A Queensland academic envisions a future classroom containing intelligent robotic teaching assistants that work together with the students. [ + ]

Honeywell says that hackers are increasingly targeting industrial facilities, from oil refineries to nuclear power plants, with sophisticated attacks aimed at capturing data and remotely controlling the sites. [ + ]

Increasing focus on renewable energy in the major end-use industries of oil and gas, energy and power and water and wastewater is expected to open up huge opportunities for the SCADA market in coming years. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a method for embedding light-emitting nanoparticles into glass without losing any of their unique properties — a major step towards 'smart glass' applications. [ + ]

Installing a microgrid within a regulated electricity market will sometimes, but not always, provide an economic benefit to customers, investors and utilities involved, according to US research. [ + ]

A report from the Centre for Future Work has challenged the acceptance by many that decline in manufacturing is inevitable in high-wage countries such as Australia. [ + ]

New research shows it is highly possible we can lose efficiency gains from automation once trust is lost in the system. [ + ]

A collaboration between TNO and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands will see a new leading-edge knowledge centre for additive manufacturing in Europe. [ + ]

The members of the SA-based TIA (Technology Industry Association) have agreed to merge with the Defence Teaming Centre from 1 July 2016. [ + ]

An Australian expert in advanced manufacturing and material sciences is visiting India to investigate opportunities for collaboration. [ + ]

At the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7), world energy leaders announced ambitious actions to accelerate the global transition to clean energy. These actions include efforts to address energy efficiency using ISO 50001 on energy management systems. [ + ]

Switzerland has completed a 17-year project to dig the world's longest rail tunnel through the Alps. [ + ]

Foodtech Queensland will focus specifically on the state's strongest food manufacturing categories and will serve to connect businesses in these areas with new technology and ideas to help them grow their operations. [ + ]

The ISO 5167-5 standard confirms that uncalibrated cone meters perform at no better than ±5% accuracy, while the V-Cone meter is accurate to ±0.5%, which is a significant performance difference. [ + ]

RS Components has announced a range of products and solutions to help companies involved in motion control applications to equip and maintain systems, such as conveyors. [ + ]