Brisbane team creates world-first 3D printed chest implant
A team led by Queensland University of Technology’s Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher has created an implant to help a young student suffering from “funnel chest.”
Cabinet makers link up with Australian Made
The Australian Made Campaign (AMCL) has welcomed the Australian Cabinet and Furniture Association (ACFA) as an associate to support the continued growth of Australia’s local furnishings and furniture manufacturing sector. NSW-based ACFA is one of Australia’s primary industry associations for furnishing, cabinetmaking and joinery manufacturers, along with the semi-national Australasian Furnishing Association, which is also…
Redflex powers ahead on new traffic projects
Traffic signal and road management technology company Redflex has reported strong sales growth in the fourth quarter of FY2020, with $8.7 million in new contracts let, up 15 per cent on the previous year. The company wrote new equipment sales contracts and recurring annual revenue management contracts as it continued to build sales throughout the…
Australian company awarded $600,000 to commercialise rapid Covid test
Zip Diagnostics has been awarded a $600,000 federal grant to help commercialise Australian-made tests able to diagnose Covid-19 and other diseases in less than 30 minutes.
Optiscan Imaging in new Melbourne oral cancer trial
Microscopic imaging technology company OptiScan Imaging is to undertake a study to screen, diagnose and treat oral cancer at the Melbourne Dental School. The company has received $ 1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund operated by MTPConnect to trial its endomicroscopic technology for real time imaging of human tissue. The hand-held…
Micro-X gets FDA approval to market military X-Ray machine
Nanotube emitter X-Ray company Micro-X has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Rover lightweight X-Ray equipment (pictured) which is being marketed in the United States for use in field medical hospitals. Originally developed under contract to Australia’s defence department, the Rover is a ruggedised, military version of its Nano machine which generates…