{"id":31913,"date":"2016-01-19T17:15:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=31913"},"modified":"2019-05-02T10:45:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:45:43","slug":"sigfox-iot-foundation-antartica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2016\/01\/sigfox-iot-foundation-antartica\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigfox connects Antartica through newly created Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, Sigfox revealed the creation of its Foundation dedicated to the <\/strong>Tech For Good<\/strong><\/em> projects. As part of this new division, Sigfox unveils an initiative in Antartica, where it can track people or assets and later monitor global warming effects through a network of dozens of wireless sensors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The startup –who raised 115 M$ last year<\/em>– announces the creation of its Foundation as well as a first project.<\/p>\n

In partnership with Belgian Polar Secretariat<\/a> and devices-maker Sensolus,\u00a0Sigfox co-founders announced today they have successfully deployed and tested\u00a0its IoT network in\u00a0Antartica.<\/p>\n

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Sigfox connects Antartica<\/h2>\n

The 7th continent will help the Toulouse-based startup demonstrate the characteristics of it’s low-power wide area network<\/strong> (LPWAN) allowing to connect a vast amount of wireless sensors for a fraction of the cost of GSM\/LTE connectivity and with a low energy consumption.<\/p>\n

Sigfox partnered with Belgian startup Sensolus<\/a> to send 45 GPS tracker to the Princess Elisabeth Polar\u00a0Research Station.\u00a0<\/strong>The devices can work up to 5 years\u00a0with only 3 AA batteries and allow explorers to efficiently locate assets\u00a0and team members while carrying out operations on the ground.<\/p>\n

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The Sigfox Foundation<\/h2>\n

Sigfox Foundation is one of a kind in France<\/strong> as the country is more used to CAC40 companies and big privately-held diversified groups building modern-art collections and\/or operating private museums as part of their communication strategy.<\/p>\n

The Sigfox Foundation will be led independently by Marion Moreau \u2013besides Sigfox current attempt to create a global M2M network for IoT devices<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 and will announce further initiatives later this year as well as\u00a0new sponsors.<\/p>\n

All we know at the moment is that the co-founder of LeWeb and\u00a0<\/em>San Francisco-based\u00a0G\u00e9raldine LeMeur\u00a0will join the board<\/strong> of the Foundation.<\/p>\n

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The Sigfox Foundation will focus on use cases that make sense both in term of economics and connectivity needs<\/strong> in a wide range of applications including environmental and wildlife protection, health and social issues.<\/p>\n

Ludovic Le Moan has already quoted several promising uses for low-power wide-area connectivity including rhinos-horn trackers<\/strong> in Africa, connected life-vest in south-east Asia or ice drift monitoring devices<\/strong> for research purposes.<\/p>\n

More will be announced soon on a dedicated website: www.sigfoxfoundation.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Earlier today, Sigfox revealed the creation of its Foundation dedicated to the Tech For Good projects. As part of this new division, Sigfox unveils an initiative in Antartica, where it can track people or assets and later monitor global warming effects through a network of dozens of wireless sensors. The startup –who raised 115 M$<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":31915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[7332],"class_list":["post-31913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-finance","tag-iot-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}