Resourceful, Issue 25, Science for impact - December 2021

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Narrator: Autonomous sensors are the bridge that connects the physical and digital worlds.

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As sensor technologies evolve, a whole new world opens up, a world where technology can make reliable human like decisions based on local and global data, bringing forth new ideas for existing fields in science to be explored.

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And we are equipped to be at the forefront of this transformation.

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Through a combination of fundamental sensor research and autonomous engineering solutions, we will deliver technologies that drive innovation in areas like environmental monitoring, mining,

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agriculture, and manufacturing.

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Our Autonomous Sensors Future Science Platform will address the need to measure the most challenging Australian environmental and industrial conditions with increasing accuracy, sensitivity, traceability and resolution.

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Australia, with its unique geography, environment and industries, will be a major beneficiary of this technology’s future.

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For the mining industry, new advanced sensing systems that measure lithium in bulk ore, a feat never achieved before, will advance Australia’s opportunity to supply critical resources to global renewables and battery industries.

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Advances in autonomous Earth observations will deliver platforms and sensors to help monitor and manage Australia’s marine resources.

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New sensor research will create new tools for the biological verification of a broad range of Australian agricultural products

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including portable and autonomous sensors which can be used to track products from the farm to consumer.

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Autonomous sensor technologies will transform many markets and industries worldwide.

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An exciting new era of possibility has begun.

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