The light fantastic
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A kaleidoscope is more than a toy to author and academic Helen Groth - she’s writing a book on optical illusion and technology in the 19th century.
Read the rest… The Age, Thursday July 27, 2006
To go with the flow
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When not solving tricky problems of fluid flow in animation, mathematician Dr Mahesh Prakash unwinds with his Xbox.
Read the rest… The Age, Thursday July 13, 2006
One device to rule the roost
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It’s the much-touted future of home entertainment - one device that combines the PC, telly and all the digital media we love to consume into a neat package.
But if one device can ever truly do it all, what will it be? The race between computers, set-top boxes and game consoles is hotting up in the […]
What women want
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When Freud wondered what women wanted, he probably never imagined it might be a mobile phone that remembers when a gal’s ovulating.
Read the rest… Livewire, The Age, Thursday December 1, 2005
Gidget’s gadgets
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It’s not just boys who love shiny toys, young women are the new geeks.
Toni Fitzgerald talks about technology the way some women talk about shoes…
Read the rest… Livewire, The Age, September 29, 2005
Shooting from the hip
Feature: Shooting from the hip
Clouds of red dust erupt from the bumpy track. The clattering four-wheel-drive doubles as an ambulance, but today it’s helping me on my way to film a documentary on kidney disease in a remote community in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Read the rest… Livewire, The Age, Thursday, August 18, 2005
