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Well not really. I stay in a place where water drought is a looming dark cloud on the horizon, so from that perspective.. 1. Affordable device that harvests wa
by achow 8y ago
Well not really. I stay in a place where water drought is a looming dark cloud on the horizon, so from that perspective..
1. Affordable device that harvests water from air
Water wastage is a huge problem, so..
2. IoT devices that detects leakages in main pipes
3. IoT water meters for individual apartments in housing societies. One of the major problem is water is not metered per households in large apartments, so there is very less incentive to repair leakages (flush etc.) or use water carefully the same way as metered electricity.
4. Rain water harvesting
5. Home water purifier
I maybe missing many more obvious ones but sure there would be many more if one gives this problem space deeper thought.
- ElBarto 8y agoNot everything can be solved by IoT/AI/blockchain...
- achow 8y agoInclusion of the term "IoT" was deliberate, monitoring water (distribution, use, misuse, quality) remotely and at a scale precisely is the problem that IoT can solve.
- ForHackernews 8y agoThere's no "IoT" problem here. You can have plenty of automated systems monitoring your infrastructure without the security nightmare of making them accessible on the public internet.
- trashcan 8y agoI don't think that IoT implies publicly accessible (correct me if I'm wrong). "IoT" smart water meters exist, and they usually use cellphone networks to send data (water usage) to the utility company.
- ForHackernews 8y agoThe "I" in "IoT" stands for "internet". If the only thing "IoT" means is 'small digital sensors', then I'd suggest it's a meaningless buzzword.
- achow 8y agoThe Internet of things (IoT) is the network of devices such as vehicles, and home appliances that contain electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which allows these things to connect, interact and exchange data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things
- cr1895 8y ago>4. Rain water harvesting Is there a risk of significantly altering the local water cycle if everyone is doing this? Same with extracting moisture from air, I suppose.
- trashcan 8y ago> 2. IoT devices that detects leakages in main pipes I used to work for a company that does this: http://gwfathom.com/ http://gwfathom.com/ They replace traditional water meters with smart meters and then provide software tooling around monitoring and managing them.