AETHERLINK

INTELLIGENT · INDEPENDENT · INDISPENSABLE
100% AUSTRALIAN OWNED · BUILT IN TASMANIA
aetherlink.au

INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTUREFOR A SAFER TASMANIA

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST · FULL-STACK · SATELLITE-CONNECTED · MULTI-LAYER WILDLIFE PROTECTION NETWORK

AetherLink is an intelligent, AI-powered infrastructure network designed to protect wildlife and travellers across Tasmania's most remote and dangerous roads — sensing, deciding, and alerting in real time. Built to scale — from its first working nodes, to a 120-node Tasmanian pilot, to a global wildlife-protection grid.

AI-POWERED DETECTION

Edge AI detects wildlife, hazards, and environmental risks in real-time — 24/7.

OFF-GRID INDEPENDENCE

Solar-powered with lithium storage for continuous operation in any conditions.

RAILWAY PROTECTION

Equally deployable on rail corridors — protecting wildlife and infrastructure across Australia.

BUILT FOR TASMANIA

Engineered to withstand extreme weather, terrain, and isolation.

SENTINEL NODE · 4.5 m SMART POLE
🛰️
Comms Head
Dual-satellite uplink · long-range mesh
🧠
Edge AI
Edge AI compute + neural accelerator · on-device · <200 ms
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Sensor Array
Radar + thermal + bioacoustic · GNSS timing · up to 150 m · 33 species
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Deterrent Halo
RGB + UV LED · high-freq + ground vibration · predator-call playback
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Power
Solar + battery · smart MPPT charge · 7-day autonomy
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Base Enclosure
316 marine steel · IP67 · −20 → 60 °C · 220 kg
Designed & built in Tasmania · Model AF-4500
COMMS Dual-Sat Mesh · GNSS Edge AI + NPU SENSORS mmWave radar Thermal · Bio 33 species POWER BATTERY OFF-GRID DETERRENT DRIVE AETHERLINK MODEL: AF-4500 4.5m · 220kg · IP67 DESIGNED & BUILT IN TASMANIA SOLAR PANEL Heavy-duty monocrystalline · off-grid 360° HALO Full-perimeter light deterrent COMMS Dual-satellite + LoRa mesh · no cell EDGE AI On-device species ID in milliseconds SENSORS Radar + thermal + sound, cross-checked POWER Solar + battery · 7-day autonomy DETERRENT DRIVE Species-tuned sound + ground vibration ENCLOSURE 316 marine steel · IP67 · 4.5 m

PROTECTING TASMANIA'S LIFELINE

THE LYELL HWY CORRIDOR

AetherLink builds a digital safety buffer where there is no other coverage.

THE LYELL HWY AERODROME RD
SAFETY BUFFER · PREVENTION ZONE
HAZARD ZONE · AI DETECTED
AETHER-FORTRESS SMART NODE

THE TECH STACK

Best-in-class hardware. Australian-built. Every component named, every layer earned.
OFF-THE-SHELF
SENSOR ARRAY
mmWAVE · THERMAL · BIO
  • Long-range radar · all-weather
  • Thermal + bioacoustic mic
  • Cross-validated · 33 species
OFF-THE-SHELF
GNSS TIMING
PRECISION
  • Sub-metre positioning
  • Nanosecond network timing
  • Sensor-fusion sync
OFF-THE-SHELF
EDGE AI COMPUTE
+ NEURAL ENGINE
  • On-device AI inference
  • Low-power · sub-200ms
  • Open hardware
OFF-THE-SHELF
DETERRENT HALO
LED · ACOUSTIC · VIBE
  • RGB + UV LED ring
  • High-freq + ground vibration
  • Predator-call playback
OFF-THE-SHELF
LONG-RANGE MESH
SUB-GHz
  • Node-to-node local mesh
  • 20–80ms coordination
  • No cellular needed
OFF-THE-SHELF
SATELLITE UPLINK
ROUTINE · LEO
  • Routine telemetry uplink
  • Event-log + learning sync
  • Ultra-low power
OFF-THE-SHELF
REDUNDANT SAT
CRITICAL · GLOBAL
  • Real-time critical events
  • Independent global network
  • Can't be cut off
OFF-THE-SHELF
OFF-GRID POWER
SOLAR + BATTERY
  • Solar-charged
  • 7-day autonomy
  • Off-grid anywhere

THREE LAYERS. ZERO HARM.

