New tech to speed up bushfire detection?
Posted on: Thu 18 Mar 2021
The Australian National University National Bushfire Initiative team have been developing an ambitious fire-fighting plan with innovative techniques.
One idea is a constellation of bushfire-spotting satellites equipped with infrared sensors that could detect trouble within minutes.
Also, researchers may have an answer to preventing lethal allergic reactions – and it may lie in our own immune systems.
And last, but definitely not least, can scientists have found a way to convert plastic into a soft, silky material that we can wear and doesn’t hurt the planet as much to produce?
Online Producer for Cosmos Magazine Kelly Wong talks to us about these fascinating developments.
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Produced by Zoe Kounadis
