Wireless tracking for challenging applications

Submitted in response to pitch request at http://anthillonline.com/antpitch-technology-innovation/.

CSIRO is developing the Wireless Ad hoc System for Positioning (WASP), which uses low cost, portable hardware to provide highly accurate tracking of people and objects where traditional technologies don't work and clear reception of radio signals is difficult.

Combining our localisation technologies with sensors means we can monitor, for example, the heart rate and temperature of emergency workers sent into a dangerous situation. With other sensors monitoring gas or radiation levels in the surrounding environment, we can provide exact readings at a known location.

The main purpose of our WASP technology is to improve safety.

This work won the research and development prize in the 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards (Sydney division).

For more information on WASP go to http://www.csiro.au/science/Position-Location-System.html

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Science & Technology

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• CSIRO
• science
• research
• GPS
• tracking
• wifi
• 'wireless
• tracking'
• engineering
• safety
• antPITCH

[joshainglis]

Great work guys!

Looks awesome :)

[TravvyG]

In my house I only get 1 Bar from my GPS unit... Theirs not installion anywhere in the house though so yeah =)