Michael Kehoe, UQ final year student of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Pictured with his final year thesis project, a satellite that uses Android mobile phone technology as its on-board computer. Michael has recently completed a five week-internship with NASA. He has built a phonesat that will be launched by NASA into space on November 25.

A University of Queensland staff member is sending a satellite into space more powerful than the Curiosity Rover which recently landed on Mars.

27 September 2012

Scientists have taken a quantum leap forward towards future computing after discovering that ‘background interference’ in quantum-level measurements, may be the very thing they need to unlock the potential of quantum computing.

10 August 2012

Wikipedia is playing a growing role in academia at The University of Queensland, with students researching and writing high-quality articles for the online encyclopedia.

11 July 2012