biophony sensor housing system

outerspace designers collaborated with procept to develop a protective housing system for electronic sensors that monitor the health and biodiversity of an environment using high definition acoustics.

Duration

3 months

industry

Agriculture and Environment

expertise

Industrial Design

The sensors capture and process audio information emitted from insects and birds in orchards, and transmit data wirelessly to a network gateway.

We designed a housing system that protects the sensitive electronic equipment and withstands the damaging effects of extremes in weather, ultra violet light, water ingress and insect invasion.

We made it user friendly and easy to install and operate by technicians working in the field.

We developed a cradle design for the system, to make it reliable and easy to mount onto a tree or pole in an orchard or farming property.

We engineered the case for low volume production and detailed the design to accommodate and protect the electronics safely and effectively in the field.

"outerspace proved to be the ideal partner working closely with our hardware design, manufacturing and software teams around the world to realise our vision"

“Our long association with outerspace has delivered substantial benefits to our development process. This has resulted in medical products that now receive international attention and are achieving record sales.”

“A broad range of industry experience from the outerspace team challenged our assumptions and led to a much better design solution.”