QUT’s Summer holiday program launched on Saturday 11 January with an extra special showcase of QUT’s research and hands-on activities for the whole family. Families saw The Living Reef on The Cube’s 10-metre screens for the first time, explored sea creatures at the marine discovery sessions and had…
Shaping the Future – 2019 FIRST LEGO League
The Cube was humming with activity on Saturday 16 November for the 2019 FIRST® LEGO® League tournament! 28 teams and around 70 volunteers arrived bright and early for an action-packed competition day. The 2019 CITY SHAPER challenge saw teams build and program robots, and work on innovative projects to…
Young designers workshop ideas for The Living Reef
On Saturday 25 May, a group of enthusiastic young ‘designers’ joined us at The Cube to learn about digital design and to workshop ideas for The Living Reef digital project. This fast-paced workshop facilitated by Scott Millar and the team from BOP Industries saw the participants rapidly evaluate the…
Expressions of Interest open, apply for The Cube’s Artist-in-residence program!
Do you have a background in visual art, interactive design, science communication, digital storytelling, software engineering, data visualisation or games design? Do you want strive to push the boundaries of your practice? The Cube is offering an Artist-in-residence opportunity to develop an innovative project on one of the…
Hello 2019, a tech-fueled summer program launch!
The Cube kick-started the 2019 Summer Holiday Program with a tech-fueled Family Fun Day on Saturday 12 January. This event provided a perfect opportunity to share the new Cube projects and showcase our talented program partners with Brisbane families. The crowds turned out to test drive the Wind tunnel and…
Uncover STEM concepts with The Cube’s new digital simulations
When we look at the world around us we see simple systems, the water ripples in the bathtub or a dog’s ears flapping as they hang out of the window of a moving car. We learn these effects as children and hardly notice them as we grow older.…
Space adventurers take on FIRST® LEGO® League 2018
3-2-1 LEGO! On Saturday 17 November the 2018 FIRST® LEGO® League tournament launched at The Cube. 36 teams took part in the INTO ORBIT challenge and displayed STEM skills that were out of this world! For this season’s INTO ORBIT project, the teams had to identify a physical or…
2018 Cube Artist in Residence: Exploring QUT’s microscopy labs
A large part of our artist residency has been spent in the microscopy labs in the Science & Engineering building, learning how to use the electronic microscopes to capture the very fine details of plants that cannot be seen with the human eye.
Tech start-up to Teenage Entrepreneur: Scott Millar
Starting his entrepreneurial journey at age 14, Scott Millar is now the 18-year-old CEO and founder of Brisbane-based tech start-up, BOP Industries. Scott is a passionate advocate for young entrepreneurs and all things technology, and is on a mission to show young people the power they have and how…
2018 Cube Artist in Residence: Seeing nature larger than life
Hi there, we are Man & Wah – this year’s resident artists at The Cube. Much of what we create is inspired by cosmos and nature, we love seeing the beauty of nature larger than life! We design large scale content such as installations and photographic prints and…