A digital Literacy Program Empowering Seniors with Sensory Loss
The pilot of a digital literacy program empowering seniors with vision and/or hearing loss to stay independent and connected.
OysterGuard: Precision Water Quality Monitoring System to Safeguard Against Oyster Mortality
Creating a connected water quality monitor that will detect hazardous water conditions and deliver real-time alerts and reports via an app to farmers.
Remediation of PFAS Contaminated Water by Vacuum Ultraviolet Irradiation
Demonstrating a sensor-verified, scalable process using green hydrogen VUV light to neutralise PFAS in water.
Hearing impairment in Adults: Vitals, hEmodynamics, Neuroimaging, Sleep sensing
Australia’s first study using advanced sensors to assess brain, sleep, and physical health in hearing device users.
Development of an automated spore monitoring and reporting technology
Developing breakthrough tech to detect mould spores in near real-time.
Sensing Grass Seed Infestation in Australian Sheep
The development of a rapid and affordable scanning technology for the identification of grass seed infestation.
Australian honey bee colony loss survey
Nationwide survey to track Varroa mite impact on honey bee populations and current beekeeper strategies.
Wireless Rain Gauge for Disaster-Ready Rainfall Sensing
A wireless rain gauge that uses everyday mobile signals to deliver near real-time rainfall data for disaster preparedness.
Instantaneous Detection of High-risk Lightning with Pinpoint Accuracy
Utilising novel lightning detectors to allow fire agencies to efficiently target High Risk Lightning (HRL) strikes.
Smart sonar and accessible hydrography
Developing an easily deployable and reliable system for acquiring hydrographic data – sensing dams, river-beds, and underwater structures.
Autonomous drones on reservoirs for smoke detection
Aiming to supplement a variety of new tools for improving visibility with an additional source of visual information to fire services that leverages existing infrastructure owned by Sydney Water and autonomous drone technology.
Smart Triaging and Wellbeing in Aged-Care
Developing a smart triaging platform using Australian-made wearable sensors and data science to monitor key health biomarkers in real time, enabling early intervention, improving outcomes for at-risk Australians, and strengthening sovereign manufacturing capability.
Detecting vital signs through sensor fusion
A range of sensors; optical, infrared and radar, are combined to build a picture of at-risk human vital signs.
Air-to-Ground Comms Connectivity Challenge
A feasibility study to develop an unpowered air-to-ground vehicle with a communications payload for on-demand emergency networks.
EcoEar Detection of Koala Calls
Identifying the acoustic surveys which offer large coverage of koala calls in a format that allows operators to ‘set and forget’ sensors.
Remote Soil Moisture Sensing Using Radio-frequencies
Investigating the use of low-frequency RF signals, including LoRa, to measure soil moisture across fields, demonstrating potential for non-contact, distributed soil sensing.
Optical Remote Sensing in the Water Column
Evaluating laser-based optical sensing methods to enable real-time, non-contact monitoring of waterway conditions.
Using Advanced IoT-based Machine Learning for In-Home Quality Ageing
Developing machine learning algorithms which improve the prediction of health risks in older adults, enabling earlier intervention and prevention of adverse events.
PAIMCOS Quarantine Monitoring System
Leveraging AI and machine learning to optimise compliance monitoring, enhancing fraud prevention, scalability and cybersecurity while minimising user disruption and ensuring secure, privacy-conscious data management.
Jericho Smart Sensing Laboratory
A collaboration between the University of Sydney Nano Institute and the Royal Australian Air Force.