Innovation combining supercomputing with high-resolution 3D scanning of oil-bearing rocks, such as the Mt Gambier sandstone shown in this clip, won Digitalcore the 2012 Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation.
Until countries develop sustainable green energy supplies, oil and gas are required to power our daily activities. To improve the mining of these finite resources, Digitalcore devised technology that illustrates how oil and gas flow through different rocks, in turn enabling more effective extraction of these hydrocarbons from the earth.
This scientific visualisation is by Ajay Limaye, NCI Vizlab.
Digitalcore was formed in 2009 and includes Dr Victor Pantano as Chief Executive Officer, Professor Mark Knackstedt as Chief Technology Officer, Professor Tim Senden and Dr Adrian Sheppard from the Research School of Physics and Engineering at the ANU, and Professor Val Pinczewski and Associate Professor Christoph Arns from the School of Petroleum Engineering at UNSW.
Read more about the project here: http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au...
Drishti is a Volume Exploration and Presentation Tool supported by the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Research (NeCTAR) project.
http://anusf.anu.edu.au/Vizlab/drishti/
