Eco Detection appoints new CEO Water monitoring device company Eco Detection announced on Tuesday that Charles Macfadyen has joined as Chief Executive Officer. In an update on Linkedin, the company said Macfadyen brings a wealth of knowledge as a seasoned technologist within the mining and mineral exploration sector, with a deep expertise spanning both software…
Eco Detection, which makes “lab-in-a-box” solutions for automated water quality monitoring, has announced an investment worth $10 million from London Stock Exchange-listed mining services company Capital Limited. In a statement on Friday, the Melbourne-based company said that its Ion-Q platform is currently gaining acceptance over a variety of water monitoring applications. Within mining it supports…
DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
Today our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – turns to successful overseas models boosting innovation such as the US SBIR model. By Jefferson Harcourt. Research and Development (R&D) is essential in driving economic growth and maintaining a competitive advantage, and in Australia there’s a pressing need to enhance R&D…
Research progresses robots for construction waste recycling New research — using deep learning (DL) and artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise vast array of materials and particles in mixed waste — could revolutionise the way construction waste materials are processed and recycled, according Monash University. Led by Monash PhD candidate Diani Sirimewan, a study “paves the…