Tag: Commercial Disco

Australia’s outsized role in influencing global tech policy

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“If you control the standards, you control the technology, and if you control the technology, you control the world” – a maxim highlighting Australia’s underestimated influence in global tech...

Big Tech and the intelligence power shift since MH17

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Investigating MH17 unlocked the role of big data in assembling a criminal brief, pioneering the use of open-source intelligence.   “I became interested in how big data was being used...

Lessons from Germany: On-campus industry drives innovation

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Bosch engineers rubbing shoulders with university researchers at coffee machines in ARENA2036 are brewing more than coffee; they’re fusing public and private innovation.  “It’s really an industry on a...

Nicholas Opie and the future of Australian deep tech

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
With a world-class university system, pioneering medical researchers and growing tech manufacturing capabilities, Australia is well primed to become a deep tech powerhouse. But long-standing commercialisation shortcomings are holding...

Mining new frontiers: Energy efficiency innovation is key 

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“Energy transition is quite scary for many companies in mining,” says Climatech Zero chief executive Peter O’Connell, where the 4.9 per cent carbon reduction goal is daunting.   “We’re currently...

One giant leap: Bridging the SME gap in space

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Space is open for business, but getting SMEs a foothold in this commercial frontier requires special matchmaking with government and defence — which Peter Rossdeutscher and Quantum TX are...

The Australians building biological data centre tech

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“In our lab in Melbourne, we’re building the world’s first neural data centre,” explains Hon Weng Chong, whose fusion of biological computing with traditional tech has caught Amazon’s eye...

The Commercial Disco with Eyes of AI founder and CEO Khoa Le

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
With world-renowned research capability, Australia is well-placed to be a breeding ground for productive deep tech startups. But long-running commercialisation struggles and a shortage of skills in highly specific...