News
Amateurs can track meteorites with iPhones
Armchair astronomers can now gather important meteorite data using their smartphones.
Tag: technology
AG Blog
Navigation in the 21st century
We asked adventurer Clark Carter which nav devices have helped him out of the most heart-stopping, high-altitude and hapless situations.
AG Blog
Mapping Australia’s sea floor
Scientists are finding out more about the unknown frontiers of the sea floor with 3-D mapping technology.
AG Blog
Australian Geographic on Flipboard
Flipboard turns your phone or iPad into a customised magazine, which can now include Australian Geographic.
On This Day
On this day: Australia’s first amateur satellite
Sticky-tape and bed springs made us the second country to send an amateur satellite into space.
History & Culture
Land speed racing in South Australia
Each Autumn, competitors come together to find the fastest vehicle at Speed Week 2013.
On This Day
On this day: Sydney gets electricity
On 8 July 1904 Sydney’s power supply was switched on for the first time.
AG Blog
AG on iPad: Free 30-day trial!
See Australian Geographic in a whole new light, with our new interactive digital magazine.
History & Culture
Sydney in the early 1900s
A newsreel shot from a tram as it travels up George Street, Sydney, in 1906 depicts a city humming with promise.
News
Aussies use 3-D printing to make hip joints
Australian researchers have used world-first technology to 3-D print titanium products including a hip implant.