🐨🌿 Project Airbear (Uni of Sydney) is using hyperspectral airborne imagery + machine learning to identify eucalyptus species and leaf nutrition koalas prefer. A “Goldilocks” breakthrough that could help map and protect the best koala habitat at scale.

🔬 📷 Dr Jessie Posar (University of Wollongong) is developing wearable organic semiconductor sensors that work reliably in extreme radiation environments. Flexible, lightweight & low-cost, they can be worn on the body to deliver more accurate, real-time radiation dose measurements. 🩻🎗️

📷 Mona Raoufi (University of Wollongong) is using AI to make fixed-wing UAVs safer and smarter in bushfires, coordinating flights, avoiding obstacles, and tracking fire fronts in real time. 🚁🔥 Smarter coordination. Safer operations. Better intelligence when it matters most.

🎥 Dr Jayden Chen (Macquarie Uni Engineering) is using flame spray pyrolysis to develop advanced nanomaterials for accurate UV and gas sensing. His work supports smarter environmental monitoring, indoor air quality assessment, and early-stage disease diagnostics for humans and livestock.

Dr Kai Wu from UTS, an ARC Industry Fellow, is advancing joint communications and radio sensing: technology that will shape the next generation of wireless and environmental sensing. His work is delivering better weather intelligence and stronger emergency response. www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/11...

NSW is tackling big challenges — healthy ageing, climate resilience, sustainable farming, smarter cities and the transition to net zero. Smart sensing is part of the answer. See how we’re delivering innovation in the NSSN FY24/25 Annual Report, now live. 🔗 static1.squarespace.com/static/5b623...

🛥️🌊 A perfect day at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science as the NSW Smart Sensing Network team comes together for our annual retreat, a day of collaboration and smart sensing strategy.

🎉The NSW Smart Sensing Network team 📸 was thrilled to attend the InnovationAus.com 2025 Awards for Excellence at Sydney Town Hall last night. Celebrated as the Oscars 🏆 of the innovation sector, the awards celebrated the brightest minds shaping the nation's future.

“Between my brother and I… we’ve lost a bit of work caring for our parents, and the system assumes that’s okay.” At the NSSN’s 4th Ageing Forum, Lucinda Brogden AM called for a rethink of how Australia supports older people and their carers. www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/11...

📢 @sydney.edu.au researchers in sensing — join us this Thursday for a Networking Morning Tea ☕🧁 Learn about: • Up to $100K in NSSN funding • New industry + government partnership opportunities 📅 27 Nov | 9–10am 📍 Room 322, Susan Wakil Health Building Register 👉 www.nssn.org.au/upcoming-eve...

USYD researchers in sensing — join us for a Morning Tea on 27 Nov! ☕🤝 Learn about funding (incl. up to $100k), industry partnerships and upcoming NSSN events. 📍 F23 Michael Spence Building, Uni of Sydney ⏰ 9–10am A great chance to connect and collaborate. Register www.nssn.org.au/upcoming-eve...

A UNSW idea to detect fires has grown into Ginigai, a startup with an advanced sensor system soon to be used on major shipping vessels, in waste management and logistics. 🚢🔥 🔗https://www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/11/13/ginigais-journey-from-sydney-tunnel-test-to-global-shipping-lanes

It was a great Sensing Industry Connect at UNSW on Monday. 📷 Anna Lowe, CEO of Ginigai, shared how a UNSW-born sensing innovation has grown into the global safety tech company which is detecting fires and hazards on ships, trucks and logistics sites worldwide. 🚢🚛

Still inspired by the ideas shared at our 4th NSSN Ageing Forum. Thanks to all reimagining ageing in a smarter, more connected Australia. 📰 Read the first article in our series on the forum: www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/11...

The 2026 NSSN Grand Challenge Fund is now open — driving smart sensing innovation for a cleaner, safer, more connected Australia. 🌏 Learn more and apply here: www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/10...

"People default to hospitals because care can’t come to them.” At the NSSN Ageing Forum yesterday, Catherine Oates Smith called for a tech-enabled care system to keep older Australians safe and independent. 💡 Falls are preventable — we already have the tools.

🎥 At 84, Beverly Bergen speaks for so many older Australians who want to age in place. Healthy@Home — backed by NSSN — uses sensing, AI and robotics to support independent living. 🗓️ 4th NSSN Ageing Forum at Parliament tomorrow. ▶️ youtu.be/h-rqwxc8U3k

🚁 From AI-driven drones and near-space gliders to smart soil sensors and wearable fatigue trackers — innovation is transforming how we predict and respond to bushfires. 🔥 Read about 10 innovations pitched at the NSW Rural Fire Service x NSSN Bushfire Research Day. www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/10...

