Sixteen finalists for the WA Innovator of The Year program have been announced, with six recipients to share in a prize pool of $140,000. Finalists include innovators developing anti-antimicrobial resistant bacteria technology, a smart walking stick for Parkinson’s disease sufferers, and a novel blood pump for open heart surgery. “It’s vitally important that we not…
Prefabricated home and office company ModnPods plans to double the size of its Arundel, Gold Coast facilities to around 6,000 square metres and make 100 hires over the next three years.
The federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $160 million investment to link the upcoming Southern Downs Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) to the national energy grid. According to an announcement from the cleantech investment body, it is the first REZ it has funded, and the project “will unlock an additional 500 MW of…
Energy storage startup MGA Thermal has been awarded $1.27 million funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to help build a technology demonstrator near the company’s Newcastle factory and office.
The US subsidiary of ASX-listed defence supplier XTEK has shipped a fourth tranche from a $US 33.2 million order of armour components received on May 27. In a statement on Wednesday morning, the company said it remains on track to complete the order for the unnamed client by the end of Q1 this financial year.…
An electric-powered version of the Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle (PMV) is being showcased at the three-day Chief of Army Symposium. The Bushmaster (pictured) is an 11-tonne, 4×4 protected vehicle with a V-hull design which deflects explosions away from passengers. It is designed and built in Australia by Thales in Bendigo. According to assistant veterans affairs…
WA defence researchers awarded $1.19 million in grants The Western Australian government has awarded eight grants worth $1.19 million in total to defence researchers as part of the annual Collaborative Research Grant (CRG) program. The funded projects cover a range of fields, including maritime surveillance, modelling for tracking misinformation, and diver communication systems. The program…
Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sought to revive the hoary old debate of nuclear power in Australia, announcing an internal review into whether the Liberals should back the controversial technology.
The recently-updated economic complexity rankings from Harvard University have seen Australia falling eight places to rank 91st in the world. The rankings are based on a country’s diversity and sophistication of exports, with Australia’s drop in the rankings described as “driven by a lack of diversification of exports” by Harvard. ”Australia is less complex than…
Welding technology showcased in Mackay BOC, Weld Australia and Diverseco celebrated the launch of Weld Australia’s newly-formed Mackay Committee with a technology showcase at BOC Mackay’s Gas and Welding store last week. The event was attended by Geoff Crittenden, CEO of Weld Australia, and a panel of welding industry experts who delivered interactive demonstrations featuring…
