New Federal Government funding has been granted to a locally-designed high-tech anti-fatigue device.

Details are out for projects granted funds from the Federal Government's innovation package.

Part of the funding will be distributed by Unearthed – a company that helps “high-growth potential companies” introduce innovation into the mining, oil and gas sectors.

One local company that has been working with Unearthed is RestAlert – which is run Dr Felicity Millman.

Dr Millman founded the company to advance fatigue management - a major safety issue in the resource and logistics sectors.

“We take info from 'wearable tech', so products Fitbit, Misfit, and other commercially available wearable devices,” Dr Millman said in a recent interview with the ABC.

“We then get that information, and analyse it out in the cloud using some algorithms we've created, we look at information about sleep, and provide information back about fatigue.”

She said fatigue was a particularly dangerous condition, as many are unaware that it is affecting them.

“It's like drinking alcohol,” Dr Millman said.

“People end up at the bar after six beers and say; ‘I'm not drunk’, and the same thing happens with fatigue.

“It can happen slowly and people don't realise, so RestAlert gives them, and employers, advanced warning to say; ‘Hold on, this is when you need to stop’.”

Dr Millman said launching a tech start-up requires the ability to change and always work hard.

“The sheer time and effort that it takes, I can't state it enough,” she said.

“It's not just the time, it's the effort, it's the right connections, it's learning from people around you and being able to actually change on the run.

“And I don't think that's something that's stated enough in what start-ups require you to do.

“You don't just get a business plan and say I'm going to do step by step by step.

“You've got to be prepared to change [your plans] so quickly which I think is so different too other sectors of business.”