Speaking at a roundtable discussion with representatives from the Singapore Government held at the Australian High Commission, Peter Kambouris, Business Development and Commercialisation for the Federal Government’s lead research agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO), said that several areas of the Australian economy would be impacted by the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN).
“Health is going to be a game changer here and with the help of the NSW government we’ve been developing telemedicine and telepresence systems, actually running clinical trials where we can do remote consultations and there’s no difference in the outcomes to a one-on-one,” he said.
“This device is able to improve revisitations from cardiac surgery by 30 per cent - every time someone goes back into hospital, it’s 40,000 dollars.
“This affects the life of the person that’s being re-admitted and the impact on the family.”
Kambouris was one of eight delegates from industry and government taking part in Austrade’s Digital Economy and Broadband Applications Mission to Japan, Korea and Singapore, which also included the National ICT Agency (NICTA) and the Queensland Government.
He said that mining giant Rio Tinto had already implemented remotely-operated machinery in one of its Australian mines using broadband-enabled technology.
“Having the ability to have symmetrical broadband systems means you can operate a piece of equipment from an air-conditioned office in another city,” he said.
“The key thing for the NBN is symmetry – you’ve got autonomous vehicles, you need information coming back to you pretty quickly – they have real time map generation, real time navigation, the ability to make decisions… this is about assisted autonomy.”
Kambouris said that such technology was being successfully migrated to other parts of the economy such as agriculture.
“Using the leading industries to build a demonstration, and migrating that is very effective,” he said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Rob O'Brien
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 29.10.2010
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