‘Kill Off’, a locally-produced short film, will have its Wollongong premiere at IPAC tonight. The film is based around a mutual love of street dance, KRUMP, shared between a woman with Down Syndrome and a Sudanese refugee. Production for the comedy-drama movie, which features Jamie Brewer of ‘American Horror Story’ fame, started last year in Unanderra. Filmed at Flagstaff Group’s local commercial laundry, the Bus Stop Films production gave 11 students with an intellectual disability the opportunity to work on a film set – on and off screen. The work of award-winning director Genevieve Clay-Smith and 22-year-old film student Joni Campbell, the film was also supported…
Author: Chris Southcott
Australian invasive melanoma rates have dropped in recent years, according to a new study from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. The study, published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, looked at invasive melanoma cases in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, and the United States over a 30 year period. Cases of melanoma peaked in Australia in 2005, with 49 cases per 100,000 people. That rate has dropped to 48 cases per 100,000 people in 2011. By comparison, there were 50 cases per 100,000 in New Zealand. Researchers said Australia was an outlier in the study, and was helped by…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday filed a motion to delay a case that would allow it to bypass the encryption or passcode security mechanisms of a work device owned by a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino shootings.
A gift-sharing app, a 3D-printed pig disguised as a smart swear-jar, and a device that can diagnose a sexually transmitted infection in the privacy of your own home. These were just a few of the innovative ideas hatched under the pump at the third-annual Hackagong event in Wollongong recently. Taking place over a marathon 30+ hour weekend in September, Hackagong was inspired by similar international hackathons. Such events are now commonplace in the technology industry, with companies like Facebook and Google staging them in the name of creativity. Hackagong is very important for the emerging local technology industry, as event co-organiser Stewart…