Autonomous robots being used today in dangerous precision blasting work in Chile started in an engineer’s backyard in Brisbane six years ago. But getting to this point – an...
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The national science agency has added a local quantum expert to lead a major portfolio, Accenture has poached its rivals’ partners and Defence has picked the universities and contractors...
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A landmark rocket launch from South Australia has ended in flames after its launch vehicle caught fire. Adelaide space company Southern Launch on Thursday evening confirmed that the launch...
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OPINION: As Australia prepares to lift the ban on international travel, the federal government has awarded Irish-based IT multinational Accenture a $A75 million contract to develop a Digital Passenger...
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Juerg von Kaenel will head a newly launched RMIT University Centre for Industrial AI Research and Innovation after a 36-year career at IBM where he most recently built its local...
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OPINION: Caught out by its strategy to bet on COVID-19 vaccines that could be made in Australia, the federal government is now scrambling to manufacture mRNA vaccines locally. Its...
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Australian researchers have developed a new system to transport data in a way that is extremely energy-efficient and that could potentially help power next-generation computers and smartphones that consume less electricity than current devices. The new...
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An Australian team has reached the grand final of a global challenge run by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to test autonomous robotic technology to map, navigate...
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Technology behemoth Microsoft has announced that it is expanding into South Australia, bringing its Azure Space team to Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen space precinct. As part of the expansion, Microsoft...
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Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley and CSIRO chair David Thodey have taken on the joint roles of Patron for the inaugural InnovationAus.com 2021 Awards for Excellence. With entries...
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Seven universities and three companies have shared in $8.5 million in federal R&D collaboration grants, with funded projects including portable sanitising stations to stop COVID-19 spread, turning grain crops...
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Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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The federal government has received mixed feedback on its cyber regulation proposal to make companies more liable to consumers for losing their data in an attack. Insurers and banks...
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Insurance Australia Group will use satellites and the Internet of Things to monitor its customers’ business and agricultural assets under a new partnership with Adelaide space startup Myriota. The...