Software

Health & Medicine
Who is at fault when medical software gets it wrong?
Clinical decision support software is beneficial but if it malfunctions, a doctor’s duty of care likely makes them liable

Sciences & Technology
Using maths to map mines deep underground
Mapping the massive network of tunnels that give miners underground access to mineral ores is an expensive and time-consuming process, but new optimisation software, inspired by the complexity of the microchip, could save the industry millions

Sciences & Technology
Lasering the lay of the lines
Industry nous and university research develop a new viable solution to monitoring power lines using lasers in the sky

Sciences & Technology
The computer program that saved a town
A fire ecologist and a programmer have teamed up to develop a tool that is changing the way we fight bushfires - for the better