Author: Justin Hendry

‘Standard gauge’ for digital licences passes key road-test

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Australia has edged closer to cross-border acceptance of digital driver’s licences after a prototype verification platform designed to bring common standards into effect was successfully road-tested with users. The...

ELA spaceport gives rockets an extra boost

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
More than 1000km from Darwin in north-east Arnhem Land sits a state-of-the-art spaceport.  The Arnhem Space Centre, run by Equatorial Launch Australia, is the country’s only commercial spaceport, and...

Southern Ocean Subsea puts a new spin on net repairs

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A single tear in an aquaculture fish pen can have massive financial and environmental impacts.  A single failure in such a net can potentially lead to the loss of...

‘Foundational’ My Health Record upgrade gets underway

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My Health Record will abandon its outdated PDF format in favour of a new open-source health data sharing standard under a “foundational” project slated to cost upwards of $45...

The home-grown startup charging ahead with fusion energy

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In 1931, Sir Mark Oliphant demonstrated nuclear fusion by splitting the atom.  The South Australian went on to develop radar and discover hydrogen-boron fusion.  A Sydney-based tech company is...

Queensland dishes out $53m in quantum grants

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The Queensland government has delivered a $53 million boost to quantum research and commercialisation in support of PsiQuantum’s endeavor to build the world’s first fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Seven...

Droneshield AI engine lifts UAV defences

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
It’s hard to argue when DroneShield chief technology officer Angus Bean says it’s been a “wildly successful” year for the Australian counterdrone tech company.  After launching in Virginia, US...