Technology, Innovation & Science

Perth-based Cycliq has announced plans to raise up to $2 million as the cycling products developer ramps-up its business in the lead up to Christmas.

Tech platforms have dominated the Innovator of the Year encouragement awards, presented last night, with winners including a video conferencing device for remote communities, groundwater management software, business scheduling software, and a new transmission system for bikes and vehicles.

The Noisy Guts Project and Chemo@home have taken home the respective Emerging Innovation and Growth categories at last nights Innovator of the Year awards, marking a big win for Perth-based healthcare and research.

CIMIC Group’s Thiess has been awarded a contract to install autonomous haulage system technology at Fortescue Metals Group’s Christmas Creek iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

Navitas founder Rod Jones has stepped down from the board to manage his conflict of interest in relation to the $2 billion indicative takeover proposal for the education services company.

Appy Wedding is a wedding planning platform that allows users to browse real weddings to identify the best local suppliers.

Duchenne UK and Australia-based Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation have invested $620,000 in a UWA project seeking to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Medical device startup JR-TeCH has won first prize at last night's 2018 Perth Biodesign Pitch Night, producing a wearable technology for above-knee amputees.

The National Broadband Network is significantly outperforming ADSL services, according to a new report released by the consumer watchdog.

Power Ledger co-founder Jemma Green has been named as EY’s fintech entrepreneur of the year at the national awards in Sydney last night, while Melbourne-based Jo Horgan took out the main award.

WA’s capabilities in sectors such as resources and energy are proving beneficial in space research.

Perth-based blockchain company Power Ledger has claimed top honours at an international technology competition run by English entrepreneur Richard Branson.

iiNet founder and 40under40 winner Michael Malone has been appointed chair of ASX-listed satellite company Sky and Space Global (SAS).

The consumer watchdog says 5G mobile technology could become a substitute for the National Broadband Network, on the same day NBN Co launched its new business-grade product.

Shares in medical tech firm ResApp Health have more than halved today, after the company released the preliminary results of a new US study on its technology.

Perth-based online gaming company VGW Holdings, founded by ‘young rich lister’ Laurence Escalante, has achieved spectacular revenue growth over the past year and reported its maiden net profit.

Mining logistics company Bis has launched its new mine haulage vehicle, Rexx, which has been designed and built in-house in Perth.

Global technology company Cisco is changing the way it operates in Asia and is positive about opportunities in Australia, its regional president told a Business News breakfast today.

Telstra launched its 5G mobile network in Perth today, while also confirming multinational telco Ericsson as its partner in a national rollout of the technology.

AtlasTrend is a fintech investing platform, which opens up access to active managed investing. Users can invest online in one or more managed funds made up of a portfolio of international shares.

Australian investors’ appetite for risk in the technology sector has attracted an increasing number of Israeli companies to the local exchange.

A new technology being tested across a range of fruit and vegetable industries is keeping food mould-free, and has the potential to reduce waste and increase yield.

Shares in Perth-based Eden Innovations have finished more than 18 per cent higher today, after the company released the results of a two-year trial testing its concrete.

Local tech company DTI Group has announced a host of board changes, while Pancontinental Oil & Gas chief executive is set to resign due to personal reasons.

Optus could face a $10 million penalty after the consumer watchdog commenced court proceedings against the mobile firm for misleading customers over subscriptions to expensive and unwanted content.

Increased state and federal funding and support are helping new and existing businesses in country WA.

SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia is a place best known for what it does below ground level, but entrepreneur Chris Hill believes we should look to the stars for the state’s next big opportunity.

SPECIAL REPORT: A group of companies offering a faster alternative fixed-wireless internet service has dialled into a niche market.

SPECIAL REPORT: Four state government contracts have delivered extra work for six information and communications technology contractors in Perth.

Shares in Orbital Corporation jumped 16 per cent today, after the local tech company announced a contract extension with multinational The Boeing Company and provided revenue guidance of $24 million for the 2019 financial year.

Bunbury-based CipherTel has won the latest round of state government grants to deliver high-speed broadband to areas not adequately covered by the National Broadband Network.

A Curtin University team has developed an improved, cleaner, technique to turn the sun’s energy into hydrogen, amid increasing industry interest in the opportunities.