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Wireless patent wins boost CSIRO coffers 14/10/2009 11:04:00
Licensing fee settlement of $205 million turns a budgeted $34.2m defecit into a $122.0m surplus
Revenue from wireless LAN settlements have boosted the financial fortunes of the Commonwealth Science Information and Research Organisation (CSIRO) to the tune of $205 million in the year to June 2009.
Bid for square km array beefs up in Perth 02/09/2009 15:11:00
WA Premier opens International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
The Western Australia-based research centre, designed to help Australia snare the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, has opened in Perth.
Opals go to top of class with new grading system 31/08/2009 11:58:00
A new CSIRO-developed grading system uses imaging technology to sort opals and help the $50 million industry
The world’s first automated device to grade opals has been unveiled at the 2009 National Council of Jewellery Valuers forum in Sydney.
Students tweet telescope takeover 12/08/2009 12:38:00
School kids use Twitter to make observations from CSIRO’s Parkes telescope
Students from three Melbourne high schools have taken control of CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope in NSW using the internet, posting their results on Twitter.
Home-grown technology to take risk out of business 24/07/2009 11:21:00
Technology developed by CSIRO could soon be used in over 350 institutions globally including banks and hedge funds
While it may not stop another financial crisis, home-grown technology could be on its way to help over 350 institutions globally including banks and hedge funds significantly reduce risk.
NASA releases enhanced Aussie Moon landing videos 17/07/2009 10:17:00
Original recordings erased and re-used by NASA
It may be 40 years since man first set foot on the Moon, but only now will people see the “real life” quality footage of Apollo 11 Moonwalk thanks to NASA and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Parkes Radio Observatory.
CSIRO bags tech innovation award 16/07/2009 12:47:00
Oil and gas industry applauds CSIRO-developed management software
Management software developed by the CSIRO that boosts the oil and gas industry has bagged a technical innovation award at the 2009 Offshore Asia Conference in Thailand.
CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine 03/07/2009 13:51:00
Both products have common users
CSIRO has sold its Funnelback search engine technology business to open source content management company Squiz.
CSIRO chases mobile makers in patent battle 17/06/2009 09:30:00
Agency is to target mobile phone manufacturers for royalties
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO) has begun to follow-up from its successful wireless technology patent battle, by chasing royalty payments from another group of manufacturers.
200 solar-powered network sensors to monitor rainforest 12/06/2009 09:07:00
Nodes adaptively reduce workload to minimise power used
The CSIRO will install some 200 solar-powered, sensor network nodes over the next two years to helping rehabilitate rainforest in the Springbrook World Heritage precinct in south-east Queensland, the research group announced today.
New technology guards food from feral animals 28/04/2009 10:42:00
Farmers are using animal recognition technology to protect water and feed from feral animals
Two Queensland-based researchers have just finished working on an animal management system prototype, developed over the past six years, which uses computer software to tell the farming livestock from wild animals.
CSIRO developing 100Mbit wireless broadband 27/04/2009 11:59:00
Could provide key to last mile NBN
Wireless technology currently in development by the CSIRO may be the key to bringing a cost effective National Broadband Network to regional and rural Australia, according to the national science organisation.
CSIRO settles wireless battle 22/04/2009 14:46:00
CSIRO has settled its patent battle out of court
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO) has settled its wireless technology patent battle out of court against some of the world’s technology giants, and plans to use the financial windfall to fund new research.
CSIRO telescope gets bandwidth boost, turns data stream into torrent 21/04/2009 12:44:00
Astronomers and the like to get their information from the universe a lot faster
Australian scientific agency the CSIRO reports that a $12 million upgrade to its radio telescope, which will boost bandwidth from 128 MHz to 2 GHz, is almost completed.
CSIRO defeats HP in US court over Wi-Fi royalties 01/04/2009 14:56:00
Settlement moves CSIRO closer to collecting 802.11 royalties
Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard has effectively ended a four-year-old court case against Australian scientific agency the CSIRO, which claimed its wireless computer technology is worth billions of dollars in royalties.