Category: Smart Cities

New Turbidity Sensor for Smart Water to Control Water Quality

With the the addition of the <strong>Turdibidy</strong> sensor to the Smart Water solution Libelium completes the range of water quality sensors available for <a href="https://www.libelium.com/iot-products/waspmote/" title="Waspmote">Waspmote</a> and <a href="https://www.libelium.com/iot-products/plug-sense/" title="Plug&Sense!" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plug & Sense!</a> platforms. The new set include: pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity (salinity), turbidity, temperature and dissolved ions (Na⁺, Ca⁺, F^-, Cl^-, Br^-, I^-, Cu²⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, NO₃^-). Read more.

Smart Water Sensors to monitor water quality in rivers, lakes and the sea

Libelium launched a Smart Water wireless sensor platform to simplify remote water quality monitoring. Equipped with multiple sensors that measure a dozen of the most relevant water quality parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) conductivity (salinity), temperature and dissolved ions such as Ca2+, Cl-, I-. Waspmote Smart Water is the first water quality-sensing platform to feature autonomous nodes that connect to the Cloud for real-time water control.

Waspmote to prevent Forest Fires

<p style="text-align: left;">Fires, both man-made and natural, contribute to forest loss. <a href="http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/05/10/2821s698547.htm">Last week</a> more than <strong>100 Forest Fires</strong> broke out in the eastern part of Russia's Siberia, affecting more than <strong>57,000 hectares</strong> of land. <a href="https://www.libelium.com/iot-products/waspmote/">Waspmote</a> can be used to monitor different environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, CO, CO2 and many other gases. The monitoring of these parameters can be used to determine the areas where a forest fire is more likely to break out.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Australian researchers from Edith Cowan University's Centre for Communications Engineering Research have used Waspmote to test Wireless Sensor Networks for detecting and preventing Forest Fires in the future</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>

50 Sensor applications for a Smarter World. Get Inspired!

<p>More than <strong>50 billion devices</strong> will be connected to the Internet by 2020, but this new connectivity revolution has already started. Libelium publishes  a compilation of 50 cutting edge Internet of Things applications grouped by vertical markets. </p>

Smart Cities platform from Libelium allows system integrators to monitor noise, pollution, structural health and waste management

<p>Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor networks, announces the completion of its <a href="https://www.libelium.com/libeliumworld/libelium-releases-new-iot-smart-cities-platform-enhancing-accuracy-in-noise-level-and-air-quality-pollution-sensors/">Smart Cities</a> platform. A new sensor board measures noise pollution, dust quantities, structural health and garbage levels.</p> <p>This board may be combined in a network with previously available sensor boards - for <a href=https://www.libelium.com/calibrated-air-quality-gas-dust-particle-matter-pm10-smart-cities/">gas monitoring</a>, radiation detection and Smart Parking. System integrators can now create a comprehensive range of services based on the <strong>Smart Cities </strong>platform.</p>

Monitoring indoor air quality with Waspmote to prevent accidents and improve production processes

<p>Many production processes in industry, agriculture, viticulture and livestock require specific environmental conditions to be monitored at all times. Sometimes the process can generate air pollutants that can be harmful and even deadly to workers in certain concentrations. The fact of having a monitoring system with <a href="https://www.libelium.com/iot-products/waspmote/">Waspmote</a> allows to control the parameters of a production process, send alerts via GPRS and even activate mechanisms through the relay actuator included in the prototype board. </p> <p> </p>

Sensor networks to monitor air pollution in cities

<p><a href="https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org">Studies</a><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span> show that more than 16,000 people die prematurely in Spain by breathing polluted air, being the </span></span><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span>traffic</span></span><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span> responsible for up to 80% of that pollution. </span><span>This figure is 4 times greater than the number of annual traffic accident victims. </span><span>In Europe, <strong>CO2 </strong>emissions from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">road transport</span> (half of them come from urban transport) have increased by 32% since 1990. </span><span>Each liter of fuel burnt is issuing up to 2.3 kg of CO2. </span><span>Thus, each person who uses the car for journeys to work (with an average distance of approximately 15 km) emits about 2 tonnes of CO2 a year. </span><span>The increase also generates more traffic jams, which cause a loss of 100,000€ million per year in the European Union. </span><span><strong>Monitor pollution</strong> levels in central cities is key to provide adequate information to citizens and <strong>take actions</strong> to reduce it.</p>