Companies developing new ways to diagnose cancer, platforms to connect work and learning, next generation WiFi chips and quantum computing firmware are among the first to receive investment from Main Sequence Ventures, manager of the $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund. Acting Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator the Hon Michaelia
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The ACCC has today published its draft report detailing its market study of the communications sector, which includes 29 recommendations spanning a wide range of competition and consumer issues in communications markets. The year-long market study has seen the ACCC release an issues paper and consult with a wide range of industry
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iPhone X, the future of the smartphone, featuring a revolutionary new design with a stunning all-screen display, wireless charging and an incredible rear camera with dual optical image stabilisation, will be available to customers for pre-order on Friday, October 27 at 12:01 a.m. PDT on apple.com and the Apple Store
Read MoreNBN Co, the company building Australia’s broadband network, announced today that it will be adding next-generation broadband technology, G.fast, to its Multi-Technology toolkit in 2018, paving the way for ultra-fast speeds over copper lines on the nbn™ broadband access network. Bringing G.fast technology into its Multi Technology Model (MTM) will allow
Read MoreOn Monday, digital security researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgium's KU Leuven university publicly disclosed a security vulnerability in the WPA2 Wi-Fi (wireless local-area networking) protocol, which they called KRACK (for Key Reinstallation Attack). Their study claimed KRACK affects every modern device using WiFi; it can be fixed
Read MoreRenewable energy and science education entries have won Geoscience Australia-sponsored GovHack awards announced over the weekend at the 2017 GovHack Red Carpet Awards in Brisbane. GovHack is a cross-Tasman competition that encourages technical innovation using freely-available government data. Sponsorship of hackathon initiatives such as GovHack are without doubt in the spirit of
Read MoreThe Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Right Click Capital today announced an investment of US$7 million (approx. A$8.99 million) into Australian renewable energy start-up Redback Technologies, as part of its Series A-2 capital raising round. The equity investment supports Redback's development and integration of innovative smart software and hardware technologies to
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The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in partnership with Boeing, has demonstrated how a high‐tech autonomous ocean vehicle can improve monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef and coastal waters. A recent seven‐day trial saw the vehicle cover 200 nautical miles of the central Great Barrier Reef, in what is the first major milestone of a five‐year joint research
Read MoreMelbourne start up business Relectrify is launching its ground-breaking new technology to repurpose used batteries from electric vehicles for extended use, including in behind-the-meter household energy storage. With a $750,000 equity investment from the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, Relectrify will develop and commercialise control technologies that optimise the use of lithium-ion
Read MoreLarger capacity plans are set to bring better value broadband for the bush. Phone and Internet providers have started offering a range of increased peak and off-peak satellite broadband packages on the nbn™ access network. The news follows nbn’s announcement in June to increase the maximum monthly wholesale data limits and increase average wholesale
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