Go out and make those connections, meet people, have conversations.
It may land you a dream job. My friend got an engineering internship in China by playing cards with a kid on a plane!
It may land you funding. It may get you invited along to a fabulous experience. Or an invitation to meet someone amazing. Or it may just give you an idea or insight that gives you a new perspective on your life.
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.
Spoke about my robotic arm at the G20 Brisbane Global Cafe.
I did an interview at the beginning of the year about 24 hours in the life of me. I've copied and pasted the text here below. Enjoy! For robotics...
Aipoly aims to help the blind navigate the world. Our first application enables blind people to take a photo of their surroundings, and have it...
You don't need that much money. Just enough to pay the rent, utilities and food. My plan I created for myself post-uni when I was in 3rd year uni...
What's in it for the other person? If you look at everything from this perspective, you can get anything you want in life.
Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia decided to feature me as one of 100 Australian engineering leaders in their book, “Anything...
Returning to my hometown Cairns is always relaxing. Returning to Cairns in winter is a luxury - because the weather is lovely, and not cold at all....
If your teacher comments on your work and tells you it can be better; it’s not you, it’s your work. If the person behind the counter snaps at you...
In Robogals, I always looked for the hardest possible thing to do. And then I did it. Because I knew that if I could achieve that, then I would...
What makes Andy Warhol's work unique is that he was the first to bring that kind of art to the world. You might look at his art and say that it's...
