Australian nanosatellites will let farmers track water levels on smartphones

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Spotted: Australia-based tech startup, Myriota, has announced its small satellites will provide farmers with real-time information on their water supplies. The technology will allow farmers in Australia’s outback to monitor water use and supply from their mobile phones, the company says. This is the first commercial use of the company’s low orbit system. The loaf-of-bread size satellites (known as nanosatellites) collect data from web-connected devices.

Smart sensors, using Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, send data up to satellites. The satellites collect the information, analyse it and send it back to users based on their needs.

Myriota has partnered with Davey Water Products to provide the service. It will be commercially available in the second half of this year.

Myriota says its technology makes IoT access inexpensive for clients who need small quantities of specific data in real time. The company plans to expand its commercial offerings in 2019.

Myriota has raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, including funding from Boeing HorizonX Ventures.

Takeaway: Myriota’s service for farmers addresses one of the most basic issues with IoT data: how to use it. Companies and governments around the world are plugging into IoT systems. Statista reported that 23 billion devices were hooked into the IoT in 2018. That produces a lot of data. The challenge is how to process and analyse it. Now IoT providers are designing ways for client access to specific sets of data. That should make it easier for farmers and others like entrepreneurs to make the most out of the data available.

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