The advent of the Internet of Things will result in a complete overhaul of industrial operations.

The latest complaints about the National Broadband Network (NBN), including concerns about slow download speeds and frequent dropouts, show that all is not well with the NBN.

The public debate over the problems of electricity supply displays a curious disconnect.

Many companies are increasing investments in data centres located both domestically and abroad, to ensure they are ready for the next generation of cloud services. They need the right infrastructure in place to ensure a rapid and seamless transmission of data, voice and video to an increasing number of users.

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has talked of an “urgent” need to increase gas supplies to improve energy security. But how much extra gas do we need? And how do we square this with the equally pressing need to reduce our use of fossil fuels?

If a machine can think, decide and act on its own volition, if it can be harmed or held responsible for its actions, should we stop treating it like property and start treating it more like a person with rights?

PACE spoke with David Hegarty, managing director Rockwell Australia and New Zealand about how IoT represents a real jumping-off point for innovation, what it means for manufacturers in the Oceania region and some tips on moving forward to embrace a new era of business with connectivity and analytics as the driving force.

In our ongoing series talking to industry leaders, we have a chat with Solgen Energy Group executive general manager David Naismith about renewable energy, the solar industry and the challenges borne out of the growing solar power storage sector.

These sensor-enabled, advanced robots are now able to undertake more complicated tasks and are being deployed into industrial, commercial, domestic, logistic and other sectors where robot penetration was previously limited, with the market for robotic vision and force sensing alone expected to reach over $16.1 billion by 2027.

Australian business is calling for certainty in energy and climate policy: that’s one thing they can’t be certain they’ll get this year. But there will be some useful groundwork.

While the language of innovation may have once soothed fears and inspired confidence, the term’s overuse means it now operates as clichéd husk – a fashionable accessory that politicians begrudgingly don when they want to convey a particular message.

The fourth industrial revolution brings us the convergence of effectively unlimited computer power, ever-smarter artificial intelligence (AI) and globalisation. These technologies will combine to challenge our understanding of what it means to be a worker, and even what it means to be human.

There’s a new industrial revolution just around the corner, driven by artificial intelligence and robotics. Deterioration within the key institutions of suffrage, education, and land policy indicate that Australia may be one of the countries left behind this time.

A raft of South Australian companies are taking their sustainable water cleaning technologies and selling them to the world.

Liberal MP Craig Kelly has claimed that businesses and households in Australia are paying twice as much as Americans for their electricity. Is this true?

For decades, deterrence has effectively countered the threat of nuclear weapons. Can we achieve similar results against cyber weapons?

Radiologists still rely on visual inspection of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or X-ray scans – although IBM and others are working on this issue – and doctors have no access to AI for guiding and supporting their diagnoses.

Faced with the rise of renewable energy and limits on carbon pollution, The Conversation has asked experts what kind of future awaits the grid.

Faced with the rise of renewable energy and limits on carbon pollution, The Conversation has asked experts what kind of future awaits the grid.