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The worst fire danger spots will be much easier to identify, thanks to revolutionary new technology being developed at the Australian National University.

The idea is to put equipment the size of a shoe-box into space. On it would be sensors able to detect how wet or dry patches of ground or forest were right down to 10-metre stretches.

Fenner scientist Dr Marta Yebra spoke with the Canberra Times, read more at their website.