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Gold award for Geelong immersive heritage project

Deakin University’s MInD (Mediated Intelligence in Design) Lab has received a gold award at the 2020 Melbourne Design Awards for its latest project Experiencing (In)tangible Heritage Through eXtended Reality. In partnership with the City of Greater Geelong, the project is part of the newly revitalised Western Beach Park in Geelong,...

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Student makes it sow

A DEAKIN University graduate is helping to transform a Winchelsea firm into one of the country’s leading agricultural equipment manufacturing businesses. Jason Chan, 26, is originally from Malaysia and joined Knuckey’s Engineering in 2016 while completing his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) degree as an international student. Mr Chan has...

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Bees with backpacks teaching students the value of data

A new program is teaching high-school students how to utilise data and clever technology to solve complex, real-world problems. A partnership between the Geelong Tech School, CSIRO’s Data61 and the City of Greater Geelong has made the program possible. The Bees with Backpacks program takes students on a four-week journey...

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Two peas in a (visitor) pod

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Multicultural Aged Care Services (MACS) in Geelong have been busy creating an innovative ‘Live Visitor Pod’ to enable relatives to visit loved ones face-to-face, all from a purpose built shipping container on site. The MACS Live Visitor Pod is a converted shipping container decked...

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