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Meet the industry partner: Helene Blanchard
Helene Blanchard is the catalyst behind the idea for My Medic Watch, a digital health company offering smart-detection apps for automatic fall and seizure alerts.
2023/24 Annual Report is live!
The NSW Smart Sensing Network 2023/24 Annual Report is now available for viewing.
NSSN Grand Challenge Fund 2025 announced
The NSSN is now accepting applications to support innovative, collaborative research projects that respond to the NSSN Priority Themes.
Call for Expressions of Interest to join the NSSN Board
The NSSN is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to join its Board.
Solving the aged care crisis with a tech solution
This month’s Thought Piece discusses a solution to the aged care crisis: the use of sensors in the home to allow older Australians to stay at home for longer.
Vital signs and fall detection: The sensors driving an aged care revolution
An NSSN Grand Challenge Fund project is hoping to transform the provision of aged care in the home by describing which data collected by sensors provides the most meaningful improvements in care.
The Sensor - October 2024
This month: vote for OPENAIR to win a People's Choice award; meet some of amazing women researchers at ANU; and read how the development of more sensors for the vagina could have a global impact on women’s healthcare.
Meet the researcher: Professor John Close
John Close is a Professor in the Department of Quantum Science & Technology at ANU. His research focusses on harnessing the properties of ultra-cold atoms to develop quantum sensors for measuring gravitational fields, with applications in groundwater mapping and navigation.
Sensors could help uncover the hidden secrets of the vagina
From preterm birth risk to fertility: the development of sensors for the vagina could have a global impact on women’s healthcare, writes Clinical Academic obstetrician and gynaecologist at UNSW, Dr Daniella Susic. So why don’t we have more of them?
Women who are transforming lives with sensors
For the dating of indigenous rock art, the early detection of diabetes, detecting bushfire-causing lightning strikes and tracking space junk: four researchers described how they are using sensors in an inspiring and diverse range of applications at the Women in Sensing event at ANU.
Project aims to replace sensors’ toxic batteries with a greener solution
A Grand Challenge Fund project is hoping to eliminate the reliance of sensors on disposable batteries that generate toxic waste when discarded, by testing the fast production of perovskite photovoltaic cells with the hope of creating a more sustainable sensor power source.
The Sensor - September 2024
This month meet three researchers working at the frontiers of AI and data; read how smart sensors could help honeybees resist varroa mite; and learn about some of the best tech investments.