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.
"Good Weekend" magazine (included every Saturday in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers) was interested in what I was up to, so they...
I was in a hairdressers in Melbourne. I was 18. it was the first time I’d ever been to a hairdressers to get my hair cut in my life! It was at a...
Want to do something but you don't feel like it? Want to start a company but you feel the first step is too high and too hard? Want to get fit but...
Q&A on ABC alongside two Nobel Laureates: Peter Doherty and Brian Schmidt, Chief Scientist of Australia Ian Chubb and respected microbiologist...
When you leave someone after an interaction, do you leave them present to their own greatness? Do you leave them feeling completely validated,...
Jevaroo’s neck is my favorite part of the robot. Jevaroo’s neck has a movement range of 25cm, allowing Jevaroo to reach for objects up to 170cm high...
During my second to fourth years of university, I worked on Nudge, mew and Robogals. I did various projects with all those initiatives over that...
In March this year, I was invited to the Australian Office in Taipei, Taiwan, to give a speech for International Women’s Day. During my 10-hour...
We filmed some more videos of our Jevaroo robot arm in action! Here it is demonstrating its load and lift capabilities. It can lift 2.32kg at the...
When I was 17, I came 3rd in an international Japanese speaking contest. However, I don’t do anything about my Japanese studies now. The year prior, I got...
