GUIA will develop a mine monitoring system to help prevent dangerous accidents.

University of Arizona (UA) has spun out mine monitoring system developer GUIA with an undisclosed sum of funding from the Asset Development Program for UA-owned intellectual properties.

The Asset Development Program is managed by Tech Launch Arizona, UA’s tech transfer office, which also helped organise GUIA’s legal and operational affairs.

GUIA is developing a mine monitoring suite called Smart that tracks worker health and safety, mine air quality and ground stabilisation, as well as communication and asset geolocation.

The technology…