Sydney startup Optera links with Thales for space camera project

Fabless semiconductor company Optera Solutions, which is commercialising “event-based sensing” (EBS) technology developed at Western Sydney University, was selected to join Thales’s Space Business Catalyst Program in Toulouse. The French-headquartered defence contractor announced this week that Optera began its six-month residency in the September 2024 intake of the SBC, which selects the “most promising global…

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Harnessing AI for anomaly detection in automotive manufacturing

Sponsored article By Stéphane Marouani, Country Manager ANZ at MathWorks The automotive manufacturing sector has struggled to balance high product quality while minimising operating expenses. AI-based anomaly detection, an approach that identifies irregular patterns in machine data to predict potential problems before they occur, is an emerging strategy that should be considered by all auto…

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Building the future of space propulsion: How we developed our in-house test facility

By Shane Albances In the competitive landscape of space technology, agility and speed of innovation are paramount. At Space Machines Company, we made a strategic decision to invest in developing our own satellite propulsion system as well as establishing a propulsion test facility — a capability that has already proven instrumental in accelerating our product…

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Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and reuse it

By Melita Jazbec, University of Technology Sydney; Monique Retamal, University of Technology Sydney; Nick Florin, University of Technology Sydney, and Stuart White, University of Technology Sydney Australians largely support transforming the economy to increase recycling, repurpose products and reduce waste, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission, but they are being impeded by…

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