element14 selects engineers for IoT challenge

Friday, 07 November, 2014

The element14 Community has selected 15 engineers from around the world to take part in its ‘In the Air’ design challenge, an initiative to develop pollution measurement applications inspired by the Internet of Things (IoT) movement.

In partnership with Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments (TI), Wurth Elektronik, The Eclipse Foundation, Sierra Wireless and Keysight Technologies, element14’s challengers will use a suite of products to develop sensors that capture and relay pollution levels in the air and water quickly and efficiently. The kit includes the element14 BeagleBone Black, Wurth power inductors, TI’s SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 LaunchPad and TI’s MSP430FR5969 low-power FRAM LaunchPad.

“Pollution levels continue to rise around the world, both in the air we breathe and in the water we drink. The first step to combating this global crisis is effectively monitoring and measuring just how deep this pollution runs,” said element14 Global Head of Community Dianne Kibbey.

Competitors have from now until 27 February 2015 to develop and finalise their solutions. The participants, their countries of origin and their proposed concepts are as follows:

Janis Alnis (Latvia) - Air quality sensor to measure temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration, dust and oxygen content in classrooms.

Dominic Amann (Canada) - Automated climate control system for greenhouses

Ravi Butani (India) - Home system to monitor quality of air in air-conditioning units, ventilators and exhaust fans, and monitor quality of drinking water

Christever del Rosario (New Zealand) - A real-time carbon footprint monitoring system

Ambrogio Galbusera (Italy) -  Air quality sensor and car mount with smartphone connectivity

Dragan Knezevic (Serbia) - Pollen and allergen alert system for the home

Crystal Knodel (US) - Portable monitoring system to detect CO2 and airborne micro particles

Ryan Longlong M Labutap (Philippines) - Buoy sensors to detect high concentrations of algae along the coast

Manolis Nikiforakis (Greece) - 10x10 grid of weather sensors to detect rain and air pollution

Inderpreet Singh (India) - Air pollution analyser to measure the effects of firecrackers during the holiday season

Gan Eng Swee (Singapore) - Dust, temperature and humidity measurement system

Anshul Thakur (India) - Home system to measure noise, air, water and light pollution in each room

Frederick Vandenbosch (Belgium) - Wireless, self-powered air filtration system

Dale Winhold (Canada) - Portable environment field tester for campers and researchers

Michael Wylie (US) - Embeddable HVAC particle counting system

The challengers will post blogs, videos and images of their progress at the element14 Community. A grand prize winner will be selected to receive a 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina Display, a U1273A OLED Multimeter from Keysight Technologies and a TI Bluetooth low energy SensorTag. The Community Choice winner will receive a MacBook Air and a TI SensorTag.

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