NSW Smart Sensing Network
@nswsmartsensing.bsky.social
The NSSN connects universities, industry & government to transform world-class research into smart sensing solutions that drive impact for NSW’s economy, environment & society.
🎥 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.
His work supports smarter environmental monitoring, indoor air quality assessment, and early-stage disease diagnostics for humans and livestock.
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🎥 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.
His work supports smarter environmental monitoring, indoor air quality assessment, and early-stage disease diagnostics for humans and livestock.
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.
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See how we’re delivering innovation in the NSSN FY24/25 Annual Report, now live.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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.
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See how we’re delivering innovation in the NSSN FY24/25 Annual Report, now live.
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🛥️🌊 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.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🛥️🌊 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.
Celebrated as the Oscars 🏆 of the innovation sector, the awards celebrated the brightest minds shaping the nation's future.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🎉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.
Celebrated as the Oscars 🏆 of the innovation sector, the awards celebrated the brightest minds shaping the nation's future.
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...
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...
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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...
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
🔗https://www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/11/13/ginigais-journey-from-sydney-tunnel-test-to-global-shipping-lanes
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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
🔗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. 🚢🚛
📷 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. 🚢🚛
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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. 🚢🚛
📷 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. 🚢🚛
"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 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.
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"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 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.
🔥 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.
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.
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
🔥 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.
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!
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!
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM
💡 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!
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!
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/...
Their goal? To make quantum sensing ubiquitous, bringing quantum tech from the lab to the real world.
www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/...
October 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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/...
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...
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...
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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...
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...
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
Impact?
🌍 Emergency comms & sensing after disasters
🧍♂️ Dual-band mm-wave radar for spine sensing
🚗 Autonomous vehicles
🏥 Health + next-gen wireless networks
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
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.
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.
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
📢 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.
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
🔗https://www.nssn.org.au/news/2025/9/24/from-smart-concrete-to-digital-twins-women-in-sensing-forum-highlights-infrastructure-innovations
September 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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
🔗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. 🌍
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. 🌍
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
🚀 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. 🌍
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).
Today we explored #quantum #sensing for resilient infrastructure with key leaders — joined by world expert 📷 (left) Prof Nicole Metje (Univ. of Birmingham, UK).
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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. 👏
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. 👏
September 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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. 👏
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.
Prof Metje (4th from left) is a world leader in applying quantum sensors to assess and monitor buried infrastructure.
September 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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.
Prof Metje (4th from left) is a world leader in applying quantum sensors to assess and monitor buried infrastructure.
👋 Hello #Bluesky!
We’re the NSW Smart Sensing Network — a not-for-profit consortium linking 7 universities, industry & government to turn world-class research into smart sensing solutions for NSW’s economy, environment & society.
👉 Follow us for updates on innovation, collaboration & impact.
We’re the NSW Smart Sensing Network — a not-for-profit consortium linking 7 universities, industry & government to turn world-class research into smart sensing solutions for NSW’s economy, environment & society.
👉 Follow us for updates on innovation, collaboration & impact.
September 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
👋 Hello #Bluesky!
We’re the NSW Smart Sensing Network — a not-for-profit consortium linking 7 universities, industry & government to turn world-class research into smart sensing solutions for NSW’s economy, environment & society.
👉 Follow us for updates on innovation, collaboration & impact.
We’re the NSW Smart Sensing Network — a not-for-profit consortium linking 7 universities, industry & government to turn world-class research into smart sensing solutions for NSW’s economy, environment & society.
👉 Follow us for updates on innovation, collaboration & impact.