The latest Sensing Industry Connect event at the University of Sydney’s Sydney Knowledge Hub featured an innovative headband which is tipped to enhance brain health through improved deep sleep.

The NSW Smart Sensing Network’s Creating Value from Waste: Profits not Costs event on March 11 will highlight innovative research, technologies, and businesses, which have made a profit from waste, including plastic, wastewater and food.

This month: learn how flies are helping to fight the war on waste, how cutting-edge research from the University of Wollongong is revolutionising cancer treatment, and why we should care more about the data we generate everyday. 

Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay is a Professor of Mechanical/Electronics Engineering in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University.

As the volume of personal data we generate skyrockets, many people remain unaware, powerless, and unable to unlock its full potential, warns NSSN Board member and global data and analytics expert, Dr Ian Oppermann in this month’s Thought Piece.

An innovative drug delivery platform for cancer treatment which is aided by smart sensors is a step closer to clinical application thanks to University of Wollongong researchers. 

A neuromorphic system created by Western Sydney University researchers has helped to perfect a low-cost rubbish recycling process which relies on the insatiable appetite of larvae of a common fly. 

This month: read what was discussed at the 3rd NSSN Ageing Forum which took place at NSW Parliament House; look at the role smart sensing is playing in tackling bushfires; and meet an internationally recognised scientist with a lifelong interest in robots. 

This month’s Thought Piece by Scott Colefax from the Office of the Chief Scientist discusses the immense potential for sensing technologies in bushfire management.

Dr Karthick Thiyagarajan is an internationally recognised scientist in smart sensing and robotics at Western Sydney University.