Award Ceremony (free) @The Cube
Oct 27: Pink Ribbon Blue Sky Breakfast @ Gardens Point
Nov 11-Dec 17: The churchie national emerging art prize (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Dec 19: QUT Real Decisions (free) @ Gardens Point
Now-Oct 29: Machination (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now-Oct 29: Why future still needs us: AI and humanity (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now-Nov 24: STEM for Schools: What’s on in 2017 @ QUT
Now-December: Code-A-Bot, Physics Observatory and Dino Zoo (free) @ The Cube
Now-June 25, 2018: Eternal Present: The Still Life paintings of William Robinson (free) @ William Robinson Gallery, Old Government House
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Among the highlights this week, Dr Sebastien Demmel and QUT CARRS-Q research on drivers’ tailgating habits received widespread coverage, while Dr Sue Keay and QUT's robotics research made the cover of Qweekend magazine.
These and our other media highlights of the week can be found here.
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