SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat CRC) announced the first four new jointly funded space research projects and opened funding opportunities in partnership with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE).

GUEST EVENT:  MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, Friday 19 July 2024: After the success of the inaugural Melbourne EV Show in 2023, Future Drive AutoShows presents the next event in the EV Series with Australia’s largest display of electric SUVs at the Electric SUV EXPO 24. Presented at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre from 9 to 11 of August, the EXPO will showcase the latest new releases of electric SUVs including BEVs, plug-in hybrids, utes and people movers including new auto brands to the Australian market.

Automotive company Valeo has inked a deal with advanced computer vision technology company Seeing Machines to transfer its driver monitoring perception software activity to the latter.

Telemedicine service provider My Emergency Doctor, staffed by specialist emergency doctors, has implemented InterSystems HealthShare Health Connect Cloud to provide systems interoperability to a major suburban hospital to support a virtual overnight supervision service by facilitating virtual board rounds between emergency department clinicians and emergency specialists (FACEMs) overnight.

• Created the Responsible AI Committee in FY2022/23 and has built a 7-pillar governance framework to evaluate AI innovation across its pocket-to-cloud portfolio.
• Made progress toward and is on-track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction targets, in alignment to the Science Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standard.
• Reported an industry-leading 29% representation of women in technical teams, fueling innovation and its smarter technology for all vision.

COMPANY NEWS: Today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) has today published its 18th annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, further demonstrating its commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen with a vision to provide smarter technology for all. In this year’s report, the global technology powerhouse shared its progress toward 2030 emissions reduction goals, increased participation in the circular economy, industry-leading representation of women in technical roles 4, increased employee volunteerism, and proactive governance of AI as it works to become the leading provider and enabler of smarter AI.

Australian-Indian in-space servicing firm Space Machines signed a launch service agreement with NewSpace India, a division under India’s Department of Space and the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Australian Eco FinTech brand, Sphere has launched, combining world-leading Australian payments technology with top university research capabilities to help consumers lower their carbon footprint and reduce greenhouse emissions.

ARENA’s increased backing will support the rectification of MGA Thermal’s demonstration unit as it heads towards commercial deployment

COMPANY NEWS: Australian clean energy company, MGA Thermal, has received a further $2.48 million, tripling the project backing from the Federal Government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).