Imagine being able to see your illness? Travelling through your own body to see the problem area. Dr John McGhee from UNSW Art and Design is helping stroke patients at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital come to terms with their diagnosis using 3D techniques normally employed in the games industry. Doctors say it makes a huge difference not having to explain conventional scan images which are usually difficult for the patient to grasp.

UNSW design student Alfred Boyadgis has won a prestigous Red Dot design award  for his futuristic motor cycle cop helmet that has facial recognition technology and a fully integrated communications system. Currently, police officers on motorcycles have heavy helmets that are without any smart phone-style technology and communication devices available to other officers. "Even though motorcycle police are often first on the scene, they rely on poor technology," says Alfred, the 23-year-old...

Children with respiratory problems until now have been faced with dragging around a large and unwieldy oxygen tank. But a new award-winning innovation by an Australian design student will change all that. Roam is a lightweight oxygen cylinder that was developed for a design project at UNSW Australia. It has since won two international design awards and received seed funding to get it into production.

Ten finalists from UNSW's Media Portfolio course compete in a battle of pitches to industry professionals. Who will be king of the corporate jungle?    

What is interior architecture ... is it the same as interior design? What does an interior architect do? What kind of career can you expect as an interior architect? Find out what it is really like to undertake the Bachelor of Interior Architecture at UNSW. This short video presents the course experience from the perspective of current students and recent graduates.

Professor Richard Goodwin and Russel Lowe CRYSIS IN PARASITE PARADISE: The work of Realtime Porosity Studio, 2013. An interactive installation on display at COFA, UNSW through ISEA's "Running the City" exhibition, shows how cities of the future may be planned using a combination of traditional models and fun gaming technology. For more information please visit: www.isea2013.org www.cofa.unsw.edu.au

Professor Richard Goodwin and Russel Lowe CRYSIS IN PARASITE PARADISE: The work of Realtime Porosity Studio, 2013. An interactive installation on display at COFA, UNSW through ISEA's "Running the City" exhibition, shows how cities of the future may be planned using a combination of traditional models and fun gaming technology. On display at COFA for ISEA 2013 until 20 July, 2013. For more information please visit: www.isea2013.org www.cofa.unsw.edu.au

World renowned photographer and UNSW visiting fellow William Yang speaks about the making of his first film, which is premiering at the Sydney Film Festival. The film, directed by Martin Fox, is one of seven existing performances that Yang has re-performed and digitised during his fellowship at UNSW. It captures Sydney's emerging artistic, literary, and queer scene through Yang's candid photography from the 70s and 80s coupled with his honest and humorous narration. MORE INFO Sydney Film...

Curating Cities researches the current and potential contribution of public art to eco-sustainable development, focusing on the world’s best practice and  potential benefits to Sydney and cities in general. Founded on a radical concept of curatorship, the project proposes that instead of curating art, we use art to curate - literally to care for space. Applying this concept, the project seeks to establish how the arts can generate and promote  environmentally beneficial behaviour...

Animation from COFA student Luke Cavalan. Winner of Animal Logic Encouragement Award at the 2012 COFA Annual Awards.

Animation from COFA Master of Digital Media students  Nguyen Bui, Zhen Cai, Jingwen Liu, and Regine Clarke. Winner COFA Annual 2012 Best 3D CGI Modelling - Modeller = Michelle Bau. Honorary mention for Regine Clark for music and sound design Prize: 3Hr one to one training with David Zwierzchaczewski.

Animation from COFA student James Tran. Winner of best animation at the 2012 COFA Annual Awards.

Animation from COFA student Jessica McGregor. Winner of best 3D CGI animation at the 2012 COFA Annual Awards.