Australia’s well-educated population, stable political system and relatively benign regulatory environment should make it a world leader when it comes to innovation. But we consistently rank below our peers on innovation indexes. Forbes Australia looks at some of the companies bucking the trend. Why does Australia consistently rank lower than its western peers for innovation […]
How Australia is undermining China’s monopoly on the minerals that will be crucial for energy transition. When Luca Giacovazzi explains why rare earths are so important to the future of the planet, he likes to bring up the small electric motors that push water through heating radiators. “Not that long ago, the EU legislated that […]
Data shows pilates is the fastest-growing exercise genre in Australia. Meet the two men taking advantage of the Pilates revolution – and launching a new empire. No, you’re not imagining it. There has been an increase in the number of yoga mats and Lululemon tights floating around the streets of Australia. The practice of Pilates […]
Australian technology entrepreneur Hoan Ton-That is the CEO of one of the world’s most controversial facial recognition companies. His database of 20 billion photos is being used to crack crimes around the world but human rights groups and some regulators – including in Australia – have concerns. Hoan Ton-That has been accused of many things, […]
Quantum computing was touted to smash the blockchain and destroy its security. Meet the developers making sure that doesn’t happen – and the investors that sought them out. Quantum computing has been touted to be the destruction of all data encryption techniques as we know it. While classical computers work in bits – represented through […]
The world is entering a new era of harnessing brain information with technology able to translate the brain’s electrical codes and signals into computer commands. Imagine having a thought that is automatically sent to a computer, that then carries out a task on your behalf, such as sending a WhatsApp message or paying a bill online, […]
EMVision awarded $2.5 million grant for stroke detection device study. Ron Weinberger’s dream is to have a helmet-sized brain scanning device in every ambulance, on every flying doctor aircraft, by hospital beds around the world and, one day, maybe even on the sideline of every football game. That dream came a little closer on […]
Catapult Sports is changing the game when it comes to professional sport. Combining wearable technology with hi-tech video is helping Australian tech company Catapult Sports change the game when it comes to professional sport. Catapult Sports was initially formed in Melbourne as a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Sport and Cooperative Research Centres in […]
Directors fearing a breach are rejecting Board appointments and they are not the only ones running scared. We probably remember to lock our windows and doors in our homes, but we are not so careful when it comes to our personal data. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found 60% of Australians surveyed had personally been […]
Businesses are hiring entrepreneurial spirit and expertise to develop their next big thing. BCG Digital Ventures is the business building firm and innovation hub of the Boston Consulting Group. It partners with corporations to invent, launch and scale innovative businesses that might be new, standalone companies or ones developed within the client organisation. Kate O’Keeffe, […]