March 27, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Sensors to get the measure of water
A LOW-COST network of remote sensors developed by the CSIRO has been deployed in Queensland, and more will be field-tested in Tasmania and Western Australia in coming months. The sensors, which could become an integral part of the Howard Government’s $10 billion national water plan, are designed to provide wireless environmental monitoring in remote areas.
Powered by solar cells and reprogrammed by radio waves, the CSIRO sensors are designed to reduce irrigation costs and inefficient use of water. In the Queensland project, five sensor measurement nodes and two relay nodes have been installed in the Burdekin Irrigation Area.
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