Industry leaders to participate in 20th Vinnies Sleepout Brian Mathieson (Briter Door Solutions), Craig Wellman (Wellman Packaging) and Kylie Roberts-Frost (Australian Bedding Stewardship Council) are among the leaders from the manufacturing industry taking part in this year’s Vinnies CEO Sleepout. The Sleepout raises funds and awareness in support of the St Vincent de Paul Society’s…
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A team of Queensland researchers has begun an ambitious race to develop a vaccine for a rare but potentially fatal virus in just 150 days, according to a statement released by the University of Queensland on Wednesday. UQ’s Vaccine Rapid Response Team is testing its capabilities by creating a vaccine for the Bolivian Chapare virus,…
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The Tasmanian government launched its Export Essentials Program this week, which it says will “help trade uplift” by equipping the state’s businesses with the skills, strategies, and confidence to reach the mainland and interstate markets. The free, self-paced program offers two courses, a National Exporter Program and an International Exporter Program, with four and six…
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A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) calls for Australia and South Korea to significantly expand their cooperation in space technology, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The report, authored by ASPI Visiting Senior Fellow Sangsoon Lee, argues that while space cooperation between the two nations “remains stuck in its infancy,”…
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Wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D said it has delivered its largest custom ARCEMY machine, with this set up and operated by shipbuilder Austal USA at the US Navy’s AM Center of Excellence (AM CoE) in Danville, Virginia. Austal USA leads and operates the AM CoE, which currently operates a large scale ARCEMY 6700 system…
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Despite “decades of rhetoric about becoming a ‘clever country’”, Australia is no closer to meeting its research and development aspirations, and “simply pouring more funding into a dysfunctional system” won’t matter unless the commercialisation imperative is addressed, according to the Australian Industry Group. Making its submission to the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD),…
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An ingestible capsule used to monitor gut health markers has taken another small step towards commercialisation, with RMIT University transferring IP ownership to Atmo Biosciences. Digital health business Atmo Biosciences is commercialising a capsule that it says “measures gases as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract and transmits the data wirelessly” and which was first…
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Australian materials tech company Zeotech has scored a major win in its quest to decarbonise the construction industry, with independent testing confirming its AusPozz product delivers remarkable strength improvements while dramatically cutting concrete’s carbon footprint. According to an ASX announcement on Monday, the Brisbane-based company’s high-reactivity metakaolin (HRM) product achieved a 50 per cent strength…
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Adelaide’s metal 3D printing pioneers AML3D are taking their Aussie-made tech expertise to British shores, securing an $830,000 contract with defence giant BAE Systems. In an announcement released to the ASX on Tuesday, AML3D revealed it will source 8.5 tonnes of Nickel Aluminium Bronze wire feedstock for BAE as part of a material feasibility program—enough…
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South Australia’s space industry took a significant leap forward with the successful integration of Myriota’s Internet of Things (IoT) payload on the Kanyini satellite, according to an announcement released on Sunday. Adelaide-based companies Myriota and Inovor Technologies have collaborated on Kanyini, South Australia’s first state-funded satellite, which now orbits more than 500 kilometres above Earth.…
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