Reserve Bank Vaults turned into West Startup Hub

Perth Innovation

“The project promises to be the centre of innovation and collaboration in the CBD and will help diversify its business base.” The Lord Mayor said she liked the idea that the SpaceCubed hub would liven up the former Reserve Bank building in St Georges Terrace and the banks old vaults. > more

CODEcamp Charleston Grows Local Knowledge Economy

Digital

To help fill existing workforce gaps in demand for particular technical skill, Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. and the Charleston Digital Corridor announced the launch of CODEcamp. > more

World First: Take 3D Photo, Print Object! Indian Engineer

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According to Indian engineer Balaji Tammabattula, simply photograph an item with the 3D imaging hardware, connect the 3D printer and watch as a duplication of the item is made. > more

Developers? Want a job? Go to San Diego

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A recent San Diego Union-Tribune article titled Seven hot tech jobs for 2012 lists mobile applications developers and web developers as two of the “hot” jobs. Now San Diego State University is offering a job for job-ready I.T. developers. > more

Chimerica: Sweatshop manufacturing caused by cheap prices

Labour & Work

Could manufacturing abuses caused by the need for ever-cheaper products be a partial catalyst for a reversion to local manufacturing? According to China Labor Watch’s latest investigation of five Wal-Mart supplier factories reveals not a single factory has implemented Wal-Mart’s basic standards, and with wages at rates as low as $0.44/hour, questions about the desperate need for change have to be asked. > more

Bring back local Manufacturing? We'd say yes, please.

Labour & Work

Well when the management consultants say it, it must be close to mainstream. Deloitte calls for manufacturing back to the U.S. in the report, and indeed local manufacturing is critical for the development of innovation. In our view, the internet, fuel prices and supply chain improvements have disrupted cost dynamics, meaning manufacturing of a different sort may be here to stay. Read Deloitte’s take here… > more

Kunshan, China: Towards a global outsourcing centre

Education

Corporate news, yes. But significant as the march of enterprise-focus Chinese cities continues. This is Kunshan, between Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, now working to grow as a centre of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) – and thus a newer service focussed element to Chinese innovation segments. > more