An Australian team has reached the grand final of a global challenge run by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to test autonomous robotic technology to map, navigate...
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Technology behemoth Microsoft has announced that it is expanding into South Australia, bringing its Azure Space team to Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen space precinct. As part of the expansion, Microsoft...
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Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley and CSIRO chair David Thodey have taken on the joint roles of Patron for the inaugural InnovationAus.com 2021 Awards for Excellence. With entries...
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Seven universities and three companies have shared in $8.5 million in federal R&D collaboration grants, with funded projects including portable sanitising stations to stop COVID-19 spread, turning grain crops...
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Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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The federal government has received mixed feedback on its cyber regulation proposal to make companies more liable to consumers for losing their data in an attack. Insurers and banks...
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Insurance Australia Group will use satellites and the Internet of Things to monitor its customers’ business and agricultural assets under a new partnership with Adelaide space startup Myriota. The...
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Opinion: Australia is preparing to make substantial investments in the assets, facilities and services that support research and innovation. An expert working group, led by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, is...
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Indigenous knowledge of astronomy is now starting to be recognised for its complexity, according to Indigenous astronomer, astrophysicist, science communicator and Gamilaraay woman, Karlie Noon. Ms Noon is an...
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The Australian Space Agency should be made a permanent statutory authority and be given funding that is more in line with comparable countries like Canada, the head of Australia’s...
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The federal government has added new sovereign defence priority areas in recognition of the changing nature of technology for the battlefield. The government’s new priorities are: Robotics, autonomous systems,...
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An Australian company that is exporting robotic parts to help with the clean-up of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has unveiled its latest invention: a spider-like robot with magnetic feet...
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The Tasmanian government has announced a new government initiative dedicated to climate, renewables and “future industries” as part of the state budget handed down on Thursday, which also included...
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“Hostile acts” in space and the strategic importance of the region are spurring the Australian Defence Force to develop sovereign space access and capabilities, according to a high-ranking officer...