Technology

Technology research at NCI investigates the devices, tools and systems that will support and contribute to our society in the future. This covers electronic devices, medical devices, cryptography techniques, nanotechnology and more. The rapid growth of digital technologies and their use in all aspects of our lives makes ongoing developments in that space an imperative.

Two close up models of pieces of treated pine with cutouts showing copper deposits in blue.

31 Mar 2020

NCI Virtual Reality technology unveils structures you wood not believe

NCI’s Drishti VR technology, a custom-designed tool for visualising volumetric datasets in virtual reality, is now being used to teach students about the structures of different kinds of wood. Three

A blue image centred on a motherboard with a big computer chip.

Case Studies

24 Jul 2019

Technology

Technology research at NCI investigates the devices, tools and systems that will support and contribute to our society in the future. This covers electronic devices, medical devices, cryptography

The atomic structure of a Metal Organic Framework, with interlaced atoms offering gaps, effectively creating the porous structure.

Research Highlights

12 Mar 2019

New materials for smart filters

Materials

Technology

Gas mask technology has existed for over a century yet the way they work has not changed very much. Originally, the filters used activated charcoal to adsorb – to chemically attract impurities to the

The NCI supercomputer Raijin, columns of black computer servers separated by stacks of in-row fans, in a big white room.

Research Highlights

15 Oct 2018

Pushing the boundaries to create a world-class supercomputer

Technology

Cutting-edge supercomputing has always been at the core of the National Computational Infrastructure's mission. Our high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, coupled with high-performance data

Research Highlights

02 Feb 2018

Solutions for cryptography in the quantum age

Physics

Technology

The future of computing is quantum computers, a new kind of machine that will be able to do calculations in completely different ways from the computers we are used to. This will open up new doors for

A virtual view of a forest of aligned trees.

Research Highlights

12 Jan 2018

New ways of interacting with environmental data

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

Monitoring a forest plantation used to present a significant challenge, requiring spending hundreds of hours measuring tree heights and locations out in the field. Now, the development of new methods

A screenshot of the mapping interface in GEOGLAM-RAPP, enabling the visualisation of large and varied environmental datasets.

Research Highlights

12 Jan 2018

Making data easier to handle

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

Scientific data these days comes from a large number of geospatial instruments: from satellites, ground based radar and seismic sensors, just to name a few. The question today is how can we more

A satellite image of a brown flooded river amongst vivid green bushland in Queensland in 2017.

Research Highlights

12 Jan 2018

Applying High-Performance Computing to Satellite Earth Observations

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

The Australian Geoscience Data Cube (AGDC) is a novel collaborative approach from Geoscience Australia, CSIRO and NCI for generating vast volumes of satellite earth observation and other geospatial

A map showing the Copernicus Hub Area of Interest encircled by a purple line. The Area of Interest includes Australia, New Zealand, a portion of Antarctica and much of South-East Asia.

Research Highlights

17 Oct 2017

NCI's innovative satellite data imagery hub

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

The Copernicus Regional Data Hub is a world-leading program to share imagery from the European Sentinel satellites with the South-East Asian region. An agreement between the Australian Government

Striking clouds are a backdrop to swirling water in rock pools under layered rocky cliff walls.

Research Highlights

10 Oct 2017

Developing the latest climate model

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

The National Computational Infrastructure is a key part of Australia's climate modelling efforts. The CSIRO is using the supercomputing capability available at NCI to lead the development of the

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Technology

NCI Virtual Reality technology unveils structures you wood not believe

Technology

New materials for smart filters

Pushing the boundaries to create a world-class supercomputer

Solutions for cryptography in the quantum age

New ways of interacting with environmental data

Making data easier to handle

Applying High-Performance Computing to Satellite Earth Observations

NCI's innovative satellite data imagery hub

Developing the latest climate model

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