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Robotronica: come and meet the future: QUT has pulled together an all-star cast of world firsts in robotics (including the world's first cyborg, pictured above) for its popular Robotronica spectactular on August 23.
Innovation to take flight at robotics comp: Queensland's young innovators are being invited to showcase their ideas in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) through an international student flying robotics competition.
QUT's virtual experience opens eyes to future reality: The latest in immersive virtual reality (VR) technology has given 15,000 prospective students and their families a unique glimpse of where QUT can take them.
Eco robots - smart solutions to protect our environment: QUT has developed a flotilla of robot boats that monitor the effects of major weather events and provide early warning on potential environmental disasters.
Unlocking the way we were: Cooking for Copyright: Much of Australia's social history - the letters, recipes, photos, diaries of the people who went before us - is locked away forever because, as unpublished works, copyright in them lasts indefinitely if the owner has not given permission for their publication.
Microscopic look at the beauty & complexity of life: It looks like something you'd see on a wall at GOMA, but it's actually an essential part of the miracle of life ... as seen through a microscope at QUT.
Nominate a Brisbane hero to be immortalised in 3D: QUT is calling on the Brisbane community to nominate unsung heroes, community leaders or other extraordinary people to be the subjects of an amazing series of 3D portraits.
Crime Club - QUT students solve a 'murder' with real-life police: The police detectives, prosecutor, judge and $1000 prize money are real, but the suspicious death of a university professor that 60 QUT law and justice students are investigating is (thankfully) fake.
Ebola outbreak highlights need for IP-free essential medicines: international conference: New life-saving medicines developed for lethal disease such as ebola should be 'a gift to the world' rather than held up by squabbles over intellectual property while victims of the disease are dying, says QUT Professor of IP & Innovation Law Matthew Rimmer.
GST-free holiday on online buys to go as falling dollar hits sales: People who buy items under $1000 online from overseas could soon pay GST on them, but while some retailers and lobby groups may rejoice, QUT retail expert Dr Gary Mortimer said collection could cost up to $2 billion a year.
Do phone apps and UV-detecting devices help prevent skin cancer? Join a study to help find out: Young smartphone-using adults in Brisbane are wanted to join a new QUT research project designed to discover whether or not devices to detect ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and mobile phone apps promoting sun smart behaviour are effective.
QUT welcomes bumper crop of future public sector leaders: QUT is helping to develop the public sector leaders of the future with 650 public servants from across Australia enrolled this year in its tailored graduate program.
QUT graduates en pointe for 2015 Australian Dance Awards: The 2015 Australian Dance Awards shortlist has been announced and two QUT Creative Industries Faculty dance graduates have been shortlisted in three of the 11 categories.
440 Gen Zeds join 'Big Day In' IT careers conference at QUT: About 440 Gen Zeds who could power the next wave of digital innovation descended on QUT last week for the Big Day In - an IT careers conference for high school students and undergraduate students.
Now - Aug 7: 10 Minutes to Midnight (free) @ QUT Creative Industries Precinct
Now - Sept 6: Tutu reimagined @ QUT Art Museum
Now - Sept 6: William Kentridge: Drawn from Africa @ QUT Art Museum
July 27: Biosecurity in a Globalised World International Conference @ Gardens Point campus
July 27: Ebola talk with Professor Lawrence O. Gostin (free) @ Australian Centre for Health Law Research
July 28: NASA's search for life on Mars: An evening with Dr Abigail Allwood @ QUT
July 29: Bush Tucker Walk (free) @ Caboolture campus
July 29: Future Ways of Thinking half-day conference (Real World Futures free event) @ Room Three Sixty
July 30, 2015 - July 17, 2016: Inspirations @ William Robinson Gallery
Aug 4: 2015 Outstanding Alumni Awards @ Brisbane Convention Centre
Aug 4-6: Murri-Ailan Way @ QUT
Aug 6: Pointing the Funny Bone @ QUT Creative Industries Precinct
Aug 24-28: Feelgood Week @ QUT
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Channel 7 and The Sunday Mail spoke to Professor Jon Roberts and PhD student Gavin Suddrey about Robotronica and natural language programming.
- The Courier-Mail reported on QUT's Global Goggles project at the QUT Open Day and the wider potential of virtual reality technology. The paper's Saturday CareerOne also previewed the open day.
- Professor Ross Young spoke to Seven News about his Australian-first program to tackle PTSD.
- Research from Professor John Bell and Dr Wendy Miller that found painting a roof with special reflectant paint could keep homes cooler was covered by US website Digital Trends.
- Dr Gary Mortimer spoke to 612 ABC and 4BC about ABC shops closing and the future of retail. And Dr Jason Sternberg told The Courier-Mail the success of ABC's iView streaming service had resulted in a "downsize, not a death".
- The Courier-Mail asked Adjunct Associate Professor John Mickel about former MP Gordon Nuttall receiving state-funded superannuation.
- QUT's upcoming DANscienCE Festival was reported in Dance Australia.
- In her Conversation article Dr Lyndall Bryant suggested a 'Uber' for apartments could solve some of Australia's common housing problems.
- QUT researcher Dr Elke Hacker was interviewed by Emma Griffith on 612 ABC about technology and sun safety. Her study was also reported by 4BC, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times.
- Professor Brian McNair spoke to ABC Radio National's The Media Report about the future of the BBC.
- QUT business student and Enactus QUT president Emmy Singh was in City South News and the South East Advertiser.
- QUT's Chemical Process Engineering Challenge at Mackay's Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant with selected Year 11 and 12 was featured across the ABC regionally in Queensland.
- Dr Belinda Herring spoke to 612 ABC about efforts to stem the effects of Ebola.
- The State Government funding for QUT's UAV Challenge was covered in The Australian.
- Research from CARRS-Q was cited in a Sunday Mail story about motorcycle laws.
Release date: July 27, 2015
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