{"id":37357,"date":"2023-10-20T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/miner-indiscretions-hackathon-winner-sends-out-clothes-and-equipment-misuse-alerts-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:49:38","slug":"miner-indiscretions-hackathon-winner-sends-out-clothes-and-equipment-misuse-alerts-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/miner-indiscretions-hackathon-winner-sends-out-clothes-and-equipment-misuse-alerts-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Miner indiscretions: Hackathon winner sends out clothes and equipment misuse alerts – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smartphone alerts for miners who misuse equipment was the winning idea at a resources sector hackathon held in Melbourne last weekend.<\/p>\n

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The Unearthed hackathon<\/a> was part of International Mining and Resources Conference and saw teams from across Australia employ engineering and creative thinking to solve a real-world mining problem inside 54 hours.<\/p>\n

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The winning team, Personal Protective Equipment of Things (PPE of Things), was made up of RMIT University students and CSIRO scientists.<\/p>\n

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They used Bluetooth sensors to track whether mining site clothing and equipment was being worn and operated properly. Mobile phone alerts can then be sent in real-time if hazardous situations occur.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey put sensors the helmets as well as on protective glasses,\u201d Unearthed community manager Mikey Kailis says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you removed them off your head, even to put them on the ground, a message or alarm will say \u2018you are on a mining site, you can\u2019t remove your uniform\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kailis says safety is a major priority on mining sites and needs to be taken seriously, and that the alerts would protect miners as well as inform management about breaches of procedure.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a relevant challenge in this day and age,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to be able to address it quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Victorian resources minister Lily D\u2019Ambrosio praised the PPE of Things for coming up with a low-cost, high-tech way of boosting personnel safety on mine sites.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnearthed is an innovative way to combine bright minds, leading technology and industry experience to come up with solutions to our real-world mining problems,\u201d D\u2019Ambrosio says.<\/p>\n

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Kailis would like to see more innovation in the resources sector.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCompanies want to embrace it, they just don\u2019t know how,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s why we started this program. We can educate these companies about what they can gain from taking part in a hackathon event.\u201d<\/p>\n

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