The WA Government has awarded fifteen agricultural IoT project grants totalling almost $583,000 under the eConnected Grainbelt Project’s new WA IoT DecisionAg Grant Program. The program contains three components which seek to investigate: – effective on-farm connectivity solutions to support IoT applications and devices; – the use of IoT applications and devices to support on-farm […]
UNSW plans to make Tamworth truly smart
UNSW Sydney has partnered with Providence Asset Group and Tamworth City Council to develop a trial of what it claims will be Australia’s first fully integrated smart city, with applications spanning transport, energy, health, telecommunications and other community services. UNSW contrasts this with previous trials that it says have incorporated only energy systems and were […]
Taggle to commercialise Mackay Council smart water app
Taggle Systems – which has developed a low powered wide area network for IoT — has stuck a deal with the Mackay Regional Council in Queensland to commercialise the council’s MiWater application that uses smart water meters and other sensor to detect leaks. Taggle Systems will acquire intellectual property rights to the MiWater software and […]
Sydney Science Park set to showcase autonomous vehicles
Sydney Science Park, a $5b project that will, according to its developer Celestino, create an internationally recognised epicentre for research and development in the heart of Western Sydney, is shaping up to be a showcase for autonomous vehicles. Celestino says it has co-developed a workshop on autonomous vehicles in conjunction with the University of Technology […]
SenSen launches GeminEYE: AI smartphone app for smart city management
ASX listed artificial company SenSen Networks (ASX: SNS) has launched a smartphone app for city council staff that it says will contribute to the development of smart cities by making operations related to civic compliance, asset management, traffic data collection and analysis, security and surveillance more affordable, accessible and versatile. It claims the app, GeminEYE, […]
Telensa lights up Palmerston and Darwin, smartly
UK based smart lighting manufacturer, Telensa has been chosen for smart lighting projects by both Darwin and Palmerston in the Northern Territory. Both projects follow a decision by the Northern Territory Government to transfer the control of street lights to councils. Darwin will replace close to 10,000 lights on its street and public lighting network […]
ioTium, the SDN for IIoT company, opens Australian office
US based startup ioTium, which describes itself as “the first commercially deployed software-defined converged infrastructure company for the Industrial Internet of Things,” has opened an office in Australia, appointing Lee Burrows as APAC director. Prior to joining ioTium, Gold Coast based Burrows spent 16 years with Siemens Electric, most recently as sales director for the […]
IPACS partners with Dassault for IoT
IPACS — an Australian technology company specialising in the collection, monitoring and reporting of real-time asset performance — has signed an MoU with Dassault Systemes to jointly pursue technical and business opportunities in a number of industry sectors in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Dassault and IPACS will collaborate to create what they […]
Australian businesses not ready for Industry 4.0: Optus
Optus Business has released the results of “a survey of 285 leading enterprises across Australia” saying it shows many organisations do not have the appropriately skilled workforce, corporate culture or processes in place to compete effectively in the era of Industry 4.0 “The situation means we must evolve how we develop and utilise human capital,” […]
Quantify Technology & Curtin Uni team to offer PhD in smart home technology
ASX listed smart home company Quantify Technology Holdings (ASX: QFY) has formed a partnership with Curtin University of Technology to install its products in a living lab in Fremantle. Quantify’s key products are a WiFi enabled smart wall switch, the Q Device and power outlet that connect to its cloud based IoT platform, Qumulus and WiFi […]
