Brent Balinski speaks to William Crowe, co-founder of University of NSW-based High Earth Orbit Robotics, about what they have achieved so far and what businesses in the burgeoning nanosatellite industry expect from potential suppliers.
By Peter Roberts in Kuala Lumpur I have been travelling to Malaysia for more than two decades since I worked in the region but nowadays my view of the city has been transformed. While once it was easy to dismiss Malaysia as a developing country compared to my home in Australia, progress in the capital…
Massive new solar photo voltaic farms linked to big battery storages are setting South Australia up to be the country’s electricity generating export powerhouse. The generators, around Robertstown in the mid-north of the state, aim to take advantage of a new $1.5 billion electricity connector which will allow them to send power directly to the…
Like sciences company Cellmid (ASX: CDY) has booked record revenues as its Evolis product for reducing hair loss gains market traction. The company, which is developing therapies for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, cancer and heart disease as well as hair loss, booked $1.1 million in sales in Japan in three months during a recent TV…
By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia The Victorian Government has called for expressions of interest for its planned on-farm trials of IoT, part of its $45 million Connecting Victoria initiative to improve digital technology and infrastructure across regional Victoria. In the first round of the trials grants of up to $30,000 will be available to…
The fourth annual list of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers has been released.
Researchers at Deakin University have been awarded an Australian Research Council grant to develop new solid-state battery technology with Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan).
Speedpanel, Swinburne University’s Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure and other industry partners have announced an Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre-backed project to develop new materials and processes for building industry products.
Pharmaceutical company Probiotic (ASX: PBP) has increased its manufacturing footprint with the purchase of Sydney packaging company ABS, formally Australian Blister Sealing. Probiotic paid $23 million for the 40-year-old Seven Hills company which provides contract packaging services for the pharmaceutical and food sectors, including bottle filling, labeling and blister packaging. Probiotic managing director, Wes Stringer…
Bombardier Transportation’s Dandenong, Victoria factory will produce another 12 train sets for Adelaide’s ongoing rail network electrification project. The company, which provided 22 A-City train sets for the city’s first electrified suburban line to Seaford, has won a contract variation to add another 12 of the three-car sets from the state government. The A-City trains…
