A pilot study using ‘world-first’ Internet of Things technology to help reduce traffic congestion and create the foundations for the deployment of autonomous vehicles is underway in South Australia. Global technology leader Cisco is investing $1 million in partnership with the South Australian Government and the City of Adelaide to measure the dwell time and […]
A LEADING car sensor manufacturer is developing a device to radically simplify The non-invasive device uses biosensors to test urine and avoids uncomfortable follow up tests where tubes are inserted into the urethra to access the bladder. In an industry-university collaboration led by SMR Technologies in Adelaide, researchers from the University of South Australia and […]
SOME herbal medicines have been found to contain harmful chemicals and toxins that could lead to an increased risk of heart attack or stroke. A review of multiple studies on the ingredients in herbal medicines, which are often thought to be a natural substitute for pharmaceutical drugs, was undertaken by researchers from the University of […]
Routes for the 2017 Santos Tour Down Under have been announced in Adelaide, South Australia. Six main stages continue to use the city of Adelaide as the base and main backdrop of the UCI event, which may help push spectator numbers past the 795,000 people who lined the streets in 2016. The week-long race, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
A FREE app and website created in South Australia to combat food waste from home gardens is now filling the same need for consumers in locations as diverse as the United States, Norway, Germany and South East Asia. RipeNearMe allows anyone, anywhere to post notifications of edibles they grow themselves or have spotted in public […]
AQUACULTURE industry leaders attended the World Aquaculture conference in Adelaide to discuss the need for sustainability and their readiness to fulfill an important role in supporting global food security. The clear mission followed a dire warning from keynote speaker, José Villalón, Corporate Sustainability Director at Nutreco in The Netherlands, on the conference’s themes of ‘Create, […]
