Bevan Slattery is arguably Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs of the last 20 years. He thinks he has one more start-up in him, and has big plans for reviving coral reefs.
Already a subscriber?Serial tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has revealed his next – and likely final – start-up: a research centre that will use artificial intelligence and underwater robots to try to build 1 million square metres of new reef in a decade.
“We are looking to create new reefs that will connect to existing reefs to act as lifeboats for the continued growth of that ecosystem,” Mr Slattery said.On land, PACER’s researchers have created a “digital twin” – a virtual model of the man-made reefs – to simulate how the new structures and coral will fare in the wild. The goal is to develop a “highly scalable and repeatable process” that can be deployed in different environments.“It’s almost no different to building data centres.
In 2017, the team expanded its science and research efforts, launching the Biopixel Oceans Foundation, which has published over 60 scientific papers and contributed footage to 30 international documentaries.PACER will bring together scientists from Biopixel and James Cook University at a new facility at the university’s Cairns campus.
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