What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. AUSTRALIA’S PLACE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR WORLD: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTORS On day one of Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, we presented an introduction to the subject, aimed at a reader with no prior knowledge of semiconductors. It was…
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By Matthew Shaw, Swinburne University of Technology NASA has just launched its first rocket in the Artemis program, which will, among other things, take scientific experiments to produce metal on the Moon. In recent years, a number of businesses and organisations have ramped up efforts to establish technologies on the Moon. But doing work in…
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Metal additive manufacturing company Titomic has developed a new 3D printer, the Titomic D623 medium-pressure cold spray 3D printer, at the same time announcing two sales of the new product. The company has received purchase orders worth $270,000 from German and Spanish companies for the systems which complement its existing D523 printers. The D623 is…
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REDARC Defence & Space will supply 12,600 LED lights for the first three Hunter class frigates now under construction at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. The Lonsdale, Adelaide company was awarded the $23 million, five year contract following five years of collaboration with UK company MARL International which will see it lead the…
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To close out the first week of our editorial series, Australia’s place in the semiconductor world, we turn again to the analysis of Steven Duvall and Glenn Downey. In part three of their four-part feature, they describe what currently exists in Australia, and the challenges to growing this. 1) Introduction This article continues our four-part…
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Winners of the 2022 South Australian Welding Excellence Awards were named at an event on Thursday night, held at Adelaide’s Terrace Hotel. According to the event’s organiser, Weld Australia, the awards are the most prestigious event on the calendar for professionals in the industry, celebrating world-class work by welders, fabricators and educators. “This year’s South…
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By Peter Roberts Companies and organisations are increasingly turning to renewable energy providers to source green power to quickly cut the carbon intensity of their operations as they race to meet decarbonisation pledges. The most recent is Brisbane Airport Corporation which will be supplied by power generator Stanwell with up to 185GWh of renewable energy…
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Australia’s consumers were not confident in Australia’s response to cyber attacks and lack of data security even before the most recent hacks of data from Medibank Private and Optus. Illegal cyber attacks on thousands of citizens’ personal data in Australia has heightened awareness of the hazards of insecure digital systems, according to researchers from Flinders…
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Metal additive manufacturing company AML3D has snared a $215,000 contract with gas producer Chevron to manufacture two subsea pipeline fittings, marking the company’s entry into a lucrative new market. The deal follows AML3D successful 3D metal printing the world’s largest, at eight tonnes, certified high pressure, subsea piping spool for another Tier One Oil and…
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By Anya Phelan, The University of Queensland This week the federal government joined an international agreement to recycle or reuse 100% of plastic waste by 2040, putting an end to plastic pollution. But major obstacles stand in the way. The most recent is the collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program, REDcycle. The program…
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