Coviu brings easy digital consultations to rural and regional Australians. The cloud-based healthcare tool makes visiting your doctor possible online. It's a video consultation platform that removes the need for you to be physically present at consultations. There are features like interactive whiteboards and the ability to share images, files and x-rays. As a result, clinicians can easily explain diagnoses and procedures. Coviu is a spinout of CSIRO's Data61, and one of the first companies to receive investment from the Innovation Fund managed by Main Sequence Ventures. https://blog.csiro.au/coviu-aussie-tech-improving-rural-healthcare/

In a world-first, a man in the US received a replacement heart valve made from a special biomedical polymer developed by CSIRO researchers. Biomedical polymers are special because they must seamlessly integrate into the complex systems of the human body. The polymer material and the design of this valve mimics a natural human valve. The polymer is robust enough to sustain the constant vigorous pulsing required of a healthy aortic valve. And it’s capable of lasting decades without calcification, risk of clotting or damage to red blood cells.https://blog.csiro.au/how-do-you-mend-a-broken-heart/?

A prototype solar powered portable dialysis machine being developed in Australia has the potential to revolutionise the way kidney treatment is delivered.  The breakthrough is that medical grade water can be made on a kitchen table. The system has a distillation unit which can sterilise water from any source. https://neweconomy.media/2019/10/14/portable-affordable-solar-powered-dialysis-all-in-the-comfort-of-home/

Israeli innovators have redesigned the world’s most successful and expensive cancer-killing radiotherapy machine, reducing its massive size and making it more affordable for more countries – including Australia. https://neweconomy.media/2019/10/15/israeli-scientists-new-cancer-killing-radiotherapy-technology/

Aussies love their prawns and we grow some of the best and biggest prawns in the world. Farmers spend a lot of time and effort monitoring their ponds and making sure the water conditions keep their prawns healthy and thriving. Currently, monitoring water quality for most farms is very slow and labour intensive. State-of-the-art wearable and hands-free technologies are changing the game. New tech from CSIRO gives farmers immediate pond-side understanding of key water quality parameters and trends. It takes live sensor data captured in ponds and uses machine learning to forecast key water quality variables 24 hours into the future. It will help the farmers get early notification if the water quality starts to change for the worse - a world first for prawn farming. https://blog.csiro.au/game-on-using-augmente