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DISR restarts Entrepreneurs’ Program corruption inquiries
Nov 7, 2024 · The Industry department has reopened its investigation of a procurement scandal involving its defunct $484 million innovation program after the matter was passed back to it by federal police this week. Outside experts will be brought in to assist with the restarted probe, which is searching for new evidence on the advice of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and will for the first time ...
$20m AI research centre set up in South Australia
Dec 9, 2024 · A new AI research centre has been set up in South Australia, bringing together experts from the CSIRO’s digital arm Data61 and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) to work on adoption challenges.. Jointly funded by the University of Adelaide, CSIRO and the South Australian government, the Responsible AI Research (RAIR) Centre aims to tackle issues of AI explainability ...
AMSL Aero’s Vertiia takes to the skies in milestone flight
Nov 18, 2024 · Flying vehicle startup AMSL Aero has completed the first untethered test flight of its Australian designed and manufactured electric aircraft in New South Wales’ central west. The first free battery-power flight took place earlier this month, AMSL Aero announced on Monday, with the fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft taking off and landing successful more than 50 times.
The brain-monitoring device uncovering signs of stroke
Oct 10, 2024 · Every two seconds, someone around the world experiences a stroke. Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide, but current efforts to monitor for it are not continuous, meaning precious seconds or minutes can be lost. In Australia, 23 people die per day due to a stroke, and with an ageing population, these numbers are expected to increase.
UK quantum startup sets up Sydney lab - innovationaus.com
Oct 10, 2024 · UK-based quantum computing startup Quantum Motion has opened a new lab in Sydney, giving it a platform to further tap into the wealth of research talent that exists in Australia. Based out of deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations, the lab is the first outside of the UK for the company that was founded in 2017 and has raised more than £42 million (A$81 million) in …
Reclaiming sovereignty over strategic technologies
Oct 18, 2024 · Australian governments have been discussing innovation, advanced manufacturing, and the vision of making more (and more high-tech things) in Australia... for decades. Yet here we are in 2024, ranked 93rd out of 133 countries in the Economic Complexity Index, the lowest among all OECD nations in terms of our ability to manufacture and export diverse and complex products and services. It means ...
Extended Reality tech is going off with a boom
Oct 24, 2024 · Extended Reality (XR) is game-changing technology, and Queensland has the talent to become a global player in this booming industry .Over the past decade, the global use of XR – a term that encompasses virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) – has increased exponentially, with new hardware and software creating use cases across a range of industries from ...
Talent demands soar amid Australia’s tech boom
Dec 9, 2024 · Australia has established a healthy digital economy over the last decade, and Aussie businesses have embraced the latest technologies to take advantage of efficiencies and scale. However, to remain healthy and competitive in this crucial space, serious resourcing challenges and fundamental need to be overcome. Technology contributes over $124 billion to the Australian economy each year, and in ...
Industry Papers - InnovationAus.com
The Industry Papers is the third in the InnovationAus.com ‘Papers’ series. An 80-page tabloid newspaper filled with the energy and ideas of policy and technology leaders from across Australia. There are important questions being asked right now about Australia’s industrial capacity and whether the domestic capability exists to scale-up production in key …