Critical infrastructure and civil resilience

  • Watching a forest for wildfire: a reference design

    In a remote forest, the earliest minutes of a fire decide what follows. This reference design shows how a wildfire observing site can watch for smoke, measure fire weather the way agencies already use it, and…

  • Observing a transmission corridor: a reference design

    A high-voltage line is limited by heat, sag and the ground beneath it. This reference design shows how a transmission corridor observing site can watch the conductor, the weather on the line and the vegetation below,…

  • Observing a mountain valley: a reference design

    In a mountain valley, snow, slope and weather change faster than any one observer can follow. This reference design shows how a valley observing site watches them together, works around the terrain, and keeps deciding when…

  • Observing in the Arctic: a reference design

    An Arctic observing station has to measure a fast-changing region with no grid, no fibre and months without sun. This reference design shows how one station can do that, budget every watt and keep its record…