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ECU Innovators & Researchers Continue to Break New Grounds

Petra Vanessie

Petra Vanessie

June 6, 2020

Did you know that Edith Cowan University (ECU) holds one of the world’s top courses in Cyber Security? Did you also know that innovators and researchers at the university continue to develop #techforgood solutions for our community?

Here are a few highlights of ECU’s innovation, some of which of course are finalists for this year’s INCITE Awards.

Bone scans to predict heart attack or stroke

Researchers in Western Australia are using bone scans to predict a person’s likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke. They  discovered a routine scan of the spine picked up calcium in a major artery in the abdomen.
 
The presence of calcium in an artery can lead to cardio vascular disease, heart attack and stroke.
 
 

Farm to fork: helping adolescents understand bare supermarket shelves

A group of ECU researchers has developed a timely new educational video game aimed at helping adolescents make sense of how food production and the supply chain works.

Farm to Fork is a brand-new transformational video game aimed at students from Years 6 through 9, specifically developed as a free resource for educators in line with the school curriculum.

Find out more.

 

Virtuweld

VirtuWeld is a virtual reality training device that provides a learning environment for people to acquire the safety knowledge, skills and understanding of the physical task of welding metal.

This technology is a finalist for the 29th Lateral INCITE Awards, in the category of Transformative Business Solutions & Research and Innovation Project of the Year.

Read more. 

 

EduFarm

EduFarm is a virtual reality innovation, allowing children to view and interact with Australian farming procedures. This technology is a finalist for this year’s INCITE Awards, in the category of Peter Fillery Undergraduate Tertiary Student Project of the Year.

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3DTel

This technology is a web-based 3d visualisation tool for enhancing learning. It is also a finalist for this year’s INCITE Awards, in the category of Peter Fillery Undergraduate Tertiary Student Project of the Year.

Find out more.

 

Petra Vanessie

Petra Vanessie

INCITE Marketing Manager