Manufacturing the Energy Revolution summit to be held August 2-3 in Canberra

Weld Australia and the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work will host Manufacturing the Energy Revolution: Industrial Opportunities from Renewable Energy on August 2 and 3, an event focussing on the challenges and opportunities presented by decarbonising the nation’s energy supply. The legislated emissions reductions targets of 43 per cent (on 2005 levels) by 2030…

Hypersonix grows portfolio with new US patent

Hypersonix continues an eventful few months with news it has been awarded a US patent for technology used in its SPARTAN scramjet design.  The company announced on Thursday (Australian time) that it had obtained US Patent Number US11639700B2, protecting certain key features of an “Airframe integrated scramjet with fixed geometry and shape transition for hypersonic…

New retina-inspired vision sensor enables real-time decisions, says researchers

A new device developed by a team led by RMIT researchers and inspired by the retina has potential applications ranging from bionic vision to autonomous vehicles to shelf-life assessments of food, according to the university. Research published in Advanced Functional Materials describes a neuromorphic chip with an incredibly thin sensing element enabled by doped indium…