Dr Brian Boyle (CSIRO SKA Director) on the Square Kilometre Array, a $2.5 billion SKA radio telescope which will be 50 times more sensitive and survey the sky 10,000 times faster than any existing telescope.
The SKA will contribute to our knowledge in contemporary astrology and physics, as well as the challenges in information technology and renewable energy that constructing the telescope will put forward.
Presented as the 2011 Dean's Lecture at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University.
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