<div dir="ltr">I don't really know what the practical usage of this stuff is but it might be a good idea? I'm assuming the cost would be at least in part covered by the university.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Marc Tennant</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.tennant@gmail.com">marc.tennant@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: 20 August 2017 at 08:44<br>Subject: Building a little team of interest - Internet of things base station application<br>To: <a href="mailto:president@ucc.asn.au">president@ucc.asn.au</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Computer club,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">I am a professor at UWA and want to share maybe something you guys might like to be part off.</div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">signals</div> 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!<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"> <a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/#.tnw_1m58zgpj" target="_blank">https://thenextweb.com/insider<wbr>/2015/08/19/the-things-network<wbr>-wants-to-make-every-city-<wbr>smart-starting-with-amsterdam/<wbr>#.tnw_1m58zgpj</a> </div>). Perth is just starting to have some base station - check out <a href="https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/" target="_blank">https://www.thethingsnetwo<wbr>rk.org/community/perth/</a> and I was thinking we work collaboratively with this community group - they seem well organised. I have chatted with them.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 <a href="https://www.multitech.com/brands/multiconnect-conduit-ip67" target="_blank">https://www.multitech.com/b<wbr>rands/multiconnect-conduit-ip6<wbr>7</a> and then joined to the internet (blue cable). Nothing more.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 (<a href="http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/engage/community-partnership-program#about" target="_blank">http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/eng<wbr>age/community-partnership-prog<wbr>ram#about</a>) 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.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">/frequencies etc</div> 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).</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Happy to chat more (but please tech questions I will pass onto the guru's),</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">WIth Kind Wishes</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Marc</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Winthrop Professor </span><b style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Marc Tennant</b><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">BDSc MSc(prelim) PhD (WAust) FCHSM FRACDS (GDP) Hon FICD FADI FOHE<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Director (and Founder), International Research Collaborative - Oral Health and Equity<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy Nedlands Western Australia 6009<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Office location (using <a href="https://map.what3words.com" target="_blank">https://map.what3words.com</a>): owls.battle.pipes<br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:E%3Amarc.tennant@uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">E:marc.tennant@uwa.edu.au</a><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">E: (private):<a href="mailto:marc@tensoft.net" target="_blank">marc@tensoft.net</a><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">PGP Public Key: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ms885wd" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/ms885w<wbr>d</a><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">M: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%280%29409%20202%20496" value="+61409202496" target="_blank">+61 (0)409 202 496</a></font></div></div></div></div>
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