Spoke in Hong Kong at the the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) on 9 July. The WAGGGS is the largest voluntary organisation dedicated to girls and young women. They consist of ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries across the world, and their international conference happens every three years. My speech was live-translated into 7 languages simultaneously!
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.
Spent the entire Sunday working in the garage with Garth Bradbeer and Tom Cooper working on a robotic prototype. We worked until 1am that night, and...
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...
Being concerned with what people think about you makes you unable to contribute your best work to the world.
I've been named the ambassador for a Victorian Government education initiative called Tech Schools! Tech Schools are shared learning centres...
I was named an Asian Society Game Changer Award winner alongside architect IM Pei (Lifetime Achievement Award), movie director Zhang Yimou, and the...
The first day of the "YouthActionNet Fellowship" program began with a welcome email read out, written by Bill Clinton! How exciting! I've always had...
SBS came and filmed a short segment at the 2Mar Robotics office for their SBS Small Business Secrets program. It aired on 23 October. Watch the...
Spoke at a Lenovo event by myself for 12 minutes and then on a panel with Ashton Kutcher. Met with Hollywood’s Steve Jobs and had a yarn about...
We launched Aipoly two days before CES 2016, where we were given a booth for free, as one of five winners of the first CEA Foundation "Technology...
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...
