Hi everyone,
Summer's underway and we've been moving forward loads with the Things Network Chesterfield.
We've built two prototype single channel gateways using Raspberry Pi devices (photo above with a Seeduino-based people movement logger) and are currently commissioning these ready for Cycle Hack Chesterfield next month:
https://www.cyclehack.com/cyclehack-chesterfield
Putting test gateways in place will enable prototyping of sensors prior to the actual gateways being available.
One of these gateways will be in the Monkey Park Works co-working hub - we're looking for a home for the other.
Here’s a parallel initiative on Things Network run by the Future Cities Catapult. It’s just focussing on London at the moment, but aligns perfectly with what we’re trying to do: http://futurecities.catapult.org.uk/project/things-connected/ . Sadly their funding was a single call focussed on London, but there are some good use cases on that site.
We've had interest in Things Network Chesterfield from a number of organisations including Chesterfield Canal Trust (to monitor canal water levels & protect against flooding), Chesterfield Borough Council (to look at air pollution) and market traders (to look at footfall). We'd welcome further conversations with others - this is still at a very early stage.
Lastly, we're looking for £1000 to put in a pair of proper gateways for the town - from grant funds, collaborating partners & local business sponsorship. This will create a baseline open access pilot network for developing the Internet of Things in Chesterfield & North Derbyshire.
Come & join the more regular chat on the #smartchesterfield channel of the Spire Digital Slack community.
To join this, you can self-register at http://spiredigitalslack.herokuapp.com/
The conversation is then at https://spiredigitalcommunity.slack.com/messages/C56RS10GY/details/
We'd love you to join the chat & building exercise!
Thanks
Simon Redding
Co-founder, Spire Digital & Monkey Park Works
