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Sunday, September 15

Compost bin sensor puts Max on top of the world

A 13-year-old Adelaide boy has won an international inventors award in Malaysia after designing a Wi-Fi enabled electronic monitoring system for compost bins.

AI scarecrow has Himalayan elephants in sight

An electronics development platform invented in South Australia is being used to design an Artificial Intelligence scarecrow to stop wild animals such as elephants and monkeys from destroying crops in Bhutan.

Bhutanese tech innovator Dupjay Pelzang (right) explains his scarecrow invention to visiting UNDP Administrator and UN Under Secretary General Achim Steiner.

Microchip breakthrough brings STEM technology into primary schools

A simple electronics development platform is giving the power of advanced STEM technology to children and some of the world’s most disadvantaged people.