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News and eventsLa Trobe launches smart energy companyLa Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion and Melbourne-based semiconductor developer Semitech Innovations Pty Ltd today joined forces to deliver a cost-effective solution to soaring energy demands. Through Joint Venture R&D Company EcoEnergy Innovations Pty Ltd, launched by La Trobe University Vice Chancellor Paul Johnson this morning, the partners are commercialising an integrated energy management system designed to tackle climate change at the community level. La Trobe joins 'BizSpark' programLa Trobe University has joined Microsoft as a 'Network Partner' in its new global 'BizSpark' program to help young entrepreneurs succeed in setting up information technology start-up firms. The program provides access to expert information and professional support services for three years, through Microsoft and its range of partners. It offers Microsoft development tools, mentorship, product licenses, technical assistance and market visibility. Tools for smarter livingSmart living is about making lifestyle choices that, among other things, can save energy costs and reduce our carbon footprint. To assist with this, a smart energy meter has been developed by La Trobe University and Semitech Innovations which shows consumers in 'real time' where their energy is going and how much it costs. Professor Jugdutt Singh, Director of the University's Centre for Technology Infusion, says a pilot project using these meters is already underway at the University. It aims to encourage people to better manage energy by providing them with a range of data about their energy use. Smart energy saving solutionsHow would you like a dishwasher that tells you the cheapest time for you to run it ? If you press 'wash' at peak usage times, an interactive display system warns you that you will have to pay a great deal more for washing now than if you let the dishwasher decide when to start. At 3am, when the tariff is low (power usage has gone flat), away it goes and your power bill is greatly reduced. Smart meters to track powerNEXT generation smart living will involve appliances communicating directly with consumers to offer advice on the most economical time for their operation, according to Australian research. The Goal is getting closer with the development of a smart energy meter that allows consumers to see in real time where their power is going and how much it is costing. The smart energy meter, created by Victoria's La Trobe University and Australian company Semitech Innovations, is designed to cut energy costs and reduce carbon footprints. La Trobe tool for smarter living showcased at global 'cleantech' expoA 'smart' energy meter developed by La Trobe University and Semitech Innovations aims to show consumers in 'real time' where their energy is going and how much it costs. A pilot project using thirty of these meters is now underway at the University's main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. Smart living is about making lifestyle choices that, among other things, can save energy costs and reduce our carbon footprint. The project has already attracted considerable interest. La Trobe University was one of the leaders in a delegation of Australia universities and companies that attended Copenmind 2008, a global exhibition and conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, early in September. Spruiking our 'cleantech' to the worldAn Australian delegation of universities will take their hunt for venture capital to Europe next month, as they look to cash in on a global wave of interest in "clean technology" and boost research and development efforts through international partnerships . . . . La Trobe University will showcase smart electricity meters that monitor and manage energy consumption, developed in conjunction with Melbourne based Semitech Innovations. Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovationSoftware behemoth Microsoft has plans to grow the Australian software industry by extending a giant hand of support to local start-up companies.Through partnerships with state governments, the AIIA and La Trobe University, Microsoft is offering a holistic incubation program, dubbed Empower, to provide and connect Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with the resources needed for bringing innovative software products to the Australian market. Australian chip design may find aliens A research collaboration between La Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion (CTI), Peregrine Semiconductor Australia (PSA) and the CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) have come up with a new chip design they hope will be integrated into the world's largest radio telescope. Night of the living awardsPeregrine Semiconductor Australia (PSA) working with LaTrobe University R&D Technology Park in Victoria and the CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility in Sydney have designed the world’s first CMOS-on-sapphire low noise amplifier (LNA). The LNA has been designed to meet the extremely demanding operating specification required for radio telescope receivers operating at room temperature; this is a key requirement for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The Skies Hold no Limits for Award-Winning Microchip with Cosmic CapabilitiesElectronics engineers and researchers from La Trobe University’s Centre for Technology Infusion (CTI), Peregrine Semiconductor Australia (PSA) and the CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), have won an international design award for a prototype microchip with cosmic capabilities. La Trobe and Microsoft set up new Centre for ICT innovationLa Trobe University and Microsoft have established Australia's first campus-based Microsoft Centre, the first of three to be set up in partnership between the two organisations. La Trobe Uni Microsoft Centre: an Australian-FirstVictoria students, academics SMEs and start-up companies will see their innovation ideas brought to life with the help of Australia's first campus-based Microsoft Centre that brings together cutting edge hardware and software. La Trobe and Microsoft launch new centre for ICT innovationLa Trobe University and Microsoft will today announce the establishment of Australia’s first campus-based Microsoft Centre, the first of three to be set up in partnership between the two organizations. La Trobe and HCL in joint move to boost local ICT industriesHCL Australia Services Pty Limited (HCL) - a 100% subsidiary of India’s leading IT services company, HCL Technologies Ltd - has announced a collaboration with La Trobe University to boost opportunities for Australian industries involved in information and communication technology (ICT) and business systems (BS) through joint projects and specialist recruitment. Industry alliance creates opportunities for ICT studentsLa Trobe University computer science and electronic engineering students will benefit from a new alliance between the University and India’s leading IT services company, HCL Technologies Ltd.
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