AAQFS (Australian Air Quality Forecasting System) - a state-of-the-art modeling system which forecasts the following day's air quality
ABSAC - Building and construction testing services
ACCESS (Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator) - a fully coupled system to be developed as a joint initiative of the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, with university sector involvement to create models and modeling outcomes
Aida mobile browser technology - enables high quality video to be delivered to 3G mobile phones from internet web servers in a continuous stream, minimising waiting time
Airscan - automatically detects and tracks aircraft by capturing and identifying registration numbers at airports
Alphacron - an automated, integrated and compact turnkey system designed for the extraction and measurement of gases from mineral samples (joint venture with Patterson Instruments Pty Ltd to commercialise the system)
ASRIS (Australian Soil Resource Information System) - provides online access to the best available soil and land resource information in a consistent format across the nation
Auscope Grid - a grid, simulator and earth model system which provides an infrastructure to find and assess additional major mineral deposits buried under the regolith in Australia by improving the image of the subsurface – See Regolith geochemistry for mineral exploration
Australis - an accelerator mass spectrometry system for ultra sensitive trace element and isotopic studies
Bioclim - software, a bioclimate analysis and prediction system, based on continuous mathematical surfaces fitted to measured meteorological data
Biological control of a variety of fungus gnats on seedlings, hydroponically grown flowers and mushrooms using the entomopathologic nematodeSteinernema feltiae
Biological control of mimosine toxicity in grazing cattle by infusion with detoxifying rumen bacteria Synergistes jonesii – See Leucaena toxicity solution
Broadband Flow Imaging Technology - a blood flow imaging diagnostic ultrasound system; licensed to ATL Ultrasound (now Philips Ultrasound)
BuildingIQ - energy management system software that actively and continuously optimises a building's energy management control systems to achieve substantial reductions in energy usage
Burdekin-Fitzroy Project Web Mapping System - online interactive map which contains layers of geographic, geological and hydrological information
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CAAB (Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota) - continuously maintained and expanding 8-digit coding system
CARRS (Computer Automated Road Report System) - delivers information on traffic conditions customised to the driver's planned trip
CAR-Sonde - portable stand-alone atmospheric sounding system
CAS (Collision Avoidance Systems) - help reduce, if not eradicate, mine vehicle collisions by a 360 ° proximity detection system for large haul trucks
Catchment Care - a new auction-based system for distributing funds to the community for natural resource management; conducted by CSIRO and Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board
CMSS[external link] (Catchment Management Support System) - software designed to provide long term, broad area prediction of the impacts of different nutrient management strategies on water quality in Australian catchments
Cold Spray - a clever coating system that allows metallic, non-metallic powders or a mixture of them, to be sprayed onto surfaces at supersonic speed and at much lower temperatures than current thermal spray techniques; can revolutionise manufacturing of printing rollers – See New printing technology to benefit the environment, 2006 (Media Release)
CRANOS - sewage treatment system that reduces demand on potable water supplies and provides an alternative water source to irrigate parks, playing fields, gardens, homes and for use in industry; commercially available through ACTEW Corporation Ltd
CRISS (Controlled Release Infusion Substitute Systems) - develop injectable surfactant-based delivery vehicles for chemotherapy drugs; with Soltec Research and F.H. Faulding & Co
CSS TCP (Computational and Simulation Sciences Transformational Capability Platform) - technology to develop new methodologies to analyse and exploit large and complex datasets. It is part of the international research effort in what is sometimes called 'data-intensive computing'.
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DAD Drums and Display - operating system written by CSIRO staff for the CDC 3600 computer, installed in 1964. Subsystems were DAVE, MABEL, TED, RIOT.
