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Why health implants should have open source code

  • Written by James H. Hamlyn-Harris, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
imagef b dc oChristiaan Colen/flickr, CC BY-SA

As medical implants become more common, sophisticated and versatile, understanding the code that runs them is vital. A pacemaker or insulin-releasing implant can be lifesaving, but they are also vulnerable not just to malicious attacks, but also to faulty code.

For commercial reasons, companies have been...

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From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival

  • Written by Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageOne of the best offerings from this year's OzAsia festival was Vertigo 20.Vertigo Dance Troupe/Gadi Dagon

Sometimes the weather simply won’t cooperate. Between a state-wide blackout, monsoonal rain, and the worst winds ever, Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival, which finished on Sunday, faced a bumpy ride in its tenth anniversary year.

For some,...

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'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children

  • Written by Simon Hendel, Editor, The Conversation
imageMinority groups such as migrants are almost always pro-vaccination.from www.shutterstock.com

The Commonwealth government’s “no jab, no pay” legislation is disadvantaging migrant children, say immunisation experts from Melbourne. The paper, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, warns many families are having...

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Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts

  • Written by Paul Harrison, Senior lecturer, Deakin Business School; Director, Centre for Organisational Health and Consumer Wellbeing, Deakin University

Consumers are confident they understand the contract they sign when buying a smartphone, but our research shows they don’t comprehend these documents very much at all. In fact the more information they are provided with the worse their understanding.

We also found the more confident a participant was in their abilities (measured through...

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  2. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  3. The Conversation working with The ABC
  4. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  5. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
  6. Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here's why
  7. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
  8. Volatility, thy name is Trump
  9. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  10. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  11. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  12. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
  13. The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity
  14. The story behind Australia's marine reserves, and how we should change them
  15. The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings
  16. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
  17. Cities in the sky: how do we decide where this urban journey is taking us?
  18. It's never been more important to keep an eye on space weather
  19. Trump, the media, and the populist politics of the pogrom
  20. The human clitoris is an object of beauty, pleasure and intrigue
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the South Australia blackout
  22. SA blackout politics overshadow the real issues on power generation
  23. What's happening when our joints crack and is it bad?
  24. Why do we need 'Pokie-Leaks'? We already know how pokies work
  25. Friday essay: talking, writing and fighting like girls
  26. Everyone's different: what parts of the brain make our personalities so unique?
  27. Suspending welfare payments won’t help young people get jobs
  28. The big picture of the universe reveals the family tree of galaxies
  29. Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it
  30. Vital Signs: President Trump would cause financial Armageddon
  31. Australia can't afford to turn inwards, Morrison says
  32. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's challenge is to avoid the Gillard trap
  33. Turnbull turns South Australia crisis into row over renewables
  34. Whether China is dumping steel in Australia under the 'market economy' label is very subjective
  35. Neither Hillary, nor Donald, better None of the Above
  36. Hold it right there: how (and why) to stop light in its tracks
  37. Can we use a simple blood test to detect cancer?
  38. Unknown Land: mapping and imagining Western Australia
  39. Libertarian or Green? What chances do third parties have in 2016?
  40. Turnbull uses South Australian blackout to push for uniformity on renewables
  41. Sense of place: messier than it ever was, so how do we manage this shifting world?
  42. Do 'kindy bootcamps' get children ready for school?
  43. What caused South Australia's state-wide blackout?
  44. ‘Paper cat’ Australia has real fears for China to address
  45. Backpacker tax compromise means more discrimination for these workers
  46. Australia's proposed war crimes amendments demand careful scrutiny
  47. Race to the White House – who won and who lost the first presidential debate? Does it matter?
  48. Density, sprawl, growth: how Australian cities have changed in the last 30 years
  49. New drone rules: with more eyes in the sky, expect less privacy
  50. Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report
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