Author: Justin Hendry

Victoria invests $5m in local 3D printing firm

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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $5 million in Conflux Technology, a Gelong-based startup 3D printing heat exchangers for the aerospace, defence and automotive industries. The investment, part of a wider...

Australia’s privacy tsar sets sights on AI training

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Australia’s privacy commissioner says the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is mulling regulatory action against a number of companies that are skirting privacy laws when developing artificial intelligence...

Provectus Algae: Tackling emissions one cow at time

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The methane emissions of livestock are a key battleground in the global fight against climate change.  Livestock methane emissions make up about 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas...

R&D ‘languishing’ despite lift in government spending

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The federal government expects to lift overall spending on R&D by almost $650 million this financial year, outpacing sluggish R&D spending growth in the private sector, according to new...

Acusensus tech pumps breaks on the ‘fatal five’

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
In 2019, the NSW government unveiled a world-first program to crackdown on illegal mobile phone use by drivers.  In 2021, the Queensland government kicked off a first-of-its-kind seatbelt compliance...

VueMotion takes the guesswork out of coaching

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Athletes around the world, from sports stars to jogging enthusiasts, can currently be analysed through a range of complex lab-based instruments, sensors and devices.  This process is crucial to...