South Australian satellite IoT company Myriota is to provide IoT communications for the South Australian Government’s planned SASAT1 low earth orbit satellite. South Australian premier, Steven Marshall announced SASAT1 on 20 January, describing it as $6.5m project that would provide information to improve state services such as, emergency services, the environment, water quality monitoring, mining […]
German IoT startup promises sub 60 minute bushfire detection
German IoT startup Dryad Networks has secured seed funding of €1.8m ($A29.5m) to develop a large-scale IoT network for bushfire detection within 60 minutes. The four investors participating in the seed round are: STIHL Digital, the investor arm of the STIHL chainsaw multinational; German energy firm LEAG; impact investor ISAR AG; and the VC firm […]