I used to think that someone with my character, with my determination, my ambition and my IQ would mean that I would be successful in life because people would realise that those things were special about me and give me opportunities in life.
That's not how the world works though.
Everyone has characteristics that could make them successful in life and that could make them special.
The ones that get the opportunities though, are the ones that seek them out.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
The recurring problem with malaria is that mosquitoes have evolved to be immune to every vaccination ever invented against them. Humans too are...
I visited Fetch Robotics as part of a field trip for a Stanford course I took. Fetch Robotics sold to Zebra Technologies for $290 million in 2021....
A building collapse warning system, a pancreatic cancer detection kit and a self-inflating shirt to stop young children drowning if they fall into a...
For National Science Week, I spoke at the Super STEM Careers event about my career in STEM.
"We would have bought your company." "You just got lucky because it was the right time for that kind of thing." "All the elements in the industry were...
Why create linear goals when life isn't linear? Don't create goals that are 1 -> 2 -> 3 Create goals that make leaps ad bounds, like 6 -> 14 -> 28...
I have a wall in my room where the artwork is sheets of paper blu-tacked next to each other, forming a rectangle. I call it my "Wall of Change" My...
Perfection is unattainable. You're never going to get something that's perfect, done. Not with your budget. Not with your timeframe. Not so that you...
The Hardy Group invited me to speak with them about healthcare, robotics and leadership. Here I am riffing about those topics!
My goal with my blog wasn't to reach 10 million views. (And it hasn't.) My goal was to learn discipline: making myself contribute to the world each...
