From March, free, albeit ad-supported, Wi-Fi will be available at Melbourne’s Flinders St Station, the start of a three-month trial that could see the service extended to other inner city stops. The initiative is a joint effort by Metro, Melbourne’s railway operator, GoConnect, a provider of “video infotainment and interactive advertisement” and Netbay, an ISP I can’t say I’ve heard of before. More »
Does Melbourne need a 120m-tall observation wheel? The troubled attraction opened in 2009, shut down after cracks were spotted, and fixes were still underway last November when strong winds broke holds and the spinning wheel almost killed workers. But now, reports CNET, the engineers behind the London Eye have been brought in for a new design featuring 21 glass cabins and 3.6km of LED lights. More »
What are you up to this weekend? Fancy meeting Chekov himself (Walter Koenig) or the beautiful Chase Masterson, who you may know as the Bajoran dabo girl from Deep Space 9? Gizmodo has five double passes for both Melbourne (Saturday) and Sydney (Sunday) to give away. And the winners are… More »
Hey film producers: the awesome 3D tech built by the Cameron Pace Group (CPG) for films like Avatar is heading to Oz. Says the director, “3D is the future for both film and broadcasting. We are very excited about enabling more world-class 3D productions in Australia.” More »
Project Melbourne Underground at Emerald House is fast becoming Australia’s largest private street art project. Over the next few weeks, walls over more than 800 square metres of space will be sprayed and stencilled by around 90 artists – from around Australia and from New York, Paris and Amsterdam. More »
If you like your art to be a self-sufficient wind-propelled monster that can survive storms and avoid obstacles, then you’ll have to check out the upcoming Strandbeest exhibit happening in Melbourne next month. More »
The Melba 2011 is a conceptual design for a “next generation” Melbourne tram. Designed by outfit CobaltNiche in three weeks, it’s meant to give the W-Class tram a modern facelift and prepare us for a future where we can only hope riding them is reasonably affordable. More »
Melbournites! Head to the streets and you might be in for a culture shock, or for that matter a pleasant surprise, as the city’s hosting its first digital arts festival, titled Pause Fest. More »
