Robotics Australia Group and remote operations group AROSE have combined with the aim of strengthening Australia’s robotics and automation ecosystem. AROSE Director Space & Resources Michelle Keegan recently led the largest mining and METS sector mission to the NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The mission showcased the innovative approaches to exploration, novel…
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xReality Group is making waves in defence and law enforcement circles with its Operator XR range of virtual reality mission training systems. The company announced that it had sold multiple of its Operator XR Virtual Reality Training Systems to an Australian state government customer it did not name, presumably in law enforcement. The sale, worth…
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A new record high of over 153,800 publicly funded vocational course enrolments were recorded in Western Australia in 2023. Publicly funded course enrolments increased almost 10 per cent from 2022 bating the state’s previous record of 150,310 enrolments in 2021. According to an announcement, growth was stimulated by more than 153,800 publicly funded vocational course…
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Biopharmaceurical company CLINUVEL has announced results from a study evaluating the DNA-repair capacity of its afamelanotide product on skin of healthy volunteers exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The study, conducted at Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester suggests that afamelanotide leads to reduction of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in exposed skin, according to an ASX announcement. The…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Responding to the loss of sovereign ability to make plastics While issues such as quantum computing attract political action, Australia is losing the sovereign ability to manufacture even basic products such as plastics and downstream products such as…
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Australia’s east coast gas consumers including businesses could face gas shortages in 2027 according to a new report from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. This is a year earlier than previously thought and puts into stark light the failure of successive governments which have allowed the majority of Australian gas to be exported rather…
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A group of researchers designing cutting-edge hypersonic flight vehicles are set to simulate the design and development of hypersonic systems to shape future space missions. Through the iLAuNCH Trailblazer, the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is partnering with LEAP Australia to bring the ANSYS suite of software to Toowoomba, Queensland so that researchers can continue…
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ClearVue secures second solar window order from US customer Building-integrated photovoltaics company ClearVue Technologies has secured a repeat order from System USA for a solar greenhouse demonstrator showroom. The $175,000 project will create a demonstrator greenhouse exhibiting ClearVue technology which generates electricity from its solar glazing. The project will be eligible for incentives under the…
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SCEE Electrical has been awarded a $50 million contract to help link the Collie big battery energy storage system to the power grid. Western Australian energy provider Synergy awarded the switchyard works to SCEE, to which it had awarded a $160 million contract in May, covering civil, electrical, and major equipment installation works at the…
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The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will hold a pitch day in September, with development contracts worth up to $750,000 on offer for companies successfully outlining their technologies to Defence. According to a statement from defence industry minister Pat Conroy on Friday, expressions of interest are open until July 22, with selected companies invited to…
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