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  • DSTO's budget trimmed to fill defence 'black holes'

    The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) budget was cut back five percent by the Treasurer Budget day; that money has been earmarked for filling defence funding "black holes".

  • Defence Force enlists SHIRLOC for detective work

    The Department of Defence has announced that its R&D division, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, has developed a PDA device that could soon be used to give personnel in the field better local information.

  • Wearable battery recharges as soldiers walk

    The Department of Defence has announced that the CSIRO is developing a new wearable, rechargeable battery system for the Australian Army.

  • Aussie ICT needs rock stars and the EU

    Australians are great at getting new ideas to work in the laboratory but fail at commercialising them. The answer could be anything from making ICT gurus into rock stars or joining the European competitiveness and innovation framework program, according to a panel discussion at CeBIT today.

  • Kaz founder: Dumped grants needed for marketing

    The government's Commercial Ready subsidy scheme should never have been dumped, according to Kaz founder Peter Kazacos, but instead revamped to allow the cash to be spent on activities like marketing.

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