Innovation
SMEs in the limelight at 2010 Export Awards
The Awards commended Australia’s top exporters for their achievements and commitment to success in overseas markets. The three SMEs honoured were Future Fibre Technologies (FFT) of Victoria, Epichem of Western Australia, and Pivot Maritime International of Tasmania. FFT also took home the top prize of Australian Exporter of the Year.
Future Fellowship research grants try to stem Australia’s brain drain
The government’s Future Fellowships program hands out money to researchers at the midpoint of their careers. In other words, Canberra is trying its darnedest to put a plug in Australia’s brain drain.
Australian telescope tunes in to black hole radio… only 13 light-years away!
With help from an Australian telescope, an international team of scientists extracted data from a quirky little quasar and concluded that cosmic dinosaurs called radio galaxies were far more powerful than originally thought. These mega-black holes sent out radio-emitting jets that transmitted energy to gas that formed the raw material for the creation of stars. Freakin’ cool, yeah?
If you want to know what the web will look like in 2011, watch this video [10 Internet Trends for 2011]
If you’re wondering about the future of the internet but want more than the glib, usually poorly researched (albeit visually spectacular) YouTube memes that surface every six months, prepare to be impressed. In 20 minutes, Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker outlines the 10 most influential internet trends likely to influence the way we create, consume and exploit digital media in 2011.
Talking nuclear energy with Ziggy Switkowski, RMIT’s new Chancellor
This week’s Talking Business guest is the distinguished businessman and nuclear physicist, Dr. Ziggy Switkowski. He talks with Leon and Garry about his agenda as the incoming Chancellor of RMIT University, and explains why, in light of climate change, nuclear power is the most reliable energy source for Australia’s future.
Victoria’s Monash University plugs in students with PC tablets
A Victoria university is in its second year of a digital learning program that is replacing whiteboards with PC tablets. The system, called myLearningSpace, combines the tablets with an in-house-developed software that allows students to connect to instructors and to one another. The students import content, share a virtual whiteboard, collaborate online and pick up lessons where they left off at any time.
With the NBN, deregulation begins now
The National Broadband Network has been heralded as a groundbreaking advance but has also raised concerns that it will create just another monopoly. In this first of two parts, Tony Simmons argues that the NBN can at last bring to Australian telecommunications a genuine opportunity for competition and growth… provided we learn from past.
Three ways retailers should use mobile to attract customers this holiday shopping season
Have your competitors already started singing ‘Tis the Season’ to woo customers? As the battle for shoppers heats up, there’s a better way for retailers to give themselves an added advantage: attracting new customers, generating repeat business, and improving campaign analytics with easy-to-execute mobile marketing programs. Nishma Shah explains three simple methods for targeting mobile users.
Have chunky fingers? Here’s an iPhone the size of a fridge!
We were tickled beyond words this week to discover that three Austrian developers have at last solved the problem those of us with fat fingers have when navigating a phone’s touchscreen. They’ve created an iPhone that’s as large as a refrigerator door. Your biggest, most chunky-digited AFL star can now swish through his apps with ease.
Does this company deserve $100k in seed funding? Heck, yeah!
Australia’s richest business plan competition, offering $100,000 for one savvy Australian business, reached its conclusion at the Queensland State Library in Brisbane last Wednesday night. Does this company deserve $100k in seed funding? Heck, yeah! Now watch the clip.
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