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Writing laws for when mind meets machine

In 2019, Elon Musk announced he hoped to implant a two-way communication device into a human brain in 2020. He didn’t. The US Federal Drug Administration won’t let him,...

Gilmour Space: New capital raise this year

1 September 2020 | by Liam Tung

Gilmour Space Technologies, the Australian rocket startup gunning for business from SpaceX and its Starlink satellite broadband constellation, will soon begin the search for more venture capital ahead of...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is an ethics maze

1 September 2020 | by Stuart Kennedy

Elon Musk’s Neuralink outfit is working towards developing an easy to implant brain to computer interface that could do everything from healing brain injuries to greatly enhancing our perceptions,...

Aust AI policy is badly adrift

20 November 2017 | by James Riley

Artificial intelligence turbocharged by machine learning techniques gets smarter every second of the day and the Australian government is being prodded to stir its own grey matter on the...

The AI debate we need to have

25 August 2017 | by Denham Sadler

Artificial intelligence has the potential to greatly benefit humanity, but governments and experts need to act now to ensure its associated risks are mitigated, a lead researcher in the...

Musk factor a boost for local tech

10 July 2017 | by James Riley

Elon Musk’s flamboyantly executed grid storage battery deal for spark-strapped South Australia might not have much local industry content, but the buzz has greatly lifted the profile of local...

Renewable tech in renaissance

5 April 2017 | by James Riley

Australia’s renewable energy technologies sector is enjoying a renaissance as demand for innovation reaches new heights, according to Queensland smart storage outfit Redback Technologies’ founder Philip Livingston. It comes...

Musk offer is no way to govern

13 March 2017 | by James Riley

You can’t fault the billionaire Australian software entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes’ motivation for pressing for a 100MW battery storage facility to be set up in South Australia to help it through...