Dr. Hugh Bradlow

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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A day in the life of many families these days can see you rushing around, panicking you’ve forgotten something, knowing you’re going to be late and trying to organise someone to pick the kids up from school because you can’t actually be in two places at once.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Technology is set to change the human experience in some truly significant ways. We are moving towards having the ability to be anywhere at any time.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Imagine a future where you could predict illness before getting sick. As Chief Scientist Hugh Bradlow discovered recently at #CES2017 it may be just a few years away.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Our Chief Scientist Hugh Bradlow is on the ground as part of the Telstra team in Las Vegas for CES 2017 – here are some of his highlights from Day One.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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With the launch of the Google Pixel & its technology, Telstra’s Chief Scientist Hugh Bradlow reflects on the future of Artificial Intelligence.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Chief Scientist Hugh Bradlow looks at how the IoT could enable us to automate agriculture, ensure food integrity and increase yield.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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We tend to think of the digital world being a complement to the physical world. Broadband, mobile Internet and social networks enhance our daily existence, but we still need roads to get to work, visit the doctor, etc. But is it possible that in the future we can replace roads with digital technology?

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

3 min read

Last week I had the good fortune to talk to about 300+ students as part of a panel discussion at the AISEC event, YouthSpeak. AISEC is a global student-run organisation that is focussed on leadership development for university students. YouthSpeak is their movement to address the challenges that today’s students will face in the future.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Will machines eventually take over our jobs, and what skills do we need to be successful in the jobs of the future?

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Author: Dr Hugh Bradlow. As a newcomer to Australia in the 1980’s, I was struck by two things: the strength of Australia’s telecommunications systems and the Australian sense of humour. A new documentary called ’Hello, This Is Australia‘, which airs on Channel 7 on Thursday 9 April at 8pm, has succeeded in capturing both aspects brilliantly.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Author: Dr. Hugh Bradlow. Recently we decided to hold our first Telstra internal hackathon to harness the expertise and energy of our staff to create solutions both for our customers and Telstra.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Dr Hugh Bradlow's for five of the biggest consumer technology trends of 2014 are...

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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In the latest in his regular series of video blogs looking at technology trends, Chief Technology Officer Dr Hugh Bradlow says Intelligent Transport Systems could be the answer to easing congested roads and public transport woes.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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From changing channels on TV to making a phone call home from your car, after attending Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Dr Hugh Bradlow reveals exciting innovations in gesture recognition technology may soon may be letting our fingers do the talking.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

3 min read

Having been brought up witnessing the iniquity of Apartheid South Africa, I have developed an extreme abhorrence of injustice, no matter who the perpetrator or the victim.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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As part of my participation in the FiRE Conference, I was privileged to take part in a panel presenting “visions of the future”.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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The Future in Review (FiRE) is an annual conference held by Mark Anderson (proprietor of the well-respected Strategic News Service) to get together a group of people to look at modern day problems and to address how technology can lead to solutions.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Over the weekend Samsung released the long awaited upgrade to Android known as Ice Cream Sandwich (Android version 4.0) for the Samsung Galaxy S II with Telstra. However, no upgrade process is ever totally straightforward and it would have been nice to have some tips on dos and dont’s before I embarked, as opposed to the Googling and trial effort that it took to get it all going. Having now been through the process, I thought I should at least write down my tips – earned by hard experience - for others who follow. So here goes....

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

3 min read

The last day of Mobile World Congress has dawned and the crowds of jet lagged, hung over executives have thinned out noticeably. Perhaps last night’s party was just too much.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Mobile devices have a particularly cogent need for cloud services. Not only are they limited in processing power and information capability, but there is also a security imperative to backup the data in anticipation of devices being lost or damaged (it is remarkable how many mobile phones literally go down the toilet – a Plaxo study claims almost 1 in 5 people damage their phones in this way).

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Now that this industry has become so big everyone wants a piece of the action and, as a result, competition in the mobile ecosystem is in a constant state of flux. Intel is the latest player to make a major assault on the mobile phone market with the introduction of x86 CPU’s in what has traditionally been an ARM dominated market.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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The first day of the 26th Mobile World Congress (and the 7th to be held in Barcelona) had a ground hog day feel to it.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Once again, the annual Mobile World Congress rolls around. The whole world - and I literally mean the whole world as there is no country without a mobile network (even North Korea has one!) gathers in Barcelona to find out what forces are going to shape the world of mobile communications for the next year. So what do we expect to see this year?

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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As the Chief Technology Officer and head of innovation for Telstra I spend a lot of mental energy on thinking about what makes for successful innovation and what drives this. For me innovation can be broken down to three factors; opportunity, talent and investment.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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By 2020, it can be expected that most of the world’s population will have not just a mobile phone, but a Smartphone connected to a mobile broadband network. These devices will have unprecedented context awareness and ability to communicate, as well as radically different user interface technology to what we currently are used to.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Over the years of writing this blog, I have continuously discussed the inevitable march of technology and its ongoing intrusion, in one form or another, into our daily lives.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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We Australians love our corner stores. I recently had occasion to speak at a conference of people who run the retail outlets at servos and that caused me to start thinking about whether technology will affect our buying habits. My guess is that we really go to the servo shop for convenience – “please pick up some milk on the way home, and hire a DVD for tonight” – as well as filling up the car. One stop, instead of 2 or 3. Clearly this is not going to change – or will it?

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Telstra launched the Telstra Innovation Challenge in 2009. The program is designed to find the best innovations occurring across Australia and help them get to market. I was delighted to see this week one of the projects we selected to support in 2009 – a new technology called EVestG™ - was awarded the prestigious ‘Invention of the Year’ by the ABC’s New Inventors program.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Telstra's Chief Technology Officer Dr Hugh Bradlow talks about the importance of a great network behind any cloud computing operation.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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I was somewhat surprised to see in the recent debate on Australia’s health system that delivering hospital beds cost $1m per bed. The combination of an ageing population and high medical costs make it imperative to find alternative ways of delivering health care and inevitably one must turn to the opportunities provided by technology in this regard.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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One of the hallmarks of a progressive company or country is planning for an uncertain future. While there are many “unknown unknowns” to quote Donald Rumsfeld, we should still be testing out different options and possibilities that may arise, preferably in order of likelihood and priority.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Telstra CTO Dr Hugh Bradlow on the impact of Mobile Broadband, Mobile Internet and applications - and the tricky issue of who pays and who gets the returns.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Telstra CTO Dr Hugh Bradlow on innovation and how corporations can make a difference to R&D. Hugh also introduces the five winners of the inaugural Telstra External Research and Development Program.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Hugh Bradlow is a Kindle enthusiastic. In his latest blog, he shares with us his reasons for liking the device.

by Dr. Hugh Bradlow
Chief Scientist

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Can the deployment of a technology choice in one country, have a disruptive impact on the economies and manufacturing industries of the rest of the world?