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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
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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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