Devil - software system that supports two satellite transmission protocols: Service Argos (Argos-2) and Iridium Short Burst Data maintained and distributed by Turo Technology Pty Ltd of Hobart
Digital Imaging Network - system that takes an image from any digital or analogue source and creates a link via a web site, enabling collaborative discussion
DINS (Diagnostic Imaging Network System) - system that will transfer images to a central database accessible to veterinary pathologists across Australia; in collaboration with Acitecta Pty Ltd
D-VASS (Dynamic-Vehicle Allocation and Scheduling System) - software, efficient booking system for car rental company THL Rentals Pty Ltd (Tourism Holdings Ltd)
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ECHIDNA™ - a ground-based laser scanning system that measures plot-based forest structure with unprecedented detail and provides a permanent record of a forest's three-dimensional structure at a given growth stage; scans a full hemisphere above the setup point, providing data that can be used for estimates of wood volume, stem form, biomass and canopy architecture
Elvin - a high performance, secure, publish-subscribe, distributed information notification software system for hardware vendors and system managers
E-Sheep - a walk-through weighing system enabling the natural behaviour of sheep is harnessed to automatically capture information about a sheep's weight, nutritional supplementation, feeding or drinking frequency and whereabouts
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Farming 2020 - a wireless network of low-power, durable sensors capable of monitoring land quality, and tracking livestock
Grapevine - software, a generalised intranet and web information delivery system that delivers information where the user is notified of only the most relevant and valuable sources
High Temperature Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) for Transient Electro-Magnetic (TEM) mineral prospecting - development commenced in 1991, was trialled by BHP-Billiton and following their withdrawal from further development, systems were built in collaboration with Falconbridge, a Canadian mining company – See LANDTEM
HORTA (Honeywell Ore Recovery and Tunnelling Aid) - navigation system
HyChips™ - a robotic spectrometer system for the rapid non-destructive determination of selected mineralogy derived from high quality reflectance spectra of drill chips and blast-hole samples in their original trays
HyLogging™ - tools that improve the efficiency, productivity and objectivity of logging by using reflectance spectroscopy to log the mineralogy of drill cores and chips
ICMS (Interactive Component Modeling System) - PC-based software product, developed to facilitate the rapid development and delivery of catchment science to catchment managers; implements a 'layered' approach to development, and delivery – See Interactive Component Modelling System - ICMS and ICMS main features
IDAS (Interactive Data Acquisition Software) - data collection system
Intelligent Plant - artificial intelligence being built into coal processing plants; developed with support from ACARP
Internet Market Places - technology, provides ability to share and combine information within a large organisation or across organisations; used for Sydney Information Highway Project
Interscan aircraft landing system - microwave approach and landing system for aircraft; allows curved approaches; manufactured by Interscan Australia
INTKEY - sophisticated software package for interactive identification and information retrieval – See DELTA taxonomic computer programs
Ion Exclusion Lactose Technology - cost-effective food processing system that minimises waste and maximises commercial use of by-products ; joint venture with University of Western Sydney (UWS) – See French say 'oui' to Aussie whey recycling, 2005 (Media Release)
KEBS (Kershaw Emergency Braking System) - conveyor belt mats unroll and trail beneath the wheels, halting them
KISSS (Capillary Irrigation Sub-Surface Systems) - a 'new' backyard sub-surface, irrigation dripper hose system for potable or treated greywater; combines existing drip lines with a new form of geotextile covering, to increase water efficiency and overall irrigation performance; manufactured and distributed by Irrigation & Water Technologies Pty Ltd; developed by CSIRO Land and Water, University of Western Sydney, University of Queensland, and Charles Sturt University
LASC (Longwall Automation System) - technology, non-exclusively licensed to Joy Mining Machinery Australasia and Inbye Mining Services for commercialisation; licensed to Joy Australasia, Inbye Mining services, Eickhoff Australia, Bucyrus Australia and the ZZM-KOPEX Group – See Manufacturers embrace longwall automation, 2009 (Media Release)
LFA (Landscape Function Analysis) System - monitors ecosystem health in the semi-arid rangelands, by identifying the way in which a landscape regulates resources such as water, nutrients, organic matter and propagules – See A remote sensing tool for monitoring landscape health (Achievement)
Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) - a mobile laser imaging system (upwards)
Lidar-STIL - laser imaging system mounted in aeroplanes for tuna spotting (downwards)
LITESLICE - computerised system enables railway operators to check rail track; licensed to Aldetec Pty Ltd
LITRES-2 - a software system that can simulate the operations of urban public transport services, in order to assess their likely performance; includes modules designed to aid in the implementation of demand-responsive transport services
LiveBoard - electronic liveboard technology allows 2 whiteboards set up in distant offices to work as one
MAGSAFE - a new system for locating and identifying submarines and mines using 3 SQUIDs (Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices); contract with DSTO
