The art of the seal
Despite the market growth for obstructive sleep apnea treatments, a high number of patients end these due to discomfort. Brent Balinski spoke to Phil Kwok of ApneaSeal about their answer to the issue.
Methane-busting seaweed farms on track for 2021 production
Construction of the first farm and processing plant to turn red seaweed into a feed supplement for cows to reduce their methane production by 90 per cent is expected to begin mid next year in South Australia.
Australian flying car company launches electric air ambulance, plans 2023 commercial service [VIDEO]
A Bankstown Airport-headquartered startup, AMSL Aero, has officially launched its electric air ambulance, the Vertiia.
Hydrogen and electric buses near completion at Custom Denning
National bus manufacturer Custom Denning is completing the build of Australia’s first locally designed and built electric and hydrogen/electric buses at their St Marys, Sydney facility. Available for delivery from March 2021, the first of five prototypes have begun production with completion due in November and December 2020, when they will be trialled with a…
NSW buys 2,000 rail cars from overseas in 10 years
Analysis by Peter Roberts The New South Wales government have ordered close to 2,000 rail carriages and tram cars from overseas in only 10 years, putting the lie to the government’s suggestion that it is forced to buy trains overseas, according to a new analysis by the Australian Manufacturing Forum. According to analysis for @AuManufacturing…
De.mem wins seawater desalination contract
Water and wastewater treatment company De.mem has won a $2.6 million contract to provide a seawater desalination plant for innovative fruit and vegetable grower Sundrop Farms. The plant, which will utilise ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes, will be manufactured at De.mem’s Brisbane plant. Sundrop, a world leader in the use of solar concentrator electricity generation…
ACS delivers composite hydro-electric turbine blade
Advanced Composite Structures has delivered a composite hydro-electric turbine blade (pictured above, and below) to renewables and hydro power developer, Kinetic NRG. ACS Australia designed and manufactured the cost-effective and light-weight solution, replacing a proposed metallic turbine blade design which could not be manufactured to meet the required dimensional accuracy. The Port Melbourne company developed…
Australian researchers develop new quality control method for graphene manufacture
Monash University researchers have published results showing a way to identify high-quality graphene and graphene oxide much more easily than current methods.
Researchers seek industrial partners to scale up Australian smart glass breakthrough
An RMIT team has developed scalable and affordable spray-on coatings that could help create the next generation of energy-saving windows.
Sun Cable electricity export gets major project status
Major Project Status has been granted by the federal government to Sun Cable’s proposed Australian-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL) linking the Northern Territory to Singapore. The project would ultimately cost billions, and includes a 15,000 hectare, 10GW solar farm, 22 gigawatt-hours of battery storage and a 3,000 kilometre long underseas power cable to take electricity to…