Things Network NY Stories

Real-life Smart City Technology: NYC's FloodNet

-- Jon Bosak

It's now becoming obvious that the 5G Internet of Things promised by telcos a few years ago was nothing more than a way to sell a new generation of smartphones. For several reasons, not least being the cost involved, no IoT system widely distributed in the field can be based on devices with the power and maintenance requirements of 5G transmission.

Jersey City PS-28 Middleschoolers Win Lexus Eco Challenge using TTN

-- Jeff Honig

The Things Network New York helped stablize the a gateway with poor cellular coverage during the 2020 Lexus Eco Challenge helping the R.E.M. Remote Environmental Monitoring team from P.S. 28 Christa McAuliffe School in Jersey City, New Jersey with the middle-school Grand Prize.