[tech] Fwd: Re: Building a little team of interest - Internet of things base station application

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So the base station setup that I spoke about with Prof. Marc Tennant last year was just completed. Anyone interested in doing stuff with it, best to contact him directly.
-------- Original message --------From: "Marc Tennant (IRCOHE.net)" <marc at ircohe.net> Date: 30/3/18  5:27 pm  (GMT+08:00) To: Chris Forbes <21153308 at student.uwa.edu.au> Subject: Re: Building a little team of interest - Internet of things base station application 
Dear Chris,Today is a big day - not just as it is Easter.  Today the two LoRaWAN base-stations are coming live at UWA (One at Crawley - live this morning, the other at Shenton park - and has some tweeks to go to come fully live).  Please, if any of the team are keen to investigate more we can connect you to the right people.  This is a real opportunity for free to use some great new technology solutions.
With Kind WishesMarc

On 23 August 2017 at 09:50, Chris Forbes <21153308 at student.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
I can come at around 12.
Thanks,Chris Forbes
-------- Original message --------From: Marc Tennant <marc.tennant at gmail.com> Date: 23/8/17  8:24 am  (GMT+08:00) To: Christopher Forbes <21153308 at student.uwa.edu.au> Subject: Re: Building a little team of interest - Internet of things base station application 
Mate,Would be great to chat.  Thanks for writing back.
Today is good - I have space between 11:30 and 13:30 - tell me a time that suits you.
BTW, my office is located in Anatomy - map at tensoft.net/EA/Office.php
With Kind Wishesmarc
On 23 August 2017 at 01:20, Christopher Forbes <21153308 at student.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
Dear Marc,
Thank you for your email, it sounds like an interesting idea! Would I be able to come have a chat tomorrow or Thursday about this? 
Regards,
Chris ForbesUCC President
On 20 August 2017 at 08:44, Marc Tennant <marc.tennant at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Computer club,​I am a professor at UWA and want to share maybe something you guys might like to be part off.
I have a little idea that I was hoping you might like to be part off (support an application to UWA to support).  I have been an avid reader and fan of the Internet of Things principle (mainly around keeping elderly safe in their houses for longer!).  There is this system called LoRa, in short, is like wifi but very low volume of data flow (ie for Machines to send ​signals to other machines) but the neat thing is that one "base-station" covers about 5km!!!  Its not hard to cover an entire city (Amsterdam did it with just 10 base stations!​ https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/#.tnw_1m58zgpj ​).  Perth is just starting to have some base station - check out https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/ and I was thinking we work collaboratively with this community group - they seem well organised.  I have chatted with them.
The base stations cost less than $1500 so not bank-breaking.  They look like a small box attached to an external wall - see one at https://www.multitech.com/brands/multiconnect-conduit-ip67  and then joined to the internet (blue cable).  Nothing more.
My reasoning to write is that I was thinking we might get a little group of like minded people together and go to UWA community partnering (http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/engage/community-partnership-program#about) and ask if they would support the installation of one.  As the area around UWA has no cover (see map below).  And for me it was obvious the best young minds of innovation live, work and learn around UWA!!  Its an obvious community infrastructire addition to be cutting edge.
Once you have the cover you can then build/deploy any sorts of little sensor thingo's (they are very cheap $30) and build your own sensors that can connect securely (all the protocols​/frequencies etc​ are internationally agreed) that can send messages that you can then have app's websites etc monitor.  One great example I have seen is flooding monitoring!  It works inside and outside so you can even have things like fridge monitors!  It really allows you to connect anything you like to the internet.  Oh and the reverse is doable too - you can send messages to things (turn lights on and off).
I do hope the idea might have some resonance to you being part of the team to ask UWA.  Its a great opportunity for adding to the fabric of Perth, involving students and staff in a developing area of technology.  Oh and as always have a bit of fun.

Happy to chat more (but please tech questions I will pass onto the guru's),WIth Kind WishesMarc

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