Hi, I'm Michael. I work for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in the Australian Government, although anything I write online represents my personal view. I recently graduated from the University of Sydney, where I studied robotics and physics. I'm interested in helping countries and companies manage the emerging technologies of the 21st century.
Myriads of Tiny Architects, my blog on innovation
Projects
New Scientist Prize, a university science writing prize I founded
180 Degrees Consulting, where I'm contributing as Chief Information Officer
Software
Munworks, Model UN software with profits donated to UN humanitarian agencies
Kit, a space for small test services with CodeIgniter
Gadgets, small Windows apps → Oventray for cooking | Marksist for uni marks
Social → Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Writing
I enjoy writing about the impacts of science and technology on society.
- Why study science? This essay won SydneyTalent's "Science vs. Arts" competition, and was then printed by The Australian newspaper.
- When Geneva meets genetics, on the emerging field of science diplomacy and some avenues for Australian participation. This was published in The Sydney Globalist, an undergraduate international affairs magazine at Sydney University, where it was named best article in the issue.
- The fabric of humanity. This piece won the Yale-based Global21 Foundation's international competition asking students to imagine life in 2021.
- A binary world: China, the United States, and digital oceans, on the future of their relationship as technology changes the way trade is conducted. This article was published in Perspective, the national journal of the UN Youth Association of Australia.
- A sunburnt country, on solar research in Australia, also published in The Sydney Globalist.
- My Engineering Honours thesis on self-reconfiguring robots - a fascinatingly powerful technology.
- My Physics Honours thesis, on how physics education affects scientific literacy.
Novelties