Adelaide nanosatellite builder and operator, Fleet Space Technology, has sold out its first release of space on its IoT satellite system. Only two weeks ago @AuManufacturing reported that Fleet would connect up to one million devices at a cost of US$2.00 (Aud$2.75) per device, per year. “Within hours the first million was fully booked, with…
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Industrial technology firm, Silex Systems (ASX: SLX) has agreed to buy back control from GE and Hitachi of its laser enrichment process for uranium, in association with a Canadian mining firm. Silex announced that it had acquired 51 per cent of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s stake in Global Laser Enrichment (GLE). Canadian uranium miner Cameco…
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Dassault Systemes has announced a new category of software solutions, driven by what it says is a fast-changing industrial environment, at the annual SolidWorks World conference. This new collection includes cloud-based simulation, design, enterprise resource planning and social collaboration tools.
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@AuManufacturing spoke to Kishore Boyalakuntla, Rize’s Vice President of Product, about what augmented polymer deposition contributes to the ever-expanding variety of additive manufacturing options.
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A liberal-dominated Senate committee has dealt a blow to attempts by the federal government to cut $2.4 billion from the budget for research and development. The report of the Economics Legislation Committee led by Liberal Senator Jane Hume unanimously recommended this week that the planned changes be deferred to allow further study. The result of…
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $9.6 million in funding to 12 projects and studies to further the penetration of distributed energy resources (DER) such as household solar power. ARENA CEO Darren Miller said the projects will help to maximise the potential benefits of DER technologies owned by households and businesses. “Rooftop solar,…
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The federal government has signed the much-delayed contract with France’s Naval Group (formerly DCNS) for the building of Australia’s new Attack class submarines. The $50 billion ‘strategic partnership agreement’ (SPA) to build 12 modified French submarines in Adelaide paves the way for the first boat, to be named HMAS Attack, to come into service in…
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Analysis by Peter Roberts It is hard to believe but after tens of billions of dollars spent, Australia heads towards 2020 with slow internet speeds that are going to affect the country’s economic future. New figures released in the Speedtest Global Index show Australia comes in at number 55 globally in terms of internet speed,…
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Metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic (ASX: TTT) has won exclusive rights to two CSIRO technologies to make pipe from titanium and titanium alloys. The exclusive agreement, with CSIRO’s The company announced that Titomic Managing Director, Jeff Lang said: “This is a significant expansion of Titomic’s IP and associated revenue opportunities. “By adding these two new…
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Canadian renewable energy company will invest $30 million to turn a dis-used zinc mine at Angus near Adelaide into an underground energy store. The company will build a commercial-scale demonstration of its Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) technology in use in two other sites overseas. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $6…
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