Tech & Innovation
News, opinions and advice on technology development and the state of innovation.
Foward-thinking Flinders University becomes first in Australia to accept Bitcoin
Here's your chance to put that BitCoin mining rig you've got running in your garage to some good use: paying for your business education.
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The future of print media? Augmented-reality newspaper ad jumps off the page [VIDEO]
Who says print is dead? Commonwealth Bank tapped the talents of Sydney computer graphics company Explore Engage and put out a newspaper ad that jumps off the page. All you need is a smartphone camera loaded with a reader app.
Girl Geek Academy extend their influence to the U.S. with diversity and inclusion grants
Girl Geek Academy is extending its impact into the U.S. market with a scholarship initiative aimed at increasing the number of minority groups working within the chaos engineering field.
Top 100 Coolest Companies in Australia 2015
The countdown to the Cools has begun.
From the hundreds of applications we received this year, this impressive posse has been selected as our Top...
I need to vent my spleen… about this ‘ideas boom’ we are supposed to...
And you can't attend a summer barbecue in Australia without someone's brother-in-law downloading his brilliant idea to anyone within a snag's throw. We're outstandingly good at coming up with 'ideas'.
Australian startup Conpago tackles social isolation issue for the elderly with robotics
Aged care tech startup, Conpago, is combining software, robotics and the humble kettle to reduce loneliness and enable connection in the elderly, with a suite of intuitive products.
Do you have an innovative health product idea? This competition has $25,000 for you
ide Group has launched a product design Challenge offering $25,000 worth of design and development support for the best health innovation product idea
This Aussie wholesale food platform has raised AU$1.4 million to get a larger share...
Foodbomb, a wholesale food platform for the food service industry in Australia, recently announced a AU$1.4 million investment led by EVP Fund...
CatchOfTheDay has big supermarkets on the hook
Australian online department store, CatchOfTheDay, has local supermarket big kahunas firmly in its sights. CatchOfTheDay trialled the discounted groceries model for 12 months before launching GroceryRun. The company offered groceries as part of a two-day event each month. It sold, on average, two grocery items a second, netting more than $1 million in just 48 hours.
Aussie fintech start-up Pelikin has partnered with insurance company Travel By Us
Working to enhance their already accomplished product offering, Aussie fintech start-up Pelikin, has announced an exciting partnership with Travel By Us, a Sydney based travel insurance company for Australians.
How a rideshare experience led two accountants to start a new fintech startup
Founded by qualified accountants, Selda Kaplan and Michael Kambouridis, Rideshare Tax has now officially launched to the Australian rideshare community and it already has the support of rideshare giant, Uber.
This Australian medtech startup is bringing the power of virtual reality to healthcare
Vantari empowers doctors and patients to better visualise and read medical imaging such as CT and MRI scans. The company’s cutting-edge rendering technology takes the current visualisation of these images into Virtual Reality by creating an immersive and intuitive environment.
La Trobe launches new program to help Victorian businesses adapt to COVID-19
The COVID-19 Industry Response Program is a joint initiative developed in partnership with Investible, a leading early-stage investment firm that specialises in entrepreneurial and business development.
Lumos Diagnostics raises AU$25m in oversubscribed pre-IPO capital raise
The unique ability of the FebriDx test to identify patients as viral or bacterial within 10 minutes helps guide clinical decision making – whether that is isolation for those identified as having a virus, antibiotic prescriptions for bacterial infections, or simply reassurance that an infection is not present.
Upflowy raises $1m pre-seed investment round, enabling businesses to increase sign up rates and...
Upflowy is a no-code signup engine, giving marketers full control in building and experimenting with their signup flow. The investment has given the team an opportunity to expand production and marketing at a rapid rate, with the launch of the platform to users and the Net Positive Podcast.
Cloudsafe365 hitches its bandwagon to popular Amazon Web Services Marketplace
Cloudsafe365, a simple-to-use WordPress plugin that provides real-time backs and defence from malware, hacking and content theft, found a way to reduce development costs by 50%. In to the bargain, its product roadmap is being delivered faster than expected. But how, I hear you ask!
Agtech in Toowoomba – Building Australia’s next frontier
QLD based Advisory Group Innovation Architects will partner with the Toowoomba Agtech and Logistics Hub (ATLH) to deliver a series of open...
Trends for the changing workplace in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed us; made us question our values and re-evaluate what’s important to us.
Bees, virtual reality and testicular cancer: innovation secrets from the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies...
Beehives that have saved the lives of millions of bees; virtual reality experiences for job-seekers, and pornography that delivers testicular cancer messages are just some of the groundbreaking innovations that have appeared in this year’s Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list.
Drink to start-up success: This 5 month old Aussie beverage disruptor is already on...
The company envisions a new class of wellness beverage, called focus drinks, made with natural functional ingredients that are shown to support levels of focus, concentration and mental performance.