CSIRO has developed a groundwater sensor system that it says will make environmental monitoring faster, more reliable and less labour intensive for the resources industry. The system went on display the International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne this week, as CSIRO looks for partners to bring the technology to market. The system, Sensei, is billed […]
Large-scale trial for Ceres Tag cattle monitoring tag
Queensland based agricultural IoT startup Ceres Tag is to trial 500 of its cattle-monitoring ear tags on cattle belonging to pastoral company Caason Group on its 400,000 hectare Aileron Pastoral Holdings property 135km north of Alice Springs The two have signed a MoU for the trial, following Caason becoming an investor in Ceres Tag. Caason […]
CSIRO to research smart city technologies in Sydney Science Park
The CSIRO has opened its first operational Urban Living Lab at the Sydney Science Park in western Sydney in partnership with the park’s developer, Celestino, enabling research in smart city technologies to be undertaken in a real urban environment. CSIRO said it would be “a place where researchers, industry, government and communities can get together […]
CSIRO maps out Australia’s advanced manufacturing future
The CSIRO has released a roadmap on advanced manufacturing, that sets out a vision to transform Australia’s manufacturing industry over the next 20 years into a “highly integrated, collaborative and export-focused ecosystem that provides high-value customised solutions within global value chains.” It says that, under this vision: Australian manufacturers will be more customer and export-focussed, […]
Launceston to get LoRaWAN network
Tasmania’s minister for IT and Innovation, Michael Ferguson, has announced a plan to provide a Launceston-wide LoRaWAN network at a cost of $100,000, with the gateways and devices to be manufactured by local company Definium. Other partners in the project are the University of Tasmania, the CSIRO and Sense-T — the long running Tasmanian IoT […]
In-home monitoring of ailing aged could save $3 billion annually, says CSIRO
The CSIRO has reported on the results of Australia’s first large-scale trial of in home monitoring of aging people with chronic health issues, saying it demonstrated that widespread adoption could shave $3 billion a year from healthcare costs. CSIRO and partners trialled various systems with 287 patients over a 12 month period. CSIRO says it […]
AMP & CSIRO backed Evergen launches home energy optimiser
Renewable energy start-up Evergen has launched what is claimed to be Australia’s first intelligent home energy management system, with the technical backing of CSIRO, and $2.9m in funding from AMP Capital and its former head. The CSIRO says it developed Evergen’s core energy management intelligence and provided research expertise to help Evergen commercialise the product. […]
CISRO set to join Cisco IoE Innovation Centre
The CSIRO looks set to join the Cisco IoE Innovation Centre in Australia, announced in March at Cisco’s partnership event, CiscoLive, and to be located at facilities in Sydney and Perth. The Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett, officially opened Cisco’s IoE Innovation Center hub in Perth, located on the Bentley Campus of Curtin University. […]
Eddy: smart home power control technology from CSIRO
Perth-based HabiDapt is commercialising Eddy: smart home power control technology from CSIRO that enables electricity usage to be monitored and controlled from a smartphone or tablet app simply by replacing the standard circuit breakers with smart metering devices or by plugging similar devices into standard power points. HabiDapt is trialling the technology, known as Eddy, […]
