Technology Stories

ANFF-C Helps Turn Ideas to Impacts

ANFF-C helps turn breakthrough ideas into commercial success, backing early-stage ventures with funding and hands-on support. ANFF’s technology platforms have enabled many Australian research breakthroughs, but too often these discoveries remain in the lab. Moving ideas beyond proof-of-concept requires more than technical expertise. It demands funding, market insight and regulatory planning that most research teams […]

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Accelerating Industry-Led Innovation at ANFF

The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) empowers innovators by providing the critical infrastructure and expertise needed to turn ideas into reality. Its network of advanced capabilities supports applied R&D, enabling researchers and industry to tackle complex challenges and deliver technologies that make a real-world impact. In 2025, Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants supported ANFF

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ANFF NEXT celebrates Australian innovation

ANFF NEXT celebrates Australian innovation The Australian National Fabrication Facility is excited to share the online release of its 2025 Casebook, ANFF NEXT! The 2025 Casebook captures the momentum of forward-focused research and showcases how micro- and nanofabrication supports Australia’s future. This edition highlights achievements from ANFF clients working across critical sectors – from quantum

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Vanishing into the darkness

A revolutionary photoresist for 3D printing allows precise removal of materials post-production, enabling customisable microstructures in a printed object. In 3D printing, it may seem odd to print materials only to remove them later. However, making changes to a 3D structure after the polymer is cured, or hardened, is necessary for building more complex micro-

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Change is the 4th dimension

The advent of light-responsive 4D-printed liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites is paving the way for a new generation of laser-controlled soft robots. Robots are designed to perform tasks automatically in response to stimuli or other inputs. Engineers have long relied on rigid materials like metals and hard plastics to create ‘hard’ robotic systems. These conventional robots, while

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Surgery’s high-tech blood monitor

Haemograph’s trailblazing rheometer transforms surgical safety by providing precise clotting data, helping clinicians balance clot prevention and bleeding control. Imagine a world where surgery is safer and more efficient, thanks to advanced technology that ensures proper patient blood management before, during and after surgery. When you’re injured or have surgery, your blood naturally clots to

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Seeing through the smoke

Innovative infrared drone sensor technology offers a promising solution for early bushfire detection and effective firefighting. The end of winter and beginning of spring increasingly heralds a summer on fire. The devastation caused by the 2019-20 Black Summer remains seared in Australia’s collective memory. Yet, many Aussies have already forgotten how bad last summer was

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Clear vision for the globe

OOXii has developed a Vision Kit containing everything a basic health worker needs to test vision and assemble affordable, customised glasses on the spot in remote and low-resource communities. One billion people worldwide experience impaired vision simply because they lack access to affordable glasses. Described by the World Health Organization as a global health crisis,

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With a little twist

Twisting the layers in a semiconductor dramatically affects its electronic properties, creating the potential to simplify the structure of many common electronic components. Moiré patterns occur when 2 regular patterns are overlaid at a slight angle, creating a large-scale interference pattern visible to the naked eye. A new picture emerges with a little twist. Twistronics

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Simply breathtaking

Introducing the Ketowhistle: a non-invasive, breath-based sensor for easy, real-time ketone monitoring, revolutionising diabetes management. A sharp jab to your fingertip brings a moment of pain. A drop of blood emerges, which can be a bit unsettling. You put the drop of blood on a strip and wait for the results. Finger prick tests are

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