Mathematical tools for designing better spectacle lenses - a novel mathematical method was developed to analyse the curved surface of a lens and develop design tools which helped to find the best possible lens shape for the desired purpose – See CSIRO - Odd socks, spectacles and CSIRO maths, 2001 (Media Release)
MK3 Highwall Guidance System - uses a high-performance inertial navigation sensor to determine accurate 3D position in real-time using dead-reckoning principles – See Safe and sustainable coal mining (Overview - Research)
MMB (Methanol Multibeam) receiver - a 7-beam system jointly constructed by the ATNF (Australia Telescope National Facility) and Jodrell Bank Observatory in UK [external link]
MPCT (Minimal Pruning Of Cordon-Trained) vines system
NexSysTM - real-time risk management decision support system to be further developed by Mining Logic Solutions and trialled at the Grasstree mine; licensed to Mining Logic Solutions – See Mine safety system goes global, 2009 (Media Release)
NP-Opt (Nitrogen Phosphorus Optimisation System) - a computer model that helps forest managers improve fertiliser efficiency by identifying the radiata pine stands most likely to respond to specific fertiliser strategies; developed in collaboration with Auspine, ForestrySA and Green Triangle Forest Products
Online Dark Speck Detector for Nonwovens - a continuous computerised inspection system that provides accurate quality assurance in the production of nonwoven healthcare fabrics; commissioned by Textor Textile Technologies in 2007
RNAi (RNA interference) - one of the most fundamental gene control pathways in cells RNA interference is guided by double-stranded RNA and works by degrading target single stranded RNAs
RoadCrack system - classifies 1mm cracks in road pavements from vehicles travelling at 105 km/h
Safe-T-Cam - a world-leading technology aimed at improving road safety by monitoring transport; uses generic technology with broad applications in the vehicle operating and traffic law enforcement industry – See Safe-T-Cam: keeping an eye on the road (Solution)
SaltMap - remote airborne system mapping electromagnetic data reflecting regolith thickness and conductivity providing information on the spatial distribution of salt storage in the landscape – See Regolith geochemistry for mineral exploration
SEE Grid (Solid Earth and Environmental Sciences Grid) - a paradigm in internet technologies and computers
SenSys - remote access system for collecting and storing data from various sensors (e.g. oxygen, pH measurement); commercialised by Innov8, a Perth start-up company acting as global licensee – See Developing Technologies and Products (CSIRO Land and Water)
Sentinel Hotspots - a state-of-the-art internet-based satellite mapping system developed by CSIRO, the Department of Defence and Geoscience Australia to demonstrate the utility of rapid delivery satellite information for strategic bushfire management; designed to provide fire location data within an hour of NASA satellites detecting the hotspots, up to seven times a day – See Developing Technologies and Products (CSIRO Land and Water) and Locating bushfires as they happen (Soluton)
SESS Framework (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery) Framework - a scientifically based assessment and harvest strategy framework developed by CSIRO and provided to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to set Total Allowable Catch limits for 32 stocks and species for 2006 – See Fishery assessment in south-east Australia (Achievement)
SiroCirc - is a low-flow recirculation SIROFLO® system to provide a balanced flow of gas through a complex of bins at once. Unlike other recirculation systems it is effective in bins which are capped but not gas-tight – See SIROFLO®
SiroFume® - a new, low-cost, method of fumigating and protecting grain in sealed storages. It is an automatic top-up process that maintains a constant concentration of phosphine in grain – See SIROFLO®
SiroLog - a suite of instruments in use in Australia and overseas for exploration, mine planning and production; also being evaluated for its potential as an environmental management tool including the measurement of salt concentrations in soil as part of the assault on dryland salinity; includes hand-held instruments and other borehole logging probes based on natural gamma and gamma-gamma techniques – See Nuclear probe may be new weapon against acid mine drainage, salinity, 2002 (Media Release)
Taxiway Monitoring Unit (TMU) - uses laser rangefinder cameras to measure aircraft's lateral deviation from the taxiway centre-line, as well as its speed and type of aircraft; based at Sydney Airport
TEMS (Tube Eccentricity Measurement System) - makes on-line measurements of the eccentricity and minimum wall thickness and its orientation – See Detecting eccentric tubes, 2001 (Media Release)
TMC (Temperature Match Conditioning) System - state-of-the-art integrated temperature match conditioning system capable of simulating in-situ curing temperatures
Wane Detection System - automated trimming using machine vision; machine vision is also used extensively to scan timber boards for features and then this information is used to control saws to cut the timber in specific positions to increase the recovery of good timber while cutting out unwanted defects and wane
WASP (Wireless Ad hoc System for Positioning and sensing) - uses radio frequency tracking to overcome the limitations of conventional GPS which is usually not available at all within buildings and underground; developed to work with severe multipath interference and to operate in indoor environments with propagation through multiple walls – See Position Location Project (CSIRO ICT Centre)
Wool Sale-by-Sample - based on objective measurement of properties such as yield and fibre diameter (in the 1970s) and fibre length and strength, etc. (in the 1980s); replaced traditional subjective assessment resulting in better informed decisions on price and suitability for end use, and significant cost savings for the wool industry – See Objective measurement of wool
