Engineers Australia has announced the winners of its Excellence Awards at an event in Sydney on Wednesday night, celebrating achievements in “space, safety, and skin printing”. Major winners included: The King Island UniWave200 Wave Energy Converter Project (pictured), “a world-leading proprietary technology that demonstrates conversion of the energy in ocean waves into clean and emissions…
Beverage company Bundaberg Brewed Drinks won the top prize at Wednesday’s night’s Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards Gala, also taking out the Agribusiness, Food and Beverages category. The family-owned Bundaberg was founded in 1960 and is best known for its ginger beer (pictured.) It currently exports to more than 60 countries. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said…
By Kurtis Eichler Learn, build, reiterate. That was the mantra Raj Gautam, founder and chief executive of start-up company QL Space, learned when he took part in the Venture Catalyst Space program. Gautam launched his start-up less than a year ago and is developing a multi-sensor remote sensing satellite for the space industry and mining sectors.…
New ATSE President appointed Dr Katherine Woodthorpe will become the next President of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engneering (ATSE) on January 1 next year. “It is an honour and a privilege to be elected President by over 900 of Australia’s brightest minds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said Woodthorpe. “At a time…
Fortescue Metals Group has told the ASX that its Fortescue Future Industries subsidiary has entered a global strategic collaboration with energy infrastructure developer Tree Energy Solutions (TES), aiming to accelerate development of a green hydrogen and green energy import facility in Germany and with a €130 million ($200 million) investment funded from FFI’s unutilised capital…
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub is seeking $12 million in funding to establish a pilot Defence Technology Accelerator program, which it says could address “key gaps in the defence manufacturing ecosystem”. In a statement on Wednesday morning, coinciding with day two of the Land Forces 2022 expo, ARM Hub CEO Dr Cori Stewart said…
EMVision gets clinical study ethics approval, $1.2 million milestone payment ASX-listed imaging technology business EMVision Medical Devices announced on Tuesday the receipt of Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval for a multi-centre clinical study at Liverpool Hospital, Royal Melbourne, and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Near-term activation of the first site at Liverpool Hospital would proceed under…
Pentarch has won both the National Innovation and SME Innovation categories at the Land Forces Innovation Awards, in what the organiser has said was a first in the history of the awards. Pentarch was recognised for its Project Damocles, which is described as a safe and purpose-designed system using “robotic handling and creative use of…
By Fergus Downey, Curtin University This weekend marked a milestone for Western Australia’s Binar Space Program as its first satellite Binar-1 lived up to its name. Binar is the word for “fireball” in the Noongar language spoken by the Aboriginal people of Perth. Binar-1 became a real “Binar” as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the…
Dutch headquartered Ebusco launched both a right-hand drive version of its 2.2 model and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne on Friday, and again raised the possibility that it will set up assembly operations in Australia. The 2.0 model is a battery electric bus made in 12.5-metre and 18-metre variants, with a range of 450 kilometres.…
