Technology, Innovation & Science

IN the fast-paced world of information communication technology there were two issues that dominated the local industry this year – the State Government’s SPIRIT and WA-MAID initiatives and the Pinnacle Blue super computer.

SPEED is the primary attraction of broadband services to the business community. ADSL, ISDN and cable allow subscribers to move large amounts of data in a fraction of the time required by analogue dial-up connections.

A SMALL engineering firm's revolutionary iron-ore transport wagon has beaten some big engineering names to take out this year's Institution of Engineers (WA Division) Award.

FOOD-FRYING technology developer VosTech Ltd will no longer focus on the creation of the finest fried foods on offer, deciding instead to move into the arena of investments in animal health biotechnology.

KEEPING in touch with employees ‘on the road' is not always easy.Mobile phones can be out of range, inadvertently switched off, or insufficiently loud to conquer ambient noise.

DATA carrier Swiftel Communications has signed a three-year contract worth more than one million dollars with Clough Ltd.

SIDELINED industrial technology player Vostech is set to return to the field tomorrow after a $1.7 million equity raising, which has helped pave the way to a deal with creditors.

REMEMBER those airboards zipping around the Olympic arena during the opening ceremony? Like many of Australia's great inventions, they were created in the industrial suburbs of Perth.

THE face of the US cosmetics industry is about to get a make over thanks to a new preservative developed by WA company Chemeq.

ORBITAL Engine Corp last week announced that development of its unique combustion technology had reached a new milestone.

A NEW drug developed by WA company Chemeq could make a huge impact on the agricultural world.

A MINOR court action between two small players in the telecommunications industry has revealed the business of laying cable beneath the streets of Perth is as complicated as the labyrinths created by the work.

A TELECOMMUNICATIONS cabling contract for work under St Georges Terrace has resulted in a legal fracas over $230,000.

THE cream of WA's IT crop was honoured last week at the Yellow Pages Asia Pacific IT & T Awards.

METHOD + Madness has been recognised for its e-business development skills by heading a new division within parent company Sausage Software.

ORBITAL Engine Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with US company Delphi Automotive Systems to cooperate on the market development and supply of direct fuel injection systems for worldwide automotive applications.

PERTH powertool and technology company Arbortech is one the WA firms most likely to strike gold from its involvement in the Olympic Games.

WA'S newest telecommunications carrier Swiftel Ltd has started its Perth roll-out of fibre optic cable.The new high-capacity Allwave fibre cable will be initially laid in Perth's central business district and has the capacity to deliver data at up ...

PERTH-based Swiftel Pty Limited has placed itself in direct competition with newly merged Amcom Telecommunications Limited.

Businesses need to ease the process driven by technological change says National Competition Council president Graeme Samuel.