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The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has welcomed the National Robotics Strategy, which recognises Australia’s strengths in research and development (R&D) and outlines a plan for a “strong and coordinated robotics industry" that could deliver significant economic gains.

Engineers at RMIT University have invented energy-efficient bricks with scrap materials, including glass, that are normally destined for landfill.

The “first paint” to protect in extreme bushfire conditions has been created in Australia in conjunction with world leading scientists and engineers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

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Commonwealth Bank is beefing up its digital resources with the launch of a new recruitment plan aimed at growing its network of engineers by at least 50 per month for the foreseeable future.

5G wireless is only just finally rolling out widely around the world, with networks nowhere near complete, but Apple is looking to the future, and wants engineers to work on developing 6G technology.

Global cloud communications platform provider Twilio has appointed former Salesforce senior executive Jeremiah Brazeau as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Engineers from the University of NSW are leading a research project aimed at closing a gap in speech recognition systems that they say have until now performed badly in understanding young users of technology.

Engineers Australia, the peak body of the engineering profession, has released a 9-Point plan for economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, including maintaining a focus on infrastructure projects.

Space technology operator Kleos Space has secured $3 million in funding for its second cluster of satellites.

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Ericsson has boosted its global research and development ecosystem with the establishment of a “hypermodern test laboratory” and new facilities in Budapest, Hungary.

Global adoption of blockchain technology is continuing slowly but chief information officers say the technology requires the most new skills of any technology area, with skills difficult to find to meet growth demands.

Only 3.84% of Indian engineers are employable in start-up roles in software companies, a survey by the Indian firm Aspiring Minds claims.

The smartest consumer appliances company, Dyson, is about to get a whole lot smarter still, with 100 products to launch over the next four years with the help of 110 new software engineers.

Not having enough solid engineers sucks, so to foster the next generation of engineers, James Dyson plans to open the Dyson Institute of Technology by September 2017 offering degrees engineered to tackle UK’s yawning engineering shortage.

Engineers at Essential Energy in New South Wales are striking today, claiming proposed job cuts would compromise the reliability and safety of NSW’s power supply.

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