CO2, temperature, humidity, ozone, ethylene. With 30MHz's ZENSIE system all kinds of measurable factors can be converted into insightful data and graphs. Companies like Proeftuin Zwaagdijk and Syngenta have already started to work with the system. Niels Lauwers of 30MHz: "We ask business owners what they want to know. A sensor can be made for anything."
Data access
It does not really matter what you want to measure. The temperature distribution in the greenhouse, the amount of ozone or canteen staffing levels. If a sensor can be generated for it, 30MHz can make the data comprehensible with the ZENSIE system. Lauwers: "Data from the sensors is linked to the cloud through the ZENSIE mother. Then you can view the data on a dashboard designed especially for you whenever and wherever you want. You can access the data with a PC, tablet or mobile phone."
The 30MHz programmers provide the system to which the sensor is linked. Lauwers: "We ask the customer what they want. For example, GGZ NHN monitors medicine refrigerators but also measures the occupancy of flexiplaces and meeting rooms in their office building. In the port of Amsterdam we can provide insight into barge docking places with magnetic sensors."
Cost price
Sensors are sold to entrepreneurs at cost unless they already have them. In principle nearly all sensors can be linked - and wireless too. "Sometimes they require electricity but most operate on batteries. So you are not dependent on electrical or network services and this makes you very mobile." The revenue model is included in the use. "You take a subscription on the dashboard: one subscription per sensor. Monthly cancellable - no annual contracts. If customers are not satisfied after a trial they keep the hardware and do whatever they want with it."
Cor-Jan, Jasper en Niels of 30 MHz.
In the meantime seven pilots are ongoing in the agricultural sector. "We can measure environments and materials in real time where we measured with data loggers before. Lab cold stores, for example. These are relatively small and impenetrable. A small sort of Bermuda-triangle where WiFi quickly fails. But our technology holds up." The system is also being applied in greenhouses. Lauwers: "Ethylene, light intensity, temperature, humidity, CO2. We help our customers by allowing them to perform measurements in the greenhouse in as many places as they want. Based on these measurements they can then create models. Thanks to the detailed information from multiple sensors you can, for example, use less plant protection products, or a grower can increase his revenue per square meter. That’s very valuable information."
Cloud
The ZENSIE system works in the cloud. Isn't there any resistance in the agricultural sector against the 'external' saving of data? "The cloud is of course as secure as possible. We constantly check if we are being hacked. The customer's data storage is also encrypted and can be easily moved in case of a threat. Data can be easily restored in case of hacking. The threat level is low anyway because we’re dealing with data that’s not privacy-sensitive. Also, servers are equally unsafe. Any computer connected to the internet can be hacked. And servers will at one point have to be replaced. This does not apply to the cloud: for a relatively small amount you can handle much more without sacrificing speed or storage capacity."
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