Bringing specialist healthcare to remote areas

CSIRO’s immersive environments technology allows specialist surgeons to examine patients in another location in a comprehensive and realistic way.

Mr Ross Ackland: researching Web 2.0

Mr Ross Ackland is leading Integrated Water Information Systems Research.

Rainforest rehabilitation underpinned by smart CSIRO technology

One of the world's largest wireless sensor networks is revolutionising environmental monitoring and biodiversity restoration.

Improving treatment of prostate cancer

CSIRO advanced automatic imaging technology underpins a new method of planning radiotherapy that saves time, money and improves health outcomes for patients.

Improving prawn feeding efficiency

CSIRO is developing automated sensors and software to assist the prawn aquaculture industry.

Wireless tracking for challenging applications

CSIRO’s portable location technology operates indoors, underground and in built-up areas.

Pathways: a new approach to social service systems

Mapping and analysing pathways through social welfare systems could show which programs work best.

Panoptic™: a better search engine

CSIRO and the Australian National University developed Panoptic™ – a high performance enterprise search engine – which has been commercialised. Panoptic helps organisations help users find the information they need.

Our resilient coastal Australia

The Wealth from Oceans Flagship is providing Australia's governments, industries and communities with the scientific knowledge, tools and approaches to make wise decisions about our uses of coastal environments.

Online communities: improving communication with customers

CSIRO is working with Centrelink to develop and trial an online forum with a target group of Centrelink customers.

MultiBeam antenna provides novel solution for satellite communication

A CSIRO research team has developed a single antenna that can replace many conventional antennas by communicating simultaneously with up to 20 geostationary satellites over multiple frequency bands. CSIRO’s MultiBeam antenna can collect signals from up to 20 geostationary satellites simultaneously.

Getting young gamers to be more active

CSIRO is using children’s desire to win when playing computer games as the motivation for getting them up off the couch. CSIRO is using children’s desire to win when playing computer games as the motivation for getting them up off the couch.

Rapid visualisation and analysis of medical imaging

CSIRO has developed platform-independent software that improves visualization of medical data, automates image analysis and aids in interpretation of medical images.

Tailored lifestyle information

CSIRO is encouraging people to adopt healthy lifestyle habits through online and mobile phone technologies.

Energy management by linked local controllers

CSIRO is developing control devices and software for homes and businesses that integrates and manages the energy needs of each major appliance, demands on the grid, and the needs and preferences of building occupants.

Information engineering

Finding, integrating, managing and delivering services and information in a trusted and secure way. Science and technology for finding, integrating, managing and delivering services and information in a trusted and secure way.

Dr Iain Collings: Research Director

Dr Iain Collings is Research Director of the Wireless and Networking Technologies Laboratory in CSIRO's ICT Centre.

A smarter way of moving molten metal

CSIRO is developing technologies that are enabling large driverless vehicles to operate in industrial worksites such as smelters.

Health information and patient management

New health management systems, through the applications of advanced information and communication technology, data analysis and statistics, are delivering improved patient treatments and new ways to retrieve, organise and communicate healthcare data.

Positive health outcomes from better use of medical data

CSIRO e-health software brings together scattered medical data without revealing patient identities, greatly enhancing our ability to tackle disease and understand complex health issues.

Enabling a revolution in healthcare through e-health innovation

CSIRO is using information and communication technologies to build a sustainable health care system for Australia and meet the challenges of an aging population.

Wireless detection of the early signs of heart disease

Non-invasive heart monitoring technology invented and patented by CSIRO has been licensed to a specialist medical technology company for further development. Researchers at Monash University are working on clinical validation of CSIRO's prototype.

Gauging audience feedback via mobile phones

CSIRO’s VotApedia is an instantaneous audience response system that operates without the need for specialised devices or infrastructure. CSIRO’s VotApedia is an instantaneous audience response system that operates without the need for specialised devices or infrastructure.

Mr Gary Morgan: Director, Business and International, CSIRO ICT Centre

Mr Gary Morgan focuses on fostering business development and commercialisation opportunities, as well as strategic international engagement.

The Gemmological Digital Analyser: an automated system for grading opals

CSIRO researchers in collaboration with opal miners have developed an automatic imaging device that can accurately and objectively grade opals.