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SQC is NSW’s latest quantum bet for transport

Silicon Quantum Computing has landed a contract with the NSW government to design bespoke quantum hardware solutions that could be used to solve optimisation problems on Sydney’s complex public...

CDC Data Centres to accelerate expansion plans

The largest provider of data centre services to the federal government, CDC Data Centres, will accelerate development of data centres to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. The firm...

Pioneering 3D printed body parts: Anatomics

It might seem like 3D printing is a very recent innovation, but it was way back in 1991 that neurosurgeon and entrepreneur Paul D’Urso landed a grant of just...

Queensland govt to set up quantum council

The Queensland government says it will assemble an advisory council of quantum experts before the end of the year, as it looks to seize the economic opportunities presented by...

Call to pump private capital into Defence tech system

Governments must be more strategic with the $27 billion on offer to defence businesses in Australia, including opening up its new industry accelerator, according to a new report that...

Mint Innovation mines circuit boards for gold

You wouldn’t know it from looking at them, but there was something a bit different about the medals at the Tokyo Olympics: They were made from discarded laptops and...

CSIRO kickstarts success for ground-breaking innovators

‘Zero wasted potential’ is the calling of workforce intelligence platform Reejig, but it could equally apply to the impact of CSIRO’s Kick-Start program — which was instrumental to the...

Hysata brings a step-change to green hydrogen

While having the potential to greatly assist with the energy transition, green hydrogen production has only experienced incremental improvements over the last five decades. Green hydrogen is expected to...

Digital platforms join misinformation plan pile on

Online platforms are railing against the Albanese government’s plan to combat misinformation and disinformation, warning draft legislation is poorly defined, hands the regulator too much power and could chill...

AI privacy fears ‘unsubstantiated and unwarranted’: SA Police

South Australia’s regulatory response to AI must not become the victim of “unsubstantiated and unwarranted” privacy concerns that could hinder important public safety work, the state’s policing agency has...

Australia signs on to 6G ‘global’ pact

Australia has joined most of its Five Eyes partners in a new alliance to diversify telecommunications supply chains and coordinate the roll out of 6G networks, after national security...

BluGlass named on US-backed semiconductor hub

Laser diode manufacturer BluGlass has been named as the only Australian member of a new regional innovation hub set up by the US Department of Defense to produce wide...

Queensland’s quantum strategy to deliver $76m boost

Queensland will pump $76 million into the research and commercialisation of quantum technologies through the state’s new quantum and advanced technologies strategy in a bid to become a “leader...