Critical Event Management
Waikato’s 3D Mapping Tech Enhancing Disaster Response
Azizah Saffa
May 23, 2023
Harnessing Infrasound Remote Sensing for Early Warning Systems
Azizah Saffa
May 22, 2023
MIT researchers have developed a mobile vaccine printer that uses microneedles capable of producing hundreds of dissolvable vaccine patches per day in efforts to serve remote and hard-to-access communities.
For improved disaster management, the Department of Science and Technology implements a Rainfall and Water Level Monitoring System in the province of Pangasinan and transitions to Impact-Based Forecasting.
The agency is a government-wide information repository on natural hazards and risk assessment in the Philippines, which evaluates potentially dangerous geological locations to ensure citizen safety from natural disasters.
A new hotspot product tailored to Australian conditions, which provides observations every 10 minutes, day and night, will be released before the upcoming bushfire season by a team of researchers at RMIT University in partnership with Geoscience Australia.
Transfer machine learning allows researchers to look at instability in geothermal settings around the world and determine how the findings could apply in New Zealand. The research aims to power new hazard models in New Zealand's renewable energy sector.
The Data Provider Node membership application submitted by the Philippine Space Agency was approved and granted by the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum.
The NSW Government is investing in upgraded tech for rescue operations; one will provide the VRA with seamless communication coverage across NSW while another will see colourised laser tech added to the FRNSW fleet of drones.
Adding to an extensive network of close to 1,000 water level sensors, PUB has deployed sensors in the Kallang River, Sungei Api Api, and Bukit Batok Canal that can provide early warning and activate its mobile crew to carry out flood management.
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