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Activities | A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment

1. Using sensor data from the Great Barrier Reef

2. Helping sensor technology with biomimetics: Research assignment

Other activities

  • Higher Education Authority (Ireland)

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
    • Rain sensor – students build a rain sensor and discuss basic sensor technology

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
    • Keeping watch on coral reefs – students learn about threats to coral reefs. They then use satellite data to assess the ‘alert level’ of reefs and discuss the value of environmental monitoring programs.

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