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.
I think it's important to have one person that says the final 'yes' to all the decisions in a start-up. That one person should be the visionary...
When are you going to apply for that grant? When are you going to start your assignment? When are you going to start your advertising campaign? When are...
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...
When I was touring schools with Geoffrey Rush and we were answering questions in front of hundreds of kids, lots of them said, "I really what to be...
Yeah, I know. I’m so cool, and I’m so lucky. I have DNA, flesh, blood and bones. Barack Obama and Steve Jobs are truly two icons of our time - men...
The recurring problem with malaria is that mosquitoes have evolved to be immune to every vaccination ever invented against them. Humans too are...
I was pretty chuffed and surprised to learn that I was named a top 50 women in tech globally by Forbes magazine! OMG! See the full list here. And my...
When I became the Young Australian of the Year, I was so excited. I had a glamorous ideal that my life would change completely! It changed a lot – I...
Spending long, snug evenings with your significant other. Making time to look after your family. Jesting, gabbing and chilling with friends. Building...
In 2008, I founded Robogals as a response to there being hardly any other women in my engineering classes. Our organisation is run by university...