X-ray equipment manufacturer Micro-X is poised to launch a major extension to its product offerings – a lightweight, rugged X-ray imager to detect improvised explosives devices (IEDs) The company told investors that pre-production prototypes of its Argus IED X-ray camera (pictured) were close to completion, following delays in commissioning manufacturing equipment at its Adelaide plant.…
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Staff and stakeholders in carbon capture and reuse technology company Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) have gathered in Newcastle, NSW to mark the opening of the company’s new local industrial headquarters office. The Canberra-based company is constructing a mobile demonstration plant on Kooragang Island that captures and uses CO2 to produce manufacturing and construction materials, such…
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Barrett Communications delivers HF radios Barrett Communications – in collaboration with Royal Communications Inc. – has delivered High Frequency (HF) high power radio communications systems to assist in comprehensive communications coverage across the US. An undisclosed United States Federal Agency has recently installed high power HF radio systems into all states and territories of the…
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AI-driven wearables facilitate affordable injury prevention that delivers real results and sustainable behavioural change through the power of predictive analytics. By Anina-Marie Warrener.
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Next month the University of NSW Sydney will host a symposium, followed by a discussion, with both considering the future of nuclear technology and the potential for Australian industry to participate. “Nuclear technology and manufacturing are being innovated locally and Australia is well placed to become a world leader,” reads an announcement on Friday for…
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Advanced welding technology company K-TIG is expanding its horizons in the nuclear waste disposal sector, moving to take over fabrication of the critical vessels in the United Kingdom and the EU. K-TIG has signed a MoU with nuclear engineering firm Darchem Engineering to novate a contract for producing three cubic metre intermediate level waste (ILW)…
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Cold spray additive manufacturing business Titomic has heralded what it says is a collection of world firsts in an operational update on the fourth quarter of the financial year, which it says represents a pivotal period in its commercial ramp-up.
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The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has opened applications for the new $41.2 million Elevate: Boosting women in STEM program, funded by the federal government. Elevate will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) over the next six years. The program encourages women…
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Shipbuilder Austal and shipping container innovator Spectainer are collaborating on the industrialisation of Spectainer’s collapsible shipping containers. Spectainer’s system involves fully automated, horizontally collapsing containers (pictured) which can be expanded or collapsed for easy transport . The container, though not the first collapsing container, answers one of the key choke points of global shipping –…
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The defence department has signalled purchases of geospatial goods and services from Australian and international companies as it moves to improve the flow of data to support defence and national interests. The department has established the Geospatial Goods and Services Standing Offer Panel (GeoPanel) to buy ‘goods, services and relevant emerging geospatial technologies’ from approved…
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