🚦 Think traffic’s bad? Try space. 🌏 34,000+ objects orbit Earth at 28,000 km/h — threatening satellites and comms. @sydney.edu.au and Macquarie Uni’s OWL camera 🦉 tracks debris without moving the spacecraft. 💡 A simple fix to one of space’s toughest problems. theconversation.com/how-we-sharp...

📅 Save the date! The NSW Smart Sensing Network’s Sensing Industry Connect hits UNSW Mon 10 Nov, 6–8pm. A free networking event for innovators, researchers & makers shaping the future of smart sensing. 🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/nssn-sensing...

🔥 26 bold ideas for a safer Australia. Today’s NSSN Bushfire Research Pitch Day at the NSW Rural Fire Service HQ, Homebush, spotlighted breakthrough bushfire technologies — from sensors and drones to AI and data platforms. Proud to see innovation driving resilience.

💡 A quantum-powered day at #SXSW Sydney! The NSSN joined NSW House to celebrate quantum innovation — and visitors met a 🤖 humanoid and an agile robot dog 🐶. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to talk sensing, AI and the future of tech!

🚦 Think traffic’s bad? Try space. 🌏 34,000+ objects orbit Earth at 28,000 km/h — threatening satellites and comms. Macquarie Uni’s OWL camera 🦉 tracks debris without moving the spacecraft. 💡 A simple fix to one of space’s toughest problems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijC4...

New research finds bushfires’ “critical hour”: forest fuels keep drying for 2 hrs after the air is driest. This late-afternoon lag could reshape prescribed burn planning and fire risk forecasting. www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/10...

We’ve entered the era of longevity — but our care systems haven’t caught up. Dr Abby Bloom says the challenge isn’t ageing, it’s responding to longevity through innovation, sensors + AI. 🔗 Read her Thought Piece: www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/...

UBIQUT is a UNSW spin-out developing OLED-based quantum sensors that are cheaper, scalable + robust, unlocking new opportunities in defence, minerals + healthcare. Their goal? To make quantum sensing ubiquitous, bringing quantum tech from the lab to the real world. www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/...

Meet a robot dog 🐶 with the NSW Smart Sensing Network at NSW House at #SXSW Sydney 2025! From 14–16 Oct, discover future-focused panels, immersive activations (including a humanoid 🤖) + bold ideas shaping tech + innovation. 📅 The NSSN will be there on 16 October. 👉 www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-cul...

“This forum is about moving the conversation from if we integrate technology into aged care to how—and who pays for it." Read who’s speaking at the 4th NSSN Ageing Forum on 30 Oct 2025 at NSW Parliament House👇 🔗 www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/...

At UTS, A/Prof. Can Ding is designing antenna systems + phased arrays that improve sensing performance while reducing cost. Impact? 🌍 Emergency comms & sensing after disasters 🧍‍♂️ Dual-band mm-wave radar for spine sensing 🚗 Autonomous vehicles 🏥 Health + next-gen wireless networks

📢 The 4th NSSN Ageing Forum is coming to NSW Parliament House on 30 Oct 2025. We’ll tackle: 💡 Who pays for tech in care? 💡 How do we integrate it into aged care + NSW Health? This invitation-only forum will bring together industry, government + research. Contact the NSSN for an invitation.

At our Women in Sensing Forum @Sydney_Uni, speakers showed how infrastructure can be smarter, sustainable & inclusive. 🔗https://www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/24/from-smart-concrete-to-digital-twins-women-in-sensing-forum-highlights-infrastructure-innovations

🚀 Sensor spotlight Meet MiniGrav: an absolute gravimeter 100x smaller than existing devices, developed by a team at @ouranu.bsky.social led by Dr Samuel Legge 📷. Drone-deployable, low-power & self-calibrating, it’s set to transform groundwater surveys📷, mineral exploration & underground mapping. 🌍

The NSW Smart Sensing Network is proud to partner with Sydney Water on projects driving smarter, more efficient water management. 💧 Today we explored #quantum #sensing for resilient infrastructure with key leaders — joined by world expert 📷 (left) Prof Nicole Metje (Univ. of Birmingham, UK).

Smart sensors are reshaping infrastructure — monitoring pipes, and in self-sensing concrete, smarter cities & inclusive navigation. Great turnout at our Women in Sensing Forum at Sydney Uni with inspiring speakers Prof Nicole Metje, Dr Neda Mohammadi, Anna Wright & Dr Yunyun Tao. 👏

The NSSN is proud to join Quantum Australia and Sydney Quantum Academy in hosting today’s roundtable at Sydney University with Prof Nicole Metje from the University of Birmingham. Prof Metje (4th from left) is a world leader in applying quantum sensors to assess and monitor buried infrastructure.

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