As the world shifts away from fossil fuels, we will need to produce enormous numbers of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles and batteries. Demand for the materials needed to build them will skyrocket.
Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) has begun the next stage of its planned development of a quantum computer chip, Archer’s CQ room-temperature qubit processor. The company has begun the quantum measurements required to build a working prototype of the chip and plan integration of modern devices. Archer, one of two Australian companies developing quantum chips, uses…
There has been a series of successful IPOs for high-tech Australian manufacturing companies in recent months, including Carbon Revolution, K-Tig and Amaero Engineering. 3D printing bureau AML3D hopes to add to this, with a place on the ASX planned for March. Founder and managing director Andy Sales agrees that investors are keen on sophisticated manufacturers…
Canberra and Adelaide defence equipment supplier XTEK (ASX: XTEK) will launch three new products at Shot Show, the world’s largest shooting and hunting outdoor show to be held in Las Vegas later this month. The producer of ballistic products, unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced composites will launch new soft body armour designed for female users…
Two new instruments to be built for Australian radio astronomy facilities have the potential to create new spin-off industrial opportunities. Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grants have been awarded to develop a new receiver for the Parkes radio telescope, and a new digital signal processor for the Australia Telescope Compact Array…
Off grid security and IoT solutions provider Spectur (ASX: SP3) has reported its best quarterly sales performance as uptake of the company’s products begins to accelerate. Spectur, which makes IoT connected solar powered security camera installations for unpowered areas, booked its first positive quarterly cash flow in the latest quarter with cash flow from customers…
Silex Systems (ASX: SLX) and a Canadian nuclear fuels manufacturer have joined in the latest twist in Silex’s long drawn out attempt to commercialise its laser uranium enrichment technology. Silex and Cameco Corporation have signed a binding agreement with GE-Hitatchi Nuclear Energy for the purchase of its 76 per cent share in Global Laser Enrichment.…
The world is rapidly shifting to renewable energy technologies. Battery minerals are set to become the new oil, with lithium-ion battery supply chains becoming the new pipelines. China is currently leading this lithium-ion battery revolution—leaving the U.S. and its allies including Australia dependent on imports. However, there is pressure to develop our own domestic energy…
Listed Australian technology company Calix (ASX:CXL) has announced it has joined the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBI-CRC) as a key participant.
An update on the progress and future of the bionic eye – a prototype of which has restored “a sense of vision” to blind patients – has been given by the lead on the project at the Centre for Eye Research Australia and is now available.