News & Research

• April 2, 2026

Rhino Instruments is exhibiting at the 2026 Australian Organics Recycling Association national conference. As always we like to have...

• March 25, 2026

Proud to see Rhino Instruments featured in the City of Greater Geelong’s Clean Economy Investment Prospectus. The prospectus highlights...

• February 28, 2026

Big milestone. Rhino Instruments Pty Ltd incorporated (ACN 695 096 658). Prior to this, Rhino Instruments was a trading...

• December 1, 2025

Here’s a peek at the first batch-production run of RM2 units. Built, tested, and confirmed functional. They’re the actual...

• October 15, 2025

RM2 units are being deployed to trial sites across Victoria as part of the LaunchVic-funded Agtech Grants Program. The...

• September 2, 2025

With funding from the City of Greater Geelong’s Clean Economy Grant program, Rhino Instruments has been able to take...

• August 7, 2025

Had a great chat with Sam O’Reilly on the Ascend Your Story podcast by Ascent Media. We covered the...

• July 26, 2025

Three years of field testing, compliance, and customer feedback between these two devices. The RM1 did the hard work...

• July 25, 2025

We got out the DSLR this month to capture the RM2 in all it’s orange glory. Have you every...

• June 20, 2025

Provisional patent filed with IP Australia for our Battery Management System for Mixed-Capacity Rechargeable Battery Cell Reuse. A very...

• April 30, 2025

We’ve been successful in our application to LaunchVic for the Agtech Grants Program. The funding means we’ll be able...

• March 26, 2025

A good six years ago one of our earliest prototypes (SD-003) came back dead and completely wet inside. Since...

• January 30, 2025

Out at the City of Greater Geelong’s Anakie Garden Organics Processing Facility scouting for a spot for the RM2...

• August 20, 2024

We’re getting pretty cutting-edge this time round – The RM2 enclosure is 3D printed in stainless steel. It has...

• May 24, 2024

Introduction The rise of lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries has revolutionised the way we power our devices, from smartphones to electric...

• May 20, 2024

The City of Greater Geelong has awarded us a Clean Economy Grant for development of the next-generation RM2 and...

• May 14, 2024

We disassembled 50 discarded lithium-ion battery (LIB) packs for our Sustainability Victoria supported grant investigating the commercial potential of...

• May 13, 2024

We have found that a shocking volume of lithium-ion battery (LIB) waste has potential for a second life powering...

• April 4, 2024

First a quick above ground run through of how I built the sensor and a test showing temperature response....

• March 19, 2024

Last night I was invited to pitch an idea to some people in Europe about the RM1 and our...

• February 29, 2024

Like so many great stories, ours started with “Sure it hasn’t been done, but how hard could it really...

• December 10, 2023

This feels like somewhat of a confession, our remote temperature monitor is actually an open environmental monitoring station –...

• September 15, 2023

Raj presented Rhino Instruments at the ACASE NEXUS 2023 Pitch Competition at the Park Hyatt Melbourne. The pitch walked...

• June 25, 2023

Here’s my presentation with Andrew Lucas from the City of Greater Geelong, co-presenting at the 2023 Australian Organics Recycling...

• May 4, 2023

The RM1 was showcased at Deakin University’s Advanced Manufacturing Showcase as an example of locally designed and manufactured environmental...

• February 22, 2023

Our partnership with Central Queensland University and Green Solutions Wide Bay got some airtime on 7NEWS Wide Bay. It’s...

• February 13, 2023

As the co-founder of Rhino Instruments, the home-grown Australian manufacturer of extremely robust environmental monitoring equipment, I’m thrilled to...

• December 1, 2022

Moore’s Law is a well known trope in tech circles but I typed ‘Wozniak’s Law’ into Google and all...

• November 1, 2022

With the launch of our final pilot with the City of Greater Geelong’s Green Waste Processing Facility I wanted...

• November 1, 2022

With so much media coverage announcing our final pilot at the City of Greater Geelong’s Green Waste Processing Facility,...

• October 27, 2022

Our first post should probably be about the media coverage and influx of interest and enquiries from this month’s...