Matrox Mura’s IPX 4K capture and IP decoder cards are now available to OEMs and AV system builders. Available in models with and without fans, they are an integral part of advanced video wall controllers featuring high-quality, low-bitrate, multi-channel 4K or HD decoding over standing IP. Designed to work with Matrox Mura MPX video wall … Continue reading Matrox Mura 4K Capture Cards create advanced video wall controllers →

A robotic arm that combines a suction, a “two-fingered” gripper and a 3D depth-sensing camera has won Amazon’s latest warehouse bot competition. Team Delft’s machine triumphed over its rivals at both of the two tasks. One involved selecting products from a container, picking them up and putting them on a shelf. The other was doing … Continue reading Suction-cup robot arm wins Amazon Picking Challenge →

Australian headphones startup Nura wants to perfect the music listening experience. The company -which was co-founded by Kyle Slater, Dragan Petrovic and Luke Campbell in April 2015 -says its adaptive headphones automatically measure a user’s hearing and perfectly adapt music to suit the individual. “The headphones themselves are extremely unique, they’re unlike any headphone that … Continue reading Hi-tech headphones riding a sonic boom →

Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea have made octopus-inspired adhesives. Octopuses are widely admired for their intelligence, their skill as escape artists, and their extraordinary ability to camouflage themselves. Materials scientists are also taken by the adhesive properties of their tentacles. By controlling the pressure in their suckers, the cephalopods … Continue reading Octopus-Inspired Smart Adhesive Boosts Flexible Electronics →

STMicroelectronics has revealed its first Bluetooth Low Energy wireless System-on-Chip (SoC). The BlueNRG-1 is optimized to satisfy high-volume opportunities in the fast-growing Bluetooth Low Energy market through the combination of superior energy efficiency and strong radio performance. Bluetooth Low Energy technology is ideal for energy-constrained smart sensors and connected devices like wearables, retail beacons, keyless … Continue reading STMicroelectronics introduces new bluetooth low energy single-chip solution →

The Netherlands has become the first country in the world to implement a nation-wide long range (LoRa) network for the Internet of Things. In its initial phase the network was rolled out in Rotterdam and The Hague in November, and due to substantial customer interest, has now been rolled out across the nation. The network … Continue reading Netherlands gets world’s first nation-wide IoT network →

RS Components has extended the ISO-TECH range of test and measurement equipment with high-tech handheld two-channel Digital Storage Oscilloscopes (DSOs). Exclusive to RS Components, the latest additions to the range include the IDS-200 and IDS-300 hand-held DSOs, which are perfect for electrical installation engineers and site maintainers and are available at highly accessible prices. RS … Continue reading RS Components introduces installation engineers and site maintainers →

Sports fans are about to get a whole new way of experiencing the upcoming Tour de France and select endurance sports at the Rio 2016 Olympics thanks to a start-up out of CSIRO’s Data61 group. This year, spectators through doarama.com will be able to access customised 3D interactive map visualisations of the routes which will … Continue reading Tour De France to undergo Aussie Innovation →

The Battery Series is a five-part infographic series that explores what investors need to know about modern battery technology, including raw material supply, demand, and future applications. Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

Thebiggest laser of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere is set to help an Australian surface engineering company double production. LaserBond has been using thermal coating techniques to produce hard-wearing components and products for the mining, power generation, manufacturing and agriculture industries since 1992. But a downturn in the mining industry is helping to fuel … Continue reading Laser vision sees light in mining slump →

Conga has announced that it has been selected as a technology partner by the NSW Department of Family & Community Services [FaCS] as it overhauls its child protection IT infrastructure. This $100 million program will enable FaCS to build and deliver the ChildStory platform, a collaborative child-centric information technology system that integrates networks, data, documentation, … Continue reading Conga selected for Child Protection Infrastructure Overhaul →

It takes more than just a great idea to make a product come to life. The product development process can take the best part of a year to go from idea to being in a customer’s hands. The rewards can be worth it. If your commercialised product fills a gap in the market successfully, you may be sitting … Continue reading Demystifying the Process: Commercialising a Product →

The technology that was designed to remove videos from the internet with copyrighted content could be used for good, according to a report from Reuters. That use? To fight extremism. Two sources close to the proceedings at some of the largest technology companies, including YouTube and Facebook, said automation was quietly being used to remove … Continue reading Tech companies automating process to remove extremist content from sites →

Australian loudspeaker innovator VAF Research will unveil its first new loudspeaker in three years, the high-performance ultra-compact VAF EVO1, at Melbourne’s International HiFi Show this week. On the VAF’s 112.5-square-metre stand, the tiny speakers will take up only a small space, but deliver a huge sound from two separate drivers that require no subwoofer to … Continue reading EVO1 speaker at HiFi Show →

Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Strasbourg, and CNRS have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more efficient. The team used highly luminescent clusters of silver atoms and the porous framework of minerals known as zeolites. Silver clusters consist of just a few silver … Continue reading Next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting available with phosphor →

XPRIZE has announced that registration open for the $5 million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a four-year global competition challenging teams to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. The AI competition is XPRIZE’s first open challenge where teams will define their own goals … Continue reading $5 million IBM Competition Open to tackle artificial intelligence challenges →

Pluralsight has unveiled their technology learning platform for technology professionals. The on-demand, cloud-based solution allows technology professionals to assess their current skill level, follow directed learning paths, learn through expert-authored courses, test drive new technologies via an interactive lab environment and access one-on-one mentoring when needed. The new platform disrupts traditional classroom training and provides a … Continue reading Pluralsight Unveils Technology Learning Platform to help Enterprises →

In a breakthrough for thousands of deaf and blind Australians, the nation’s first purpose-built mobile captioning app has been launched at the start of Deafblind Awareness Week (24-30 June). New statistics show 45 per cent of Australian smartphone owners believe they can’t live without their mobiles and 63 per cent need their phone to juggle … Continue reading Unique phone app launched for deafblind Australians →

The worldwide sales of industrial robots achieved a new record number of 248,000 units in 2015. This represents a rise in 12 per cent compares to the previous year (2014: 221,000 units). This sees the continuation of the global automation boom, which commenced in the wake of the financial crisis in 2009. The sales figures … Continue reading 248,000 industrial robots revolutionising the global economy →

Pitney Bowes has introduced a new family of “Communicate” solutions, designed to help businesses take their digital transformation to the next level. The launch is the final installment of a series of end-to-end software solutions Pitney Bowes released this year that enable organisations to Identify, Locate and Communicate with customers in the physical and digital … Continue reading New Communicate solutions encourage Pitney Bowes to drive Digital Transformation →