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How will self-driving cars value life in different countries?

November 12, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

“Never in the history of humanity have we allowed a machine to autonomously decide who should live and who should

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Wisetech and Grok team up to offer free Microbits to coding students

July 3, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

The Wisetech Code Launch 2018 uses the fabulous Grok platform to offer a free coding course top students. If students

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Competitions Electronics Programming Robotics 

Young ICT Explorers 2018 is open for business

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Evan Predavec 1 Comment

Registrations are now open for schools and students to take part in this year’s Young ICT Explorers. My own kids have

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Day of STEM

March 6, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

The Day of STEM looks like a good idea. It’s an online program rather than a single day, designed to

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Help hack through traffic congestion

February 16, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

CongestionHack is an open data hackathon by Transport NSW being held in March 2018. CongestionHack will bring together industry, innovators, entrepreneurs,

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An orgy of local STEM activity flies under the radar

January 12, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

If you follow my Twitter feed you’ll know I spent the wee hours of this morning at the Zero Robotics

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14-year-old tech entrepreneur develops award-winning coding tool for youngsters

December 4, 2017 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

Michael Nixon from Wagga is the 14-year-old Australian student is the founder of EduKits International and the inventor of The

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Judging student IT competitions
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Judging student IT competitions

November 30, 2015March 17, 2016 Evan Predavec 0

Student competitions involving coding and technology are proliferating. They are a fine, fine thing and a great way to incentivise

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet
Adults Featured Internet Life in general 

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet

June 18, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 2
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Technology and ethics: pretend someone is watching

June 15, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 8
When maps lie, and why it matters
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When maps lie, and why it matters

May 23, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 3
Why LEGO costs more in Australia
Featured Opinion Toys 

Why LEGO costs more in Australia

May 21, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 19
Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want
Featured Kids Life in general 

Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want

May 2, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 5

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