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IoT sensor on Communication mast

corel_draw
corel_draw 8 months ago

Hi,

I am working on a pilot use case of AI-IoT  and I would appreciate feedback.

In particular, I am looking at the feasibility of deploying IoT sensors/sensors on communication mast - these sensors might be gateways that connect to 
other distributed low-cost  sensors within a locality. The usage of this sensor network could range from air quality monitoring, traffic analysis (for example
using Bluetooth signals), waste management etc. My questions

  1. Are there potential pitfalls (technical and otherwise) of this system or better ways to rethink the system ?
  2. If deployed in a local area as a paid  service, can the model sustain itself and also generate revenue
  3. Is this a totally irrelevant idea and doomed to fail.

    Thank you!
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  • obones
    obones 8 months ago +3
    You mean, you want to come 5 to 10 years late to the LoRaWan market? In my area, all the water meters are remotely read and they use LoRaWan repeaters located on street signs or lamppost every 50 to…
  • BigG
    BigG 8 months ago in reply to obones +3 verified
    There are other companies like Birdz scattered around the world.All doing similar things. Key is customer engagement to get "locked in". You can also leverage open source to do it: https://meshtastic…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett 8 months ago +2
    Definitely 3, adding AI to any acronym is a full guarantee of failure. MK
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    0 michaelkellett 8 months ago

    Definitely 3,

    adding AI to any acronym is a full guarantee of failure.

    MK

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    0 corel_draw 8 months ago in reply to michaelkellett

    True! for the AI part. Though this is not necessarily always the case. In this instance, we could just assume AI to be a fancier name for machine learning.
    For definitely 3, would you kindly enlighten me more - in particular what might be missing.

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    0 michaelkellett 8 months ago in reply to corel_draw

    The crux of it has already been expressed by  obones 

    This kind of venture needs serious money invested for the long term. Many large and competent organisations are already well into this kind of business.

    To compete you would need to be able to match the resources they can bring to bear or have a brilliant and novel idea.

    But it's the resources that really matter - brilliant ideas are cheap and plentiful.

    MK

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    0 michaelkellett 8 months ago in reply to corel_draw

    The crux of it has already been expressed by  obones 

    This kind of venture needs serious money invested for the long term. Many large and competent organisations are already well into this kind of business.

    To compete you would need to be able to match the resources they can bring to bear or have a brilliant and novel idea.

    But it's the resources that really matter - brilliant ideas are cheap and plentiful.

    MK

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    0 corel_draw 8 months ago in reply to michaelkellett

    yes, very correct.
    By and large, existing and well established companies target high-end customers .
    In this case, there is room for targeting low-end customers.
    This has always been proven to be a solid business strategy and gives the opportunity to draw in customers in the high-end.

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