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Network will connect devices inside the home
Network will connect devices inside the home, around the home and across the
entire country with no service fees
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Iotera announced the launch
of their Iota Kickstarter campaign (www.getiota.com)
aimed at building the first free nationwide Internet of Things (IoT) wireless
network.
The network is built using small wireless access points called Home Bases, where
each Home Base is attached to a window inside a home. A second device called the
Iota, measures 43mm x 22mm x 11mm and is attached to the things to be monitored
or tracked.
Despite being the size of a typical key fob, Iota can send its location to the
nearest Home Base up to 4 miles away. Due to the long-range wireless technology,
a city such as San Francisco can be covered with as few as 10 Home Bases. Iota
is designed for keeping track of pets, children, bicycles and cars, but can also
be used for monitoring applications including door and window motion sensing for
home security, mailbox door sensing, and temperature sensing applications.
A free smartphone app includes several profiles to easily configure Iota for the
different uses. "For the past 3 years our team at Iotera have been working hard
to make this vision a reality," said Rob Barton, co-founder of Iotera. Barton
continued "We are all tired of paying monthly service fees for cell phones and
together with the Kickstarter community we have an opportunity to prevent these
recurring fees carrying over to the internet of things. With the Iota network
it's now feasible to connect IoT devices across entire cities with absolutely no
monthly service fees."
The Iotera wireless network has been designed from the ground up for connecting
IoT devices to the internet, providing up to a 10x improvement in battery life
compared to traditional cellular wireless technologies.
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