Anthill Magazine

The proposed Australian R&D tax reforms… Do they walk the talk?

This article is the third in our Australia Day series. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a close look at Commercialisation Australia, our track record as a nation of innovators and whether our legislation is aligned with the needs of the private sector. ...

Can Australia really claim to be a nation of innovators?

This article is the second in our Australia Day series. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a close look at Commercialisation Australia, the proposed R&D tax incentive reforms and how these reforms match (or conflict) with the political language used to promote them. ...

Australian Innovation Policy… Where the bloody hell are you?

Every government will say its ‘commitment to innovation’ is second-to-none. Every government will jump at the chance to demonstrate this ‘commitment’, citing numerous initiatives that invariably trump those of the administration that came before it. This is because the effects of policy on innovation are extremely hard ...

Innovative bike helmet prototype folds like a hand fan for easy storage

We’re conditioned to expect sturdiness from our protective head gear, but this prototypical helmet being developed by DoYouVélo? turns the concept on its… well… head. The honeycomb structure is made from robust textiles and assembles to ensure maximum cushioning from minimum mass. If you have the stomach to ...

Would your business benefit from a government grant?

Learn from LEADING Australian BUSINESS builders who have successfully applied grant FUNDING to accelerate business GROWTH. During this evening networking event, attendees will learn from successful Australian business builders who have “been there, done that” and employed grant assistance as an instrumental part of their ongoing ...

Quirky clock design to keep you on time

I’ve always found it a bit of a giggle that some people set all of their clocks a few minutes fast to fool themselves into thinking they’re late… thereby engineering an arrival on time, or (gulp) early. It’s a fairly definitive admission that you’ve failed ...

The most useless machine ever?

This neat little invention caught my attention for its sheer uselessness. Yup, you read me right. The following clip features one of the most useless things I’ve ever seen. It’s so useless, it prompted me to spend 20 minutes exploring its history and another 20 ...

Why geeks don’t just rule the internet (We never knew that head-tracking was so cool!)

The internet is littered with ‘how-to’ instructional videos. They’re mostly created by amateur bloggers, bored teenagers or university lecturers and, therefore, are either poorly put together, incomprehensible to anyone of driving age or so obscure as to be meaningless. However, every now and then, something comes ...

Is this what the magazine of the future will look like… again?

Over the past two weeks, we have published the Sun Newspaper’s parody of the iPhone ads (and other mobile alternatives to print newspapers), Time Inc’s prediction of what magazines of the future might look like and a fake (or real) leak of Apple’s new Tablet ...

Eco and person friendly wheel with smarts

With the world’s environmental attention firmly focused on the emmison-cutting wrangling taking place at COP15, it couldn’t have been a better opportunity for the brains from the SENSEable City Lab at MIT to showcase their eco-friendly ’smart’ innovation — the Copenhagen Wheel. Controlled through a smartphone, ...