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Issue 52 | May 2009
The ICT Centre's Ding Yun Zhu shows NSW
Premier Nathan Rees how to use his posture
and gaze to guide a camera used in teleoperation
CSIRO proved to be a showstopper at this year's information and technologies trade show, CeBIT.
Even before the doors officially opened, the ICT Centre's teleoperations technology caught the eye of the NSW Premier, The Hon. Nathan Rees – literally. PhD student Ding Yun Zhu sat the Premier down, calibrated Mr Rees' eyes, and asked him to demonstrate new tracking technology that enables a video camera's view to move in response to changes in eye movement. The Premier's gaze, rather than a computer mouse, determined how the camera moved.
Other popular displays were of our sensor network technologies. CSIRO's Fleck™ sensors that have been commercialised by Tasmanian company The Powercom Group, the company had a display on the CSIRO stand this year. Also on show were new sensor projects at Lake Wivenhoe and Mt Springbrook in south east Queensland, and in the south Esk catchment in Tasmania. Both the teleoperations technology and a floating sensor node were featured in a story that night on SBS TV News.
Over the three days of CeBIT, the CSIRO stand was visited by Federal and State politicians – including the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy – and delegations from New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Trade and government missions from Germany, Japan, Taiwan, England and others also visited.
CSIRO also co-sponsored two events at CeBIT: a forum on Australia's place in the digital economy called AusInnovate and a networking event, Innovation Nation, which attracted some 400 business leaders, government delegates and researchers.
'This year CeBIT really was the place where ICT research met industry', said acting ICT Centre Director, Gary Morgan. 'Our researchers and BD staff worked around the clock in some instances to excite and engage industry and government in our research. Many old connections were renewed and new contacts made, demonstrating that CSIRO is open for partnering and ready for business.'
View a short video of ICT Centre's Ding Yun Zhu showing NSW Premier Nathan Rees how to use his posture and gaze to guide a camera used in teleoperation.
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Watch the video [Windows Media Video 3m:33s] |
Read the video transcript.
You can see CSIRO@CeBIT at the CeBIT Australia 2009 photo gallery [external link].
