CEBIT, Sydney’s annual tech and innovation show attracting 20,000 plus visitors to 3 days and 450 exhibitions, was up and running this week and it was a perfect location for a live segment on 4BC, looking at all things innovation and future. Our chat took us across the realms of rummaging through the exhibition’s treasure […]
Science Fiction is full of homes, machines, cars, robots and flying saucers that are fueled by free utterly renewable secret sauce fuels none more coveted than the cult film Back to the Future’s 1.21 gigawatts supplied by a plutonium-powered nuclear reactor and, with the absence of plutonium, a bolt of lightning channeled directly into the […]
Remember the local fish and chip store, Chinese restaurant, pie and sauce and chicko roll? Well, they like many other cultural norms, made way for their successor the mostly American hamburger and pizza format stores which 40 years ago heralded in a new way to eat-out and a new cuisine. These store have done well […]
Australia’s psyche has been partially built on wide open spaces, the quarter acre block and the backyard, but by 2030 this will be more myth than reality. We are expecting two (2) million more Ozzie’s over the next few decades, this coupled with changing economic conditions and declining house affordability has led to a changing […]
In the wake of the ruling that compelled iiNet and other ISP providers to release the names and contact details of 4,726 account holders that may have downloaded the movie Dallas Buyers Club, there’s been lots of discussion about this being a watershed moment in Australia and illegal downloading, but to me this is a far more interesting conversation […]
