Nominations are open for the second Circle Awards AUS & NZ, designed to recognise “businesses, organisations, and individuals taking positive steps” through circular economy efforts. Winners across 14 categories will be announced on October 18, as part of the Purpose 2022 conference. The event will be presented by TMRRW and newly-announced partner Polestar, a Swedish-headquartered…
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By Peter Roberts In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic it was shortages of everyday items such as toilet paper that suffered the disruptions of global supply chains. Now a risible situation is becoming really serious – we are experiencing shortages of critical medicines such as drugs for diabetes, hormone replacement therapy, depression, nausea,…
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Virtual Reality (VR) and cobot technologies have been successfully utilised during the prototype phase of construction of nine Hunter class frigates at the Osborne naval shipyard in Adelaide. BAE Systems trialled the advanced technologies in simple assembly and inspection work following trials at the Line Zero facility at Adelaide’s Tonsley innovation precinct which is a…
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Robotics, AI, and design-led manufacturing centre the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub has been awarded approved research institute (ARI) status – a first for the Australian manufacturing ecosystem. ARI approval is awarded by the federal government to not-for-profit organisations undertaking scientific research of value to Australia which had a suitably qualified research committee. ARM…
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The South Australian government has opened its latest round of defence research funding from its Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund (CRF). Up to $150,000 is available through the program for successful applicants to support genuine collaboration across government, universities and industry for defence-relevant research, development and innovation. According to an announcement, the CRF is…
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An Australian-first trial injecting biomethane derived from wastewater and injecting it into the gas grid to supplement natural gas is underway at Sydney Water’s Malabar Wastewater Resource Recovery Plant.
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Composites specialist Quickstep Holdings and Bulgarian cargo drone company Dronamics have announced a partnership, with the Australian company to provide engineering and manufacturing services for an aircraft expected to be delivered next year. The pair made the MoU announcement at the English defence and aviation trade event, Farnborough International Airshow, on Monday (local time.) Quickstep…
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By Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania From gym memberships to music and movies, to razors, toilet paper, meal kits and clothes, there’s seemingly no place the subscription economy can’t go. Having conquered the software market – where it gets its own acronym, SaaS (Software as a Service) – the subscription model is now moving into…
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Grants totalling $5.8 million have been awarded under the second round of the National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants (NISDRG) program. Among the ten supported projects announced on Monday were edge computing security in distributed systems, polymeric nanocomposites to shield defence equipment from electromagnetic interference, and “meta-lattice composite materials” to shield defence satellites from…
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Australia’s only manufacturer of solar PV panels, Tindo Solar has released a new video following its manufacturing process. The company recently completed a new factory at Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, utilising new production technologies, launching a new utility-size panel and doubling production. Tindo’s Karra-330W PERC monocrystalline solar panel is a high voltage panel (rated to 1500V),…
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