Useful Articles
Going Global with M2M: Animal Tracking
December 20, 2013
M2M - or machine-to-machine - solutions are deployed to solve a wide range of challenges, from farmers who want to track and monitor their livestock to scientists studying animals in the wild. In each case, a unique solution is required.
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BGAN M2M – a Reliable, Global Satellite Data Service for Asset-Monitoring and Control
December 13, 2013
Monitoring and control systems in remote, unmanned locations require a reliable and cost-effective communications service to collect and transmit data to operations centres for further processing.
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RockBLOCK and High-Altitude Balloons
October 15, 2013
It's hard to explain why, but high-altitude ballooning is fascinating - and a little addictive. We've been following the antics of UK-based Andrew Ashe, who along with Mikal Hart (author of the fantastic IridiumSBD library for Arduino) has successfully tracked their balloon and been able to recover its payload thanks to RockBLOCK.
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