Media Releases from 2000

6 December 2000 - Making technology suit people better - Devices that know where you are, that remind you to pick up your dry cleaning as you pass the shop, could be the kind of technology that people will be using in the not too distant future. Some of the world's leading experts in human-computer interaction are meeting in Sydney this week to discuss emerging technologies and how to better gear them to users. Pictures

23 November 2000 - Helping to choose the right middleware - A CSIRO study of a key technology for internet-based computing - middleware - has found that there are significant differences between the major platforms available in the market. CSIRO has been running a critical eye over middleware, the software foundation of business to business e-commerce. Pictures

9 November 2000 - Aussie research boosts sight for millions - Clearer vision for millions of people worldwide who wear progressive lenses is the result of research by the winner of this year's Sir Ian McLennan Achievement for Industry Award, Dr Tony Miller of CSIRO. Pictures

7 November 2000 - Making the internet safer for kids - One of the Internet’s most popular features – Newsgroups - can now be made safer for children. CSIRO’s recently launched Newsgroup software, Oz Insight, now includes password-control, giving parents control over which Newsgroups their children can access. The software will be on display next week in the United States at a major Internet show.

5 September 2000 - Virtual soccer stars play a serious game -In the face of some tough international competition, CSIRO's Cyberoos finished a credible 9th in the Simulation League of the 4th Robot World Cup (RoboCup) in Melbourne last week.

17 August 2000 - Flying lab to map Australia - A major airborne scientific mission using state-of-the-art equipment to map landforms and vegetation in large areas of Australia is about to be carried out by CSIRO and UNSW in conjunction with NASA. The mission will provide vital information for environmental management and geological mapping. Pictures.

10 August 2000 - Faster, better, cheaper newsgroups - One of the Internet's most popular features is getting a facelift from CSIRO. CSIRO will launch Oz Insight, its new Usenet client/server solution at the ISPCON conference in Melbourne next week.

1 August 2000 - Fast instruments to discover new drugs - fast! - A new generation of instruments for rapidly screening potential pharmaceutical drugs is the goal of a new research partnership.

27 July 2000 - Australia seeks lead in protein mapping - CSIRO and Australian hi-tech company, Proteome Systems Limited (PSL) are moving quickly to capitalise on scientific interest in proteins generated by the success of the Human Genome Project.

13 July 2000 - Better security from award winning research - Business is about to get better security for information thanks to research in pure mathematics.

13 July 2000 - CSIRO establishes hi-tech relationship in Malaysia. - CSIRO has taken a significant step which may open new possibilities for Australian business cooperation with Asia.

30 May 2000 - Smart decision making for high tech car. - Computer modelling has helped ensure that the aXcessaustralia concept car makes the most of its sophisticated power generation systems.
The aXcessaustralia car, launched in Melbourne today, is poised to show the world how to make low emission vehicles with all the power, performance and affordability of a normal car.

30 May 2000 - Minimising pesticide impacts on water supplies. - A computer modelling technique developed by Australian scientists to minimise the impact of agricultural pesticides on rivers, lakes and groundwater is attracting world attention.

15 May 2000 - KUSP Limited, CSIRO and RMIT to develop next generation online shopping technology - Newly-listed e-commerce solutions provider KUSP Limited has teamed up with CSIRO and RMIT University to develop the next generation in online shopping technology.

3 May 2000 - Smart agents do deals on the Net - CSIRO research is helping to take the guesswork out of buying online. Intelligent software agents which trawl the Internet getting the best deals for both buyers and sellers may soon be a reality.

2 May 2000 - CSIRO makes commitment to finance sector - CSIRO will launch its commitment to innovation for the finance sector at AFMA TechnoFuture 2000, Australia’s premier financial markets technology exhibition and conference in Sydney on May 17 and 18.

29 March 2000 - Queen sees virtual surgery at new hi-tech centre - Virtual reality technology that could allow future trainee surgeons to practise on "virtual patients" will be on show for the Queen at the opening of ctec, the world's most advanced centre for medical and surgical skills.

28 March 2000 - Sky scanner sees the forest and the trees - Airborne systems that can peer deep into forest canopies to assess their biomass, structure and condition are under development by CSIRO. The Vegetation Canopy Lidar (or light radar) is expected to revolutionise the task of measuring Australia's forest stocks, says Dr David Jupp, head of CSIRO's Office of Space Science and Applications (COSSA) and Earth Observation Centre (EOC).

14 March 2000 - CSIRO's world-leading software upgraded - CSIRO has added new features to its cutting-edge engineering software, Fastflo Version 3 has just been released. Fastflo will be one of the world leading Australian technologies on display at the Hannover Trade Fair in Germany next week.

3 March 2000 - Electric shock at Melbourne Motor Show - aXcessaustralia has an electric shock in store for visitors to the Melbourne International Motor Show, which starts on 3 March 2000 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

10 February 2000 - Seeing more, colourfully, from space - Australian researchers will play an important role as NASA takes a new look at the earth from space. NASA's latest satellite, the Earth Observing-1 satellite, set for launch in May, will contain the 'Hyperion' imaging equipment – the first of its kind in space and a pioneer of a new period of advanced imaging.

25 February 2000 - Virtual Reality to help train surgeons - Trainee surgeons of the future will be able to practise doing delicate operations before they ever touch a living patient.

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