Deakin University is teaming up with SmartSat Co-operative Research Centre, high-tech company Leonardo Australia and e-GEOS, a global distributor for satellite data, to uncover how satellites and big data analytics can support maritime security and surveillance. 

Monash University researchers and Opturion, an optimisation technology company, have developed a cloud-based rostering system called AlertSafe to improve alertness, productivity and safety among shift workers. 

A contract to install rooftop solar at the Derby Hospital in Western Australia has been awarded to two local West Kimberley companies – Generators and Off-Grid Energy and Aboriginal-owned construction specialists, H&M Tracey Construction. 

The Victorian government has released a Market Facilitation Platform Consultation Paper that could help businesses in the state to access renewable energy contracts. 

Global renewable energy company ACCIONA Energía has executed two separate agreements with Australian retailer, Coles Group, to underpin Coles’ commitment to sourcing 100 per cent renewable electricity by the end of FY25. 

An international group of researchers, including Monash University, has successfully applied AI technology to real-world retinal imagery to detect diseases more accurately and on a larger scale. 

Samsung Electronics Australia is trialling a cloud-based platform, re-open.com, on its Galaxy Watch4 that features a Vital Monitoring System (VMS) designed by Deakin University to provide peace of mind as people safely return to work. 

Queensland could soon be exporting hydrogen to Europe’s largest port after the state government agreed to terms of a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. 

Cynch Security, a Melbourne based cyber solutions SME, recently partnered with Thales Australia to complete a three-month pilot program aimed at helping SMEs and suppliers in the Defence Prime supply chains navigate cyber security and improve their readiness. 

Microsoft has announced that Kubota ANZ, an Australian heavy equipment manufacturer and supplier, is transitioning core and mission-critical applications such as SAP to Microsoft Azure. 

The University of Wollongong (UOW) and technology giants Telstra, Microsoft and NVIDIA are uniting to position the Illawarra as a global leader in the uptake and creation of the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIOT) via a Telstra-UOW Hub. This will help Australia access a world market estimated to reach $35.8 billion by 2023. 

The goal of tackling global warming by turning carbon dioxide into fuel could be one step closer, as Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers use a supercomputer to identify a group of “single-atom” catalysts that could play a key role. 

The Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation Aust Inc (IICA) is an open arena for members to build their network and knowledge. In emerging from lockdown, IICA NSW is hosting their Technology Expo at Rosehill Racecourse on Wednesday 17 November from 2:00pm to 6:30pm, as a face-to-face event. 

University of Adelaide researchers are developing the next generation of batteries, using sulphur chemistry to reduce their environmental impact. 

Researchers at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) have modified a nanomaterial to make solar cells as efficient as silicon-based cells, but without their high cost and complex manufacturing. 

The University of Sydney has collaborated with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) to deliver a quarantine monitoring system to be used by arrivals once state and national borders reopen. 

Work has now started on the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP) in Neerabup, Western Australia, which will form one of the biggest test facilities of its kind in the world. 

Kinetic, a Melbourne-based company that operates SkyBus and runs local bus routes across Australia and New Zealand, has been awarded a $2.3 billion contract to help transition Victoria’s bus fleet to zero-emissions. 

BHP Nickel West has opened a new nickel sulphate plant at their Kwinana nickel refinery in Western Australia, the first in Australia. 

A new $250 million program is set to accelerate the development of commercial-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) projects and hubs across Australia.