MOBIUS lead and partner investigators, Professor Noushin Nasiri (Macquarie University) and Dr Bronwyn Darlington (Agscent), have been interviewed by the NSW Smart Sensing Network on how science and industry meet on the research translation ladder.

Their work focuses on translating advanced sensor science into on-farm tools through ongoing feedback between research and industry along the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) pathway.

The article outlines how they are collaborating to develop future agricultural sensing applications, including methane monitoring and early disease detection in livestock.

“The TRL journey is often shown as a neat progression from idea to product,” they say. “In reality, it is much more like a conversation.”

“Science moves forward, industry pulls it back to reality, and the problem becomes clearer. A field requirement may send the research team back to redesign a material. A sensor result may reveal a new commercial possibility. A challenge around humidity, selectivity, or sample variability may open a new scientific question.”

“In our collaboration, this back-and-forth has been one of the most valuable parts of the process. The science has not simply been “handed over” to industry; it has been shaped with industry from the beginning.”

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