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Saturday, April 20

Nanosatellite company announces first commercial IOT product

Satellite communications company Myriota has announced the first of a string of commercial products that will utilise its low-cost earth-to-satellite transmission technology.

Drones used to map plantation forests in South Australia

Infrared sensing gives forest drones a new edge

An ‘x-ray vision system’ that overlays three specific technologies to assess the structure and health of individual trees in plantation forests through the canopy is being developed in South Australia.

The Myriota executive team (from left) Co-founder & CEO Dr Alex Grant, Business Development Executive Tom Rayner, Commercial Operations Executive Mark Seaton and Co-founder and CTO Dr David Haley.

Battlefield black boxes track soldiers via satellite

A matchbox-sized sensor is being developed to track the movement and performance of soldiers on the battlefield.