Australia's Greenest Buildings

Creating buildings that use alternative sources of energy, heating, and water is a great way for the occupants to leave a smaller footstep, but it also makes it cheaper to operate in the long term. Dr Graham Phillips investigates Decibel, a construction company that is designing and building sustai…

Tools - The Next Big Thing In Power Tool Technology

Whether you’re a mechanic, builder, engineer, carpenter, Power Tools are what makes the trade and they’re becoming more advanced by the day. With the “internet of things” now affecting our daily life, it’s obvious that this will have a flow on effect into other areas, one of them being the power to…

Safety At Work - The Podcast That Literally Saves Lives

Every year across Australia, thousands of workers are injured or die on work-place accidents, but there are things that can be done. Doug Bester from Sentient Computing has developed a virtual reality headset that helps mitigate safety on the worksite by transporting workers to a site before they’v…

Printing - How 3D Printing Saved The Day

Advances in 3D printing technology is seamlessly linking the digital and physical worlds. As a result, demand is surging across all spheres from consumer applications right through to building and construction. On the latest episode of 'Leading Ideas', Dr Graham Phillips speaks with James Gardiner …

Drones - Reach For The Skies

Dr Graham Philips discovers leading ideas in drone technology to help you work smarter. Dr Graham speaks to James Rennie from AUAV, who specialize in drone tech, about industries that have been revolutionized, including Forestry, Mining, Engineering, and Waste Management. James explains 3d mapping,…

Paint - If The Walls Could Talk

It’s toxic. It's damaging. And long-term painters have suffered from cancer and lung problems. It’s so unsafe you shouldn’t walk into a room right after it’s been painted. But paint is big business and information about it is tightly controlled. In this episode of Leading Ideas, Zoe Piper, Director…

Farming - Old McDonald Had A Bot

Dr Graham Philips speaks to Andrew Bate, the Founding Director, MD and CEO of Swarmfarm and Asher Bender from Ladybird and Data Scientist at University of Sydney, about the future of farming. The industry of agriculture and food are one of the most hotly debated and controversial subjects when it c…

The Robot Apprentice - How Will Robots Evolve Our Workforce

Dr Graham Philips looks at leading ideas in the workforce and finds out how robots are helping us work smarter. How will robots evolve how we work in industries such as engineering, farming, land management and forestry? Dr Graham explores the future of our workforce with Toby Walsh, Scentia Profes…