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GUEST INTERVIEW: Imagine a rechargeable battery you can safely recharge to full in just 20 mins, with a 20 year battery cycle lifespan, with no thermal runaway fire problem, using AI smarts and which operates well beyond Li-Ion's range - and you have the battery of the future - which is now here!

GUEST INTERVIEW: Imagine a rechargeable battery you can safely recharge to full in just 20 mins, with a 20 year battery cycle lifespan, with no thermal runaway fire problem, using AI smarts and which operates well beyond Li-Ion's range - and you have the battery of the future - which is now here!

Volunteer group Australian Parents for Climate Action has urged the NSW Government to reject Snowy Hydro’s proposal to build a $600 million gas power plant in Kurri Kurri; and instead asks the NSW Government to support the manufacturing of solar panels in the Hunter Valley.

Global technology provider IBM has announced it has developed the world's first two nanometer process, a first for the semiconductor industry.

Tuesday 23 March, 2021, will see another batch of deals for eBay Plus members that sees Apple Watch S3 models at 43% off, DJI Mavic Mini Drones for 50% off and more, with the catches being supplies of a few hundred each, the deals dropping from 4pm, and the need to be an eBay Plus member.

The accessories market for flagship smartphones from the major players is huge, and while cheap and cheerful accessories are widely available, there are some quality brands always worth paying extra for to buy quality and peace of mind.

Research firm Venture Insights points out that in south-east Australia's 2019-20 bushfires, about 88% of the telecommunications outages were caused by loss of power outages and only 1% were due to direct fire damage, which implies that better power backups could significantly reduce outages.

Regulations have been introduced by the Commonwealth Government to reduce the risks that button and coin batteries present to young children.

Australian semiconductor IoT start-up Morse Micro has secured $18 milion in additional funding as it moves to expand its product and technology development teams, both in Sydney and internationally.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS Elon Musk is pushing the vehicle manufacture industry to seek out more high purity manganese to power its vehicles.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS Elon Musk is pushing the vehicle manufacture industry to seek out more high purity manganese to power its vehicles.

The coronavirus outbreak could cause around a US$42 billion revenue gap over the next 9 months for smart device vendors, according to a new global report.

Britain’s Swansea University has selected Australian-listed energy storage technology company Redflow’s ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow battery technology as the energy storage backbone for its renewable energy Active Building demonstrator classroom.

Australian-listed energy storage technology company Redflow has deployed a battery-based energy storage system to boost energy independence and save thousands a year in diesel costs at Yallalong Station, a 348,000-hectare cattle property 650km north of Perth.

Australian-listed energy storage technology company Redflow has been chosen by the New Zealand Rural Connectivity Group (RCG) to provide zinc-bromine flow batteries to store energy in off-grid telecommunication sites in remote rural locations.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the US claim to have developed a means of charging an electric battery in about 10 minutes, removing one of the main fears that owners of electric vehicles are said to have, something called the "range anxiety problem".

Australian energy storage company Redflow has secured an order to immediately supply 27 of its ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries for a Tasmanian farm owned by Simon Hackett – Redflow's founder and largest single shareholder.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has given a boost to the adoption of electric vehicles by providing $15 million in funding to Evie Networks to roll out the largest ultra fast battery electric vehicle (EV) charging network on highways around Australia.

Smartphone manufacturer Vivo Mobile has joined the mobile telecommunications industry’s recycling program – MobileMuster – joining Australia’s major mobile handset manufacturers and network providers who work in collaboration to provide a free national recycling program to their customers.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has established a Button Battery Taskforce to investigate ways to reduce the risk to the community - particularly children - of button batteries.