Chinese agribusiness invests in South Australian biotech centre GLOBAL Chinese agribusiness Shandong Tianjiu Industrial Group has entered into a three-year $1 million joint research agreement with South Australian institution Flinders University to expand a world-class microalgae and related advanced marine bioproduct development centre. The research collaboration will focus on identifying new products and developing novel, […]
Category: High Tech
Carbon Neutral Ideas
A CASH prize is being offered to help an Australian capital city win the race to become the world’s first carbon neutral city. The South Australian Government is challenging to the world’s best and brightest to help Adelaide become the world’s first carbon neutral city and it is putting up $250,000 to lure them Down […]
FCB Studio App
FCB Studio App Launch (July 22, 2015) – Futbol Club Barcelona (FCB) and their technology partner, Tawasol, announced the release of a Social Media App named FCB Studio targeted to FCB fans. With it, the club seeks to increase the interactions between FCB fans and the club’s assets (players, brands and related products). In recognition […]
Wine Research Center
A new wine research center that will help the industry face up to challenges posed by climate change, water restrictions and changing consumer preferences was launched at the University of Adelaide’s Waite campus today. The New center for innovative wine production launches in South Australia. The ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production will be targeting key […]
Qingdao National High-Tech Development
Qingdao National High-Tech Development Zone and Chinese biotech industry visited South Australia to sign an Establishment agreement furthering their commitment to SinoSA House. SinoSA House is a permanent office, laboratory and manufacturing space in the Shandong province of China, allowing South Australian companies to establish subsidiaries and joint ventures in order to export high-tech products […]
Monitoring The Body
Monitoring The Body With A Fibre-Optic Catheter. A unique fibre-optic catheter with the potential to change the way doctors monitor some of the human body’s core functions is being prepared for commercial production in South Australia. Developed by a team now based at the Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) at Flinders University in Adelaide, the […]
How Waves Impact Sea Ice
The first study of exactly how waves impact sea ice will help scientists determine which areas are more prone to the effects of climate change. The University of Adelaide-led research will help pinpoint the impact of waves on sea ice, which is vulnerable to climate change, particularly in the Arctic where it is rapidly retreating. […]
Flinders Filtration System
A few seemingly non-descript ponds in the bush 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide in South Australia are the catalyst for some innovative thinking on wastewater management. Water authorities from the neighbouring state of Victoria are already using the system to generate on-site energy from Melbourne’s wastewater, and the Flinders University researchers who developed it are […]
Just Drive App
JustDrive™ – an Industry Leading Smartphone App and Platform for In-Car Connectiviy Jaguar Land Rover announced the launch of justDrive, an industry-leading app technology that integrates multiple smartphone apps into a single, voice-activated in-car experience. Developed by Silicon Valley-based CloudCar™, Jaguar Land Rover has optimized justDrive for its InControl™ platform for both Apple iOS8 and […]
Manufacturing Study Tour
Shinka Management Lean Manufacturing Study Tour Shinka Management will be showing some of Australian industry’s leading figures around Japanese factory giants like Toyota and Rinnai as part of their Lean manufacturing study tour to Japan this coming week. Tour participants are given a master class in lean philosophy and concepts such as Kaizen; continuous improvement […]