Australia’s National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA) launched with much fanfare in 2015 is winding down with projects and funding drying up. The latest casualty is CSIRO’s On Accelerator programme which is to be closed as NISA ‘expires’ on 30 June 2020. The ON programme aimed at supporting teams of researchers from publicly funded research…
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Robotic technology venture Fastbrick is to build its first new homes using the Hadrian X bricklaying robot under a commercial deal with Summit Homes Group. Fastbrick, a joint venture between technology developer FBR (ASX: FBR) and brick manufacturer Brickworks (ASX: BKW), will commence a three-stage pilot building programme for the builder. It is the first…
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The Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards have been held, with winners including Enable Social Enterprises, which took out the Premier’s Recognition Award for its e-waste business. Enable assists disadvantaged workers in reentering the workforce. Among the company’s businesses is Enable IT Recycling, which “created 10 employment pathways while diverting 133,046kgs of e-waste from landfill” according…
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Adelaide’s Flinders University has signed two agreements to provide research and advanced manufacturing technologies to the city’s expanding naval shipbuilders.
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three chemists who collectively developed something that has become an absolute necessity in our daily lives – the lithium ion battery.
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CSIRO, the Victorian government and industry partners have developed technology to allow home rooftop PV and battery systems to charge electric vehicles. The organisation teamed up with Nissan and Delta Electronics to overcome problems faced by home PV and battery systems, which can overheat and lose efficiency when charging an EV on hot days. Three…
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Titanium filtration membranes originally designed for the wine sector are being adapted for a new range of industries including oil, wool and water.
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Australian medical implant pioneer Anatomics will launch its new manufacturing facility in East Bentleigh, Melbourne on Thursday morning.
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High-speed welding technology developer K-TIG (ASX: KTG) has rejoined the Australian stock exchange after raising $7 million from investors. The company is commercialising a former CSIRO technology known as Keyhole TIG which operates at a fraction of the cost and time of conventional systems. The listing was a backdoor listing, involving the purchase of Serpantine…
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The federal government has announced a number of naval defence industry contracts where work flows to SME technology companies and manufacturers. In separate announcements, defence industry minister Melissa Price revealed new contracts for the $50 billion Attack class submarines and a R&D grant to develop naval unmanned systems. Price announced: # Lockheed Martin had signed…
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