AI and IoT analytics protect people and koalas

As Earth Day approaches, we continue to see the impact of climate change everywhere. In eastern Australia, this impact can feel biblical.

Severe rain in February and March of this year has caused some of the worst flooding in history. At least 20 people have died, and tens of thousands of homes and businesses have been inundated.

Attentis, an Australian technology firm, has designed and manufactured a range of intelligent sensors that provide local officials and emergency response teams with real-time information and monitoring. These sensors are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning from SAS, the leader in analytics.

The sensor networks help monitor, measure and mitigate many of the effects of climate change, from fire ignition to flooding to air quality, soil and environmental health, and much more.

Attentis' multi-sensors are now equipped with AI-embedded SAS IoT analytics so that local officials, for the first time, can identify conditions and environmental factors – such as fire ignitions and rapid water-level rise – and respond immediately, while continuing to measure and monitor live environmental conditions to aid situational awareness.