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Friday 21 August 2026
Hack the Gong challenge puts Illawarra’s innovators to the test at iAccelerate
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Ben Quilty, Guan Wei works among treasures available at UOW Art Auction
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The Apple Watch heralds a brave new world of digital living
“The Watch is here” touts Apple’s slogan for its wearable computer, implying that the one and only time-piece that really matters has arrived. So much for the Rolex Cosmograph and Seiko Astron when you can buy a stylish digital Apple Watch Sport, or even Apple Watch Edition crafted with 18-karat gold.
4D printing to rewrite book on cool tech
Four-dimensional printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level.
Funding awarded to develop new radiation technology
Researchers from UOW’s Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP) have received a boost in their research to develop a new sensor technology for radiation detection and dosimetry (accurate measure of radiation dose received by the human body).
Hockey looks to ‘armies’ in Intergenerational Report: experts react
By UOW's Martin O'Brien, with John Buchanan, University of Sydney; Alan Pears AM, RMIT University; Hal Kendig, Australian National University; Ian Lowe, Griffith University; University of ; Richard Norman, Curtin University; Rosalie Viney, University of Technology, Sydney, and Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
Searching for diverse group of Googlers
UOW’s brightest and best computer science students learned of the opportunities to become “Googlers” when the tech giant visited campus recently.
Funding boost for innovative energy technology
The NSW State Government will fund a high-tech facility in the Illawarra to house University of spin-off company AquaHydrex.