Technology, Innovation & Science

Perth startup Humm is setting its course for the next year after participating in Berkeley’s eminent Skydeck accelerator program.

A Perth technology startup backed by mining entrepreneur Kerry Harmanis has developed an artificial intelligence platform it believes can be applied to nearly any industry.

Tommy Shin-led Lateral Capital Ventures has secured funding for two Perth-based startups, led by a $6.8 million raising for blockchain platform Soar.

Local tech company Transaction Solutions International has acquired a Sydney-based cloud management business in a deal worth $8.6 million.

A Nedlands-based tech startup that is aiming to raise $15 million next year has been chosen as joint winner in global finals for international startup competition Pitch@Palace at St James’s Palace, London.

The state government has voiced its frustration at the Commonwealth’s decision to choose Adelaide as the home of Australia’s $41 million space agency.

Israeli tech company HeraMED, which is commercialising a home pregnancy monitoring device, started trading on the ASX today, after raising $6 million via an initial public offering.

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Wayne Martin has been appointed as chair of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Western Australia’s second largest research institution, as well as not for profit Parkerville Children and Youth Care.

Japanese company Terra Drone Corporation has taken a 50 per cent stake in Perth-based drone technology company C4D Intel.

Three telco groups, including TPG and UK-based Dense Air, have spent $19 million securing 5G spectrum lots in Western Australia as part of an auction run by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Storekat has secured a $294,000 federal government grant, as the local tech company continues its transition to a business-to-business management tool for the logistics industry.

Shares in robotics company FBR fell nearly 15 per cent today to their lowest point since June 2017, adding to a string of losses since it announced the termination of its strategic alliance with Caterpillar and a shift in strategy.

A collaboration led by Curtin University and including local blockchain business Power Ledger has started its latest peer-to-peer trading trial in Fremantle, funded by the federal government's Smart Cities Initiative, while DigitalX has launched a new incubator for blockchain technology in Kings Park.

FBR and Caterpillar have terminated their memorandum of understanding for Caterpillar to build and distribute FBR’s robot bricklaying machines worldwide.

Nuheara has tapped investors for $5 million to primarily fund an increase in inventory levels and marketing for its IQbuds Boost hearing bud, after winning a contract to supply the UK’s National Health Service with the product.

The culmination of a five-year mine site rehabilitation project backed by BHP has created a slew of prospects for researchers and major mining companies.

Idle Australia has launched an online platform allowing customers to efficiently search, compare and book construction equipment hire from local trade and hire companies.

Shares in Resonance Health have doubled today after its FerriSmart technology, which uses machine learning to quantify liver iron concentration, received FDA approval.

Subiaco-based Cirrus Networks has won a $3 million cyber security contract with oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum.

A Perth-based fintech startup is aiming to shake up the retirement incomes market with a new twist on a frequently maligned product.

Local tech company Nuheara has won a two-year contract to provide the UK’s National Health Service with its IQbuds Boost hearing bud for adults and children with mild to moderate hearing loss.

West Tech Fest, WA’s premier innovation festival, returns to Perth with a series of programs covering all aspects of technology.

Medical technology company Neurotech International has promoted non-executive deputy chairman Peter Griffiths to chief executive.

Shares in Proteomics International Laboratories have jumped more than 8 per cent in early trading, after the Nedlands-based firm announced a collaboration agreement with a US pharmaceutical company.

Lithium Australia has reported the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries generated directly from mine waste.

Shares in robotics company FBR have fallen nearly 13 per cent today, after more than 40 per cent of shares were voted against both the remuneration report and performance rights plan at the Perth-based company’s annual meeting.

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Tech company HomeStay Care started trading on the ASX today after completing a reverse takeover of Antilles Oil and Gas and a $4 million capital raising.

FBR has announced its Hadrian X autonomous bricklaying robot built a full home structure in less than three days, a key technical milestone that was set by the company in 2015.

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NEXTDC has struck a deal with ASX-listed Superloop, giving the Brisbane-based company connectivity to the new Indigo subsea cable system for its Perth operations, including an $80 million data centre currently under construction.