RS Components is working with Siemens to help customers upgrade to the latest generation Logo series of intelligent logic modules for industrial automation applications. Following the announcement towards the end of last year that the Logo 6 logic controllers are being phased out, Siemens is recommending its Logo 8 range as the ideal replacement. Improvements … Continue reading Logo 6 updated to Logo 8 →

Thyseenkrupp’s IIoT platform, toii, is an in-house development that connects machines of different makes and generations. Toii allows machines to communicate with each other. Due to predictive maintenance, the platform is supposed to forecast the necessity of machine services in the future. The name chosen by the business area is a double play on words … Continue reading Breakthrough in the digital transformation →

A new World Bank report has highlighted the potential impacts that the expected continuing boom in low-carbon energy technologies will have on demand for many minerals and metals. Using wind, solar, and energy storage batteries as key examples of low-carbon or green energy technologies, the report, The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a … Continue reading Clean energy transition will increase demand for minerals →

The University of Sydney has announced the signing of a multi-year quantum computing partnership with Microsoft, creating an unrivalled setting and foundation for quantum research in Sydney and Australia. The long-term Microsoft investment will bring state of the art equipment, allow the recruitment of new staff, help build the nation’s scientific and engineering talent, and … Continue reading USYD and Microsoft sign global quantum computing partnership →

Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the latest version of its reservoir characterisation and modeling software, Roxar RMS 10.1. Roxar RMS 10.1 takes collaboration and integration between domains a step further, supporting optimal decision-making. RMS 10.1 is also designed to deliver greater ease of use and performance for improved productivity. “Roxar RMS is all about getting … Continue reading Upgraded software offers highest levels of integration →

Backplane Systems Technology has released iBase Technology’s SI-623-N 4K, Intel core-based fanless digital signage player with three HDMI outputs. The SI-623-N signage player is based on the 7th/6th generation Intel Core processor and supports up to 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution in each display channel. SI-623-N comes with a pair of wall-mount brackets and can … Continue reading Fanless digital signage player with three HDMI outputs →

Hydroflux is playing a small but vital role in the operation of the Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The plant is part of the Western Corridor Recycled Water (WCRW) project – one of the largest recycled water schemes in Australia. The Luggage Point WWTP has been designed to treat secondary effluent and from this … Continue reading Maximising digester performance with rotary screw thickeners →

The Australian wine industry is turning to artificial intelligence to streamline its manufacturing. South Australian tech firm Ailytic has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program to significantly increase production efficiency by optimising machine use. It uses an AI technique called ‘prescriptive analytics’ to account for all the variables that go into mass-producing wines such as … Continue reading Artificial intelligence boosts wine’s bottom line →

CST Wastewater Solutions’ range of wastewater treatment technologies will benefit public and private users in industries looking to turn wastewater from an expensive problem into a source of profit. CST’s waste-to-energy technologies that respond to worldwide trends towards renewables, including Global Water Engineering (GWE) anaerobic digestion RAPTOR™ (Rapid Transformation of Organic Residues) technology. RAPTOR extracts … Continue reading Turning wastewater into profit →

Extensive progress has been made with artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years – Watson, Siri, and Deep Learning are just a few examples which show how AI systems can now perform services that can be classified as intelligent and creative. Companies that want to optimise their business or save costs will hardly be … Continue reading The future of human labour and AI →

Backplane Systems Technology has released the Neousys Technology’s Nuvo-6108GC supporting an Industrial-grade GPU computing platform with 250W NVIDIA GPU and Intel Xeon E3 v5 and 6th-gen core processors. The Nuvo-6018GC is world’s first industrial-grade GPU computer supporting high-end graphics cards. It is designed to fuel emerging GPU-accelerated applications, such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, autonomous … Continue reading Industrial-grade GPU computing platform with 6th-gen core processor →

Utilising SolarReserve’s proprietary solar thermal energy storage technology, the Likana Soalr Energy Project  in the Antofagasta region of Chile, will be comprised of three 130 megawatt (MW) solar thermal towers, each with 13 hours of full load energy storage. With 5.1 gigawatt-hours of total energy storage capacity, the facility will deliver 390 megawatts of continuous … Continue reading Non-intermittent, baseload 24-hour a day solar →

Entrust Datacard has introduced the Entrust Datacard ioTrust security solution, which is said to deliver a secure and trusted digital infrastructure that safeguards data between devices, sensors, and backend platforms connected within an Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. By applying digital identities managed through definable policy — the ioTrust security solution allows companies to do … Continue reading ioTrust security solution secures the Internet of Things →

Entegris has announced a suite of ultraclean filters that utilises advanced polymer membrane technologies to capture greater levels of contaminants in fine chemical and semiconductor manufacturing applications. With faster start-up times, these filters enable reduced chemical waste and improve cost-of-ownership. This suite includes the Torrento X 7 nm, Guardian PS 1 nm, and the company’s … Continue reading Ultraclean filtration for fine chemical and semiconductor manufacturing →

Veolia, a global environmental solutions provider across water, waste and energy management, has acquired Townsville-based Clean It, which is based in northern Queensland. Founded in 2001, Clean It is a leading privately owned industrial services company, providing a range of solutions to the resource, energy and infrastructure sectors. “We are thrilled to have Clean It … Continue reading Veolia acquires Queensland’s Clean It →

A burgeoning space company is embarking on a whirlwind global tour to raise funds to launch a constellation of nanosatellites connecting billions of devices with the Internet of Things. Fleet Space Technologies, based in Adelaide, South Australia, secured $5 million in funding in April, to help it launch its first two satellites in 2018. CEO … Continue reading Investors wanted for IoT satellite →

Redflow Executive Chairman and CEO Simon Hackett unveiled an investment package that will raise $14.5 million to target sustainable delivery of its zinc-bromine flow batteries to high demand areas such as telecommunications. Redflow’s capital-raising follows its May announcement of decisions from a strategic review including: Prioritising sales to supply proven demand areas including mature telecommunications … Continue reading Redflow cashes up to target battery demand areas →

Leuze Electronic introduces a new member of the Global Beam family with the compact sensors of the 15 series in an IP67 housing. The new series is suitable for the reliable detection of objects in industrial environments – particularly when it is a case of dealing with standard automation tasks in the areas of conveyor … Continue reading High-performance in a compact package →

Yamaichi Electronics has developed a new connector for the recent CFP8 specification for 400 Gbps applications. It is compliant with the CFP MSA Multi-Source Agreement. This CFP8 connector is one of the few connectors on the world market able to achieve the transmission rate of 400 Gbps. The final CFP8 specification was officially released from … Continue reading CFP8 – First Connector in the World for 400Gbps Ethernet →

Insight SiP, a developer of Radio-Frequency (RF)-based ultra-miniature wireless modules for integration into microchips, has announced that its RF ISP130301 module went into space as a key component of the BodyCap e-Tact wearable device used by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of its health monitoring programme. Insight SiP’s RF module acted as a miniature … Continue reading e-Tact takes to space to help monitor health →