Hardware Podcasts

The Internet of Septage (with Akiba)

The Amp Hour · 14 Aug 2017 · 1h 29m · Episode 355

What this episode covers

Akiba from Freak Labs discusses his work on an industrial IoT project in Egypt with the World Bank to monitor septic tank trucks and prevent illegal dumping, detailing the use of solar power, 3G connectivity, and non-contact sonar sensors. He reflects on reorganizing his product lines, moving away from ad-hoc designs like the Wrecking Crew lighting kits toward a focused lifestyle business model centered on environmental monitoring and agriculture. Akiba also shares insights on building low-cost test fixtures in Shenzhen, the benefits of using the Analog Discovery 2 for automated testing, and the importance of creating a 'lifestyle plan' rather than just a business plan.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Freak Labs, World Bank, SimCom, Semtech, Dangerous Prototypes, DJI, Contextual Electronics
Products
Wrecking Crew, OpenMV, Raspberry Pi
Chips
STM32
Also
Sigfox, LoRa, Let's Encrypt, Stripe, Zapier, Python, Flask

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