SoftIron Australia today inaugurated Australia’s first-ever component-level IT infrastructure manufacturing facility at a site at Botany in Sydney. Backed by a Defence Department innovation grant, the company’s Advanced Manufacturing Facility will produce ICT componentry for the company’s HyperCloud Intelligent Cloud Fabric technology for building clouds, which is billed as a world first. With even sensitive…
By Andrew Blakers, Australian National University; Anna Nadolny, Australian National University, and Ryan Stocks, Australian National University In eight years, Australia wants to be four-fifths powered by renewables. Solar and wind investment is pouring in. But to firm the renewables and overcome the intermittency, we need overnight energy storage. That’s why there’s so much interest…
A mission from Southern Launch’s Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex has been postponed, with ATSpace’s Kestrel I rocket needing to be repaired off-site following prolonged electrical storm activity over the weekend. According to a statement from Southern Launch, over 423,000 lightning strikes were recorded over the weekend in South Australia. ATSpace CEO Dr Yen-Sen Chen…
EMVision backed by $2.5 million NSW government grant Medical imaging technology developer EMVision Medical Devices has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the NSW Medical Devices Fund. The company, which is commercialising a microwave technology for stroke imaging (pictured), will receive the funding of the NSW Office for Health and Medical Research to support…
The Brisbane-headquartered Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub and Azcende Venture Capital have announced a partnership they say will help secure a pathway to North American markets for emerging Australian businesses working in national security and critical infrastructure. ARM Hub CEO Dr Cori Stewart said in a statement on Monday that the two organisations sought to…
International surgical and industrial glove manufacturer Ansell has again been forced to respond to allegations of forced labour made by employees of one of the company’s third-party suppliers. The company, which has faced similar allegations in recent years, said it was deeply concerned by reports of forced labour at supplier Brightway Group. However Ansell has…
