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Australian cleantech investors Anna and Simon Hackett campaign fundraises $205,000 for Climate 200 in three days

Simon and Anna Hackett with Rainee helping from the back seat A grassroots fundraising campaign set up by Australian cleantech investors Anna and Simon Hackett has raised more than $200,000 to support the Climate 200 initiative in just three days. Based on the belief...

Vic Air on cloud 9 with EBS & Dynamics NAV

Vic Air Supplies Financial Accountant Shelley Hughes Melbourne-based air conditioning company Vic Air Supplies has migrated its business systems to the cloud after replacing its old accounting system with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Vic Air Supplies http://vicair.com.au/ is an Australian owned, family-run business which...

Adelaide hosts myth-busting conference on Albinism this weekend

Albinism Fellowship members including AFA President Elizabeth Beales (second from right)About 100 individuals and family members affected by albinism will gather in Adelaide this weekend for a national conference about the causes, challenges and achievements of this often-misunderstood genetic condition. International...

MIMP delivers affordable gigabit-speed Internet services for businesses in Whyalla and Mount Gambier

MIMP CEO Allan AitchisonBusinesses in Whyalla and Mount Gambier can now access ultra-fast download speeds at affordable prices from $49.90 per month using the GigCity Internet service, deployed by MIMP connecting solutions. Launched earlier this month, the first regional deployments of...

Start-ups hold the key to the future of everything

Pottinger executive chair Nigel Lake will present at this week's Myriad Festival in Brisbane The Australian dream run of economic prosperity is at risk unless the nation supports start-ups to drive a new wave of innovation warns Nigel Lake, executive chair...

Australian eCommerce platform disrupter Ultra Commerce makes latest strategic acquisition for global growth

Ultra Commerce CEO Matthew HylandAfter raising more than $10 million for growth this year, Sydney-based Ultra Commerce has acquired US-based Slatwall Commerce to accelerate the global reach of its end-to-end digital commerce platform. In its second strategic acquisition of 2021, Ultra...

Underwriters Laboratories Selects Redflow for Flow Battery Research Program at Stress Engineering

Underwriters Laboratories, SES and Redflow at Stress Texas Facility 24th January 2022. Left to Right: Judy Jeevarajan, Ph.D., vice president and executive director of Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI), Underwriters Laboratories Inc.; Daniel Juarez-Robles, Ph.D., research scientist, ESRI, Underwriters Laboratories...

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Victron aims to cut into global markets with MultiPlus-II

Victron Energy BV Managing Director Matthijs Vader Global energy system specialist Victron Energy is expanding grid-connection approvals globally for its new MultiPlus-II battery inverter-charger, boosting the market for this robust unit that works both on and off-grid. Victron will also use the...

Details: In Innovation; / Published on 04 November 2011

Highest take-up rate in the country linked to small business or home office

New figures released today by NBN Co show that one-in-five residents or businesses that can access the new high-speed National Broadband Network (NBN) at the Willunga First Release Site have had a fibre service activated via their retail service provider.

This is the highest uptake rate for any NBN Co First Release Site, and is indicative of local demand for high-speed fibre broadband. NBN Co launched commercial services over the network just five weeks ago following several months of trial service.

Of the 1100 premises in the fibre footprint in Willunga, 250 have had an NBN-based service activated, or almost 23 per cent, with more than 30 orders for services currently being processed.

NBN Co Head of Product Development and Industry Relations, Jim Hassell, said the high take up combined with the apparent high density of small office or home office operators in Willunga could see it becoming a high-tech small business hub.

Details: In Innovation; / Published on 26 October 2011

An award-winning German solar car that last week travelled 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide is now heading for Sydney as the next stage of an odyssey to circumnavigate the world.

The two-seater solar electric car, SolarWorld Gran Turismo (SolarWorld GT), is currently en route to Sydney in the final stage of its crossing of Australia. The solar car is expected to arrive at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday 2nd November.

SolarWorld GT last week successfully completed the first stage of its Australian odyssey by participating in the World Solar Challenge, a 3000km journey from Darwin to Adelaide, which attracted 37 solar cars from 20 countries. All 37 vehicles were powered by the same amount of energy required to run a hair dryer! SolarWorld GT won the Design Award for the 2011 World Solar Challenge.

After leaving Australia, SolarWorld GT will drive through New Zealand, then traverse several countries from four more continents, comprising North America, North Africa, Europe and Asia. The circumnavigation of the globe will cover about 34,000km with two equatorial-crossings over one year.

Details: In Innovation; / Published on 24 October 2011

OhReally (2007) Credit www.ActionPics.biz One of South Australia’s best known yacht races, the Milang-Goolwa Freshwater Classic will be held on the weekend of January 21-22, in 2012 after a five-year hiatus because of drought and low water levels.

The Marina Hindmarsh Island Milang-Goolwa Freshwater Classic race will be a spectacular finale to Goolwa Regatta Week, which starts the week beforehand on Saturday January 14 and will offer many community activities on and off the water during the week.

Racing is open to many off-the-beach monohull skiff and catamaran classes as well as trailer-sailer yachts and vintage river boats. There is a $500 Cash Prize for the special Friday night pre-race event, the ‘Doser Freight Dash For Cash’ short race knock-out series that is sailed right in front of the club marina.

The Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club (GRYC) is relaunching the race with great local support now that the River Murray waters are back and flowing. GRYC Commodore Don Richardson said the event has attracted strong corporate sponsorship with local developer, The Marina Hindmarsh Island, stepping up as Principal Sponsor for the next five years.

Details: In Innovation; / Published on 16 October 2011

Paul Delaney An Australian conference on albinism this month learned how one man with albinism had become an internationally successful professor of astronomy – despite having a severe visual disability.

More than five per cent of Australia’s nearly 1300 albinos attended the Albinism Fellowship of Australia biennial conference in Melbourne on October 8 and 9. The two-day event – dubbed SPF for Spectacular Platinum Festival – covered topics ranging from genetics, visual acuity and brain development to professional opportunities and human rights.

Albinism is an inherited condition present at birth, characterized by a lack of pigment that normally gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. The condition, which is found in all races, may be accompanied by eye problems and extreme sensitivity to sunlight. In Australia, the incidence of albinism is one in 17,000 – giving the country a total albino population of less than 1300 people. In South Africa, the incidence of albinism among the white population is one in 15,000 – while the incidence among the country’s black citizens in one in 3900!