Partnering with BYU and Colorado School of Mines for Geological Surveys

Surveys are helpful for emerging countries like East Timor for agriculture, city planning, and resource discovery.

I have been working closely with BYU and Colorado School of Mines to develop a portfolio of remote sensing hardware that will make doing geological surveys dramatically cheaper and easier. Current equipment is outdated, slow, expensive, and comes from a few vendors which makes doing surveys labor intensive and difficult.

The implications are enormous - emerging countries like East Timor can more effectively do surveys they need to develop, and this technology is also useful for urban planning, agriculture, and geological surveys.

Drone technology has become vastly more affordable in the last decade, which makes them perfect for carrying lightweight sensor payloads.

Drones are ideal for sweeps of terrain where hyperspectral imagery can assist in identifying various flora, fauna, and mineral types.

Arrays of lightweight sensors can detect structures deep underground without the need for bulky and invasive seismometers. This is useful for sensitive archeological surveys.