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Your Office Air Can Make You Smarter
Workplace air quality has long been a point of contention, with that ‘too hot’, ‘too cold’, ‘too stuffy’ argument being a ubiquitous part of modern office politics.
But while these arguments have before seemed trivial, a series of recent reports show that air quality can make your workers less effective at best, and very sick, at worst.
Using IoT Technology to Support Pandemic Response
Adroit was approached by a US-based tech company to develop the software and a circuit board component for the fever scanner, which integrated with existing off the shelf hardware components to enable speed to market.
Catchment Water Monitoring for the Public Good
Adroit is delighted to be working with Mercury to facilitate real-time water quality monitoring at the Whirinaki catchment in South Waikato. The health of waterways in rural environments has become an urgent issue in recent years. Concern over potential health effects…
University of Otago Automates Marine Research Programme
Almost 60 years of manual measurement of Otago Harbour’s seawater by the University of Otago is now getting an important technology update thanks to Adroit. Measurements of ocean surface temperature have been collected manually at 09:00 AM daily since 1953…
Clean Water a Shared Ambition
Recent clean water legislation is putting new obligations onto farmers, and local and regional authorities to monitor and report water quality. Read how new IoT tools and connectivity networks have arrived just in time to assist in the challenge of cleaning up New Zealand’s waterways and aquafers.
Nitrates – A Growing Global Environmental Challenge
What role can technology play in improving the health of our rivers and aquifers?The news about nitrates in our water just gets worse.Adding to concerns about the health of our rivers and aquifers and the role of intensive agriculture in climate change, now a series...
Ulrich Frerk – guest speaker at Spark Innovation Studio
Data, in my opinion, plays the biggest role. IoT is only an enabler!Adroit founder Ulrich Frerk was delighted to be guest speaker at a Spark-hosted webinar – as part of the launch of the Spark Innovation Studio – talking about the present and future of IoT.Adroit’s...
Adroit Data Buoy ‘Murray’ Takes Centre at Spark Innovation Studio Launch
Adroit was featured as a key partner at the recent launch of the new Spark Innovation Studio in Auckland, showing off a new, high-tech data buoy designed for aquaculture monitoring. Spark launched the new Innovation Studio to support Kiwi businesses, helping them to...
Data buoy provides salinity monitoring for mussel farm harvesting compliance
Adroit has just deployed an innovative data buoy at the Westpac Mussel Farm in the Firth of Thames, now affectionately named ‘Murray’.Delivering accurate real-time salinity data for mussel harvest compliance. Shellfish aquaculture is a significant industry in New...
Adroit develops IoT cycleway monitoring solution using Bosch analytical cameras
Last month Adroit installed its first three IoT video sensors as part of a cycle traffic monitoring project. The project for a local city council saw the installation of Bosch camera equipment specifically designed to detect vehicles to assist in traffic management...