Equiprise uses IoT connected sensors and edge devices to monitor heavy machinery on a construction site.  This enables performance monitoring and machine control in real time and generates data for analytics.  It also permits remote monitoring.  Beyond the operational and cost efficiencies, however, the overriding mission of Equiprise is to prevent downtime, injury and death from accidents involving site obstacles and people in proximity.The company is pioneering tower crane high-tensile bolts tension monitoring to build an intelligent and connected ecosystem in the crane industry.Founder Cindy Chen is based in Melbourne and works to foster Australia-China cooperation.https://www.equiprise.com/

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As NASA’s Perseverance rover homes in on the Red Planet, engineers on the ground are furthering potential propulsion technologies for the first human missions to Mars. NASA is looking at two types of nuclear propulsion systems – nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion.See https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/nuclear-propulsion-could-help-get-humans-to-mars-faster

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To accelerate ideas, it is vital to build a dynamic R&D ecosystem for driving innovation, future economic growth and sustainable jobs.The NSW Government is responding to these challenges.The Action Plan for Accelerating R&D has been established for NSW to become a national leader and global contributor in the translation and commercialisation of research.The Advisory Council recommended five Priority Actions:1) Launch a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program2) Boost open data3) Turbocharge precincts4) Target strategic support for NSW universities5) Establish a funded online R&D matchmaking platformIdeaSpies is an open innovation platform for clever ideas, new discoveries and original thinkers.  A place where people, industries and governments can inspire action.We are excited to bring new opportunities, collaborate and connect with education & universities and business and industry working together on R&D.

Apple has created a $200 million fund to invest in forestry projects to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating financial returns for its investors, the company said Thursday. The Restore Fund will invest in forest properties that are managed to increase carbon removal and produce timber. The goal is to remove 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually from the atmosphere.MORE > https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385552/apple-200-million-fund-climate-change-environment