News

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  Australian home builder trials facial recognition in display homes

  Tracking if visitors are “happy or excited” when entering and leaving.
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  Many Australian organisations have cybersecurity ‘fatigue’, reports Cisco

  Majority of those surveyed receive more than 100,000 cybersecurity alerts each day.
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  SA security outfit CyberOps scores nano-satellite deal

  Wins $299,000 deal with Department of Defence.
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  Australian Government seeks suppliers for 5,500-camera surveillance network

  Including suppliers of video analytics, facial detection, wireless and cybersecurity technology.
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  NBN Co announces satellite service aimed at IoT users

  Wholesale offering supports non-addressable locations.
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  Newcrest Mining using IoT to prevent downtime in NSW gold mine

  Tapping sensors to reduce costly delays.
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  Telstra to co-develop 5G for business solutions with Cradlepoint

  Working on integrated 5G modem and edge router.
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  Hitachi could bring AI, analytics jobs to Western Sydney Aerotropolis

  Japanese company looking to attract "brightest minds" to new collaboration hub.
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  City of Newcastle completes enviro-sensor network

  Ready to deploy smart city applications
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  Surveillance tipped to be main market for 5G IoT solutions

  Outdoor cameras are the main market until 2023 when cars will take over, says Gartner.
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  Driverless shuttle now taking passengers in Armidale CBD

  Transport for NSW claims an Australian first.
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  Announcing the 5th Australian IoT Festival in 2020!

  Save for the date for the Melbourne event that mixes buyers and sellers of IoT.
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  Win one of five tickets to the 4th International Driverless Vehicle Summit in Sydney

  The organisers are also offering 25 percent off full price tickets.
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  Making Australia’s most liveable city more inclusive

  Melbourne is a great city to live in, but it can do better for people with a disability by making it more accessible and inclusive
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  Lendlease lays out property-tech wish list

  Outlines vision for 'smart building ecosystem'.
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  The epic four-day Antarctic trek to maintain one IoT device

  If you thought it was difficult maintaining your IT hardware, spare a thought for the staff at Casey Station.
  
  The staff at this Australian Antarctic base have just detailed their four-day trip to Law Dome, a mountain on which rests an automatic weather station that uses a bunch of sensors and a satellite uplink. The journey required a 240km trek across ice and snow and may just set a new benchmark for IT repair services! All photos come from Craig Butsch, a Senior Observer with the Bureau of Meteorology.
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  Telstra begins countdown to 3G switch-off

  Reveals timeline to switch off 3G and promises expansion of 4G coverage.
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  Melbourne to host Future Smart Mobility Summit to connect government, industry leaders

  November event will explore policy, governance and technological requirements.
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  4th International Driverless Vehicle Summit to take place in Sydney next month

  Transport-fest will include largest driverless vehicle demonstration in the Southern Hemisphere.
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  Virtual fences and cattle: how new tech could allow effective, sustainable land sharing

  Technological tools could unlock a new system of resource sharing in agriculture which is ethical and productive.