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The value of Australian sportstech has grown 10% to $4.7 billion a year

- July 31, 2024 3 MIN READ

With the Brisbane Olympics now just 8 years away, Australia’s sportstech is already booming, growing 10% in both employment and revenue over the past 12 months to be worth $4.69 billion annually, according to new analysis. The third edition of the Australian Sports Technologies Network’s (ASTN) annual Sports Innovation Report concludes that the sector is… Read more »

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Australian sportstech is now a $4.25 billion industry

- May 24, 2023 3 MIN READ

Local sportstech is now worth as much as the fintech startup sector, with more than 750 companies involved, according to new analysis from the Australian Sports Technologies  Network (ASTN). Releasing its second annual Sports Innovation Report for 2023, ASTN put the value of sportstech at $4.25 billion as the sector begins to ramp up for the… Read more »

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Australia’s sportstech sector is heading to the podium in a global race

- August 3, 2022 2 MIN READ

Australia’s nascent sportstech sector is among the top 5 in the world, and already supporting more than 600 startups, according to a new report by the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN). The inaugural Sports Innovation Report 2022 concludes that Australia already has one of the world’s most mature and interconnected ecosystems. With the Brisbane Olympic… Read more »

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Using artificial intelligence to create new inventions is rewriting the rules on patent law and intellectual property

- June 1, 2022 3 MIN READ

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties. Fortunately, the search proved successful. But it wasn’t a human who found the promising molecules.… Read more »

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Now that Australia’s had a serious accident involving a self-driving car, it’s time to open AI’s black box and decide who’s responsible

- May 25, 2022 4 MIN READ

  The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a Tesla Model 3 in “autopilot” mode. In the US, the highway safety regulator is investigating a series of accidents where Teslas on autopilot crashed into first-responder vehicles with flashing lights… Read more »