I friend of mine took a vacation to Africa recently and told me about the Rhinoceros's she saw. She thinks the rhinos are cute and beautiful and told me all about the rhino poaching that has been occurring for years.
Whether rhinos are cute or not, is I guess in the eye of the rhino lover. (you can vote if you would like. I guess the one above is cute.)
But this morning, I heard a news story regarding rhinos. And I had a passing thought about how IoT could be used to protect rhinos from illegal poaching.
So that's my design scenario.
Can you give me in 200 words or less give me a rough plan on how you would protect these cuddly rhinos (much cuter than cats I am told) from the big, bad poachers.
Here are some general thoughts:
While you would need to do some research, my guess is this IoT system would span a very large geographical area. So, there would probably be a lot of remote sensors. How would they be powered in the wild. What kind of wireless or wired connectivity would you select? A direct link or a few hops to the network?
Now this is not your dream board or dream IoT system design. So, you have to consider that the poachers may not like this Big Brother machine watching over them and reporting on their illegal activities. So, how would you physically protect the system? Finally, what would be the most cost-effective approach? Given that there is not profit motive here, someone who is a rhino lover is going to have to pony up the cash to finance this rhino-poaching preventer!
So give me you best 200 words or less on how you would design this IoT system.