Wildlife gets three chances to be safe before any vehicle contact is possible.
1
LAYER 1 · DETECTION

MULTI-MODAL DETECTION

  • mmWave radar detects up to 150 m out — any weather, total darkness
  • Thermal imaging wakes to classify the species
  • Bioacoustic array confirms it by sound
  • Two senses must agree before anything fires — no false alarms
IN FIELD · 2027
2
LAYER 2 · DETERRENT

SPECIES-AWARE SENTINEL HALO™

  • Light + sound + ground vibration + predator-call playback
  • Tuned to the detected species
  • Variants rotated so animals never habituate
  • Gently turns the animal back before the road
IN FIELD · 2027
3
LAYER 3 · DRIVER ALERT

6-TIER DRIVER-ALERT NET

If an animal keeps coming despite the halo, a parallel safety net warns the driver across six independent channels at once — every driver reached, regardless of device or coverage:

  • 🚘V2X · vehicle-to-everything direct
  • 🍎CarPlay & Android Auto in-dash
  • 📱WildGuard companion app
  • 🪧Smart Signage roadside LED
  • 🛰️Satellite direct-to-device
  • 📻FM / DAB Radio in-car alert
IN FIELD · 2027

THE DRIVER & OPERATOR LAYER

Real-time alerts in the cab. Real-time operations in the centre. One network.

WILDGUARD

wildguard.app
MOBILE APP · CARPLAY · ANDROID AUTO

Real-time wildlife alerts and hazard warnings in the cab. Linked to every Sentinel node on the corridor.

0:415G · SAT
CarPlay Alert
⚠
HAZARD DETECTED
TASMANIAN DEVIL
120m AHEAD · REDUCE SPEED
LYELL HWY · NODE AF-021
0:415G · SAT
Driver Dashboard
✓ NO ACTIVE HAZARDS
Drive Safe
NEARBY
3
OFFLINE
0
ROAD
GOOD
TRAFFIC
LIGHT
CURRENT SPEED
80km/h
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Species-level alerts with distance + speed advisory
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CarPlay + Android Auto hands-free overlay
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Offline-resilient via satellite D2D when cell drops
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Community report roadkill or hazard in two taps

MISSION COMMAND CENTRE

NETWORK OPERATIONS · REAL-TIME INSIGHTS

Concept preview — designed to show every Sentinel node, every incident, every species event across the whole corridor once the pilot deploys in 2027.

PREVIEW
120
PLANNED NODES
3
CORRIDORS
45
KM COVERAGE
33
SPECIES
NETWORK MAP · TASMANIA
INCIDENT FEED · PREVIEW
ANIMAL DETECTED CRIT
Lyell Hwy · 130m · 12:41
VEHICLE STOPPED WARN
Aerodrome Rd · 2.3km · 12:38
SPECIES VALIDATED INFO
Devil · Node AF-021 · 12:36
NETWORK HEALTH
98%
RESPONSE TIME
<80ms
SPECIES EVENTS · 24H
412
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Network ops status view of all 120 planned pilot nodes (post-deployment)
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AI hazard prediction per corridor & species
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Heat maps hot-spots and high-risk zones
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Council & transport agency data exports

THE AETHER-FORTRESS™

4.5m SMART POLE · ALL-IN-ONE EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE

Purpose-built for the harshest environments. A self-sufficient, AI-powered edge node designed to sense, think, and protect — 24/7.

4.5m
HEIGHT
316
MARINE STEEL
IP67
WEATHER
-40 → 60°C
OPERATING TEMP
DUAL-SAT
BACKHAUL

AETHERLINK

INTELLIGENT · INDEPENDENT · INDISPENSABLE
100% AUSTRALIAN OWNED DESIGNED · BUILT · OPERATED
IN FIELD · 2027
aetherlink.au
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