Tag: innovation

BluGlass doubles value of US CHIPS contracts

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Sydney-based laser diode manufacturer BluGlass has doubled the value of contracts signed through a United States military semiconductor innovation hub, to develop its technology for quantum computing and artificial...

ASCA to focus on long-term AI research partnerships

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AI and machine learning is this focus of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s second round of long-term research and development partnerships, which opened to applications on Monday. The Advanced...

Energy innovators gain consumer data right carve out

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Tweaks to consumer data right rules effective from Tuesday will allow energy companies to shield their trial products for two years from the scheme’s data sharing obligations in a...

Marles wants faster ASCA missions after complaints

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Defence minister Richard Marles has defended the work of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator after reports emerged that the design phase on its first mission had been mismanaged. But...

WA ‘privacy lite’ data sharing bill back for debate

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The Western Australian Parliament has been asked to consider changes to a signature public sector privacy and data sharing bill, amid criticisms that the proposed legislation delivers only “privacy...

Satellite imaging firm wins $1m through NT’s Croc Pitch

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Earth observation startup Esper Satellites has secured $1 million from a Northern Territory-based venture capital fund for winning the local Croc Pitch event. Esper develops an analysis tool, dubbed...

ANU research and innovation staff caught in austerity plan

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The Australian National University’s research and innovation arm will lose more than 10 per cent of staff as part of a major cost-saving restructure designed to cut salary cost by...

Gravitational energy startup banks $9m in Series A round

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Gravitational energy storage technology startup Green Gravity has raised $9 million from local and international institutional investors through a Series A funding round. The Wollongong-based company plans to store...