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• INDIGO West cable lands at Perth beach

  Work on the first section of the INDIGO West subsea cable is now complete, after it landed today at Floreat Beach in Perth.

• Top scientists to access Pacific data sharing network

  Australian researchers will gain access to the US Pacific Research Platform (PRP), a next-generation data sharing network linking research universities and supercomputing centres.
  

• Government hands out $19 million for SKA design funding

  The Australian government has awarded a total of $19 million in funding grants to organisations involved with the design of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.

• AARNet, NBN connect primary school students

  Junior newsreaders in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria will be broadcasting their sustainability stories via Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) video conferencing service and the National Broadband Network (NBN) today.

• CSIRO telepresence robots connect students with National Museum

  The National Museum in Canberra and CSIRO are trialling a virtual tour system using robots called B1 and B2. The robots, which contain telepresence technology, navigate the galleries of the Museum with a human staff member on hand to explain the exhibits.

• Videoconferencing latency delays add twist to orchestra contest

  AARNet videoconferencing will power a world music competition tonight with orchestras in Australia, Asia and Europe.

• AARNet to Kinect the elderly over the NBN

  The Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) has jumped onboard a collaborative broadband project to develop enabling technology for the elderly to exercise at home over the National Broadband Network (NBN).
  

• NSW DET, AARNet, click through to collaborative learning in schools

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has enabled the NSW Department of Education and Training to collaborate learning for students across the state.

• AARNet showcases global learning environment to Armidale school

  The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has showcased a 3D theatre to students at Ben Venue Public School in Armidale.

• AARNet looks to specialised NBN services

  The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) is in negotiations with universities covered by the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) first mainland release sites in an attempt to offer “always-on access” to students and researchers at their homes.
  

• Collaborative gastrointestinal research gets boost via AARNet broadband

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has used its high speed broadband network to share gastrointestinal e-health research with practitioners in parts of Asia.

• Uni CIOs call for greater copyright law protection

  In the wake of the AFACT versus iiNet decision, and the pending Federal Court appeal, university CIOs are calling for more legal protection from potential cases of copyrighted content distribution in their networks.

• Australian SKA telescope to get broadband blackspot fibre

  Australia's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) over competitor South Africa will rely on the Federal Government's Regional Backbone Blackspots Program announced last year.