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WEBVTT VANESSA: THE INTERNET OF THIN PIS A FANCY PHRASE FOR HARDWARE PTHAT INTERFACES WITH A NETWORK. PTHINK OF THINGS LIKE SMART PENERGY METERS, WATER LEVEL PMONITORING STATIONS, LIGHTS PCONTROLLED BY YOUR SMARTPHON PAND TRAFFIC CAMERAS. PBRIAN: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PPHYSICAL OBJECTS WITH SENSORS PCONNECTED TO A NETWORK. PTECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS WITH THE PINTERNET OF THINGS IS ONLY PGETTING BIGGER. PVANESSA: NBC 5’S DAVID SCHNEIDER PIS BACK WITH HIS WHAT’S NEXT PSERIES TO SHOW US HOW BURLINGTON PHOPES TO BECOME A HOTBED FOR PDEVELOPING THIS KIND OF PTECHNOLOGY. PDAVID: THE FOUNDER OF PBURLINGTON’S PROLUCID TECHNOLOGY PIS INSTALLING NODES FOR A PSPECIAL WIRELESS NETWORK HE’S PTESTING AT CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE PTHEY WANT TO INSTALL ABOUT FIVE PNODES. P>> AND THAT SHOULD COVER ABOUT PTHREE OR SO SQUARE MILES, MOSTLY PIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. PDAVID: IT IS A NEW WIRELESS PTECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HANDLE SMALL PAMOUNTS OF DATA ABOUT THE SIZE A P, TEXT MESSAGE, BUT COVERS A PGREATER AREA WITH BETTER PPENETRATION THAN WIFI, AND IS PCHEAPER TO BUILD AND OPERATE PTHAN A CELLULAR NETWORK. P>> YOU CAN COVER A VERY LARGE PAREA WITH LOW-COST SENSORS. PDAVID: RIGHT NOW, THE NETWORK PWILL SERVE TWO PILOT PROJECTS; PTHE FIRST WILL DEVELOP AN APP PTHAT CAN IDENTIFY WHICH SPACES PARE VACANT OR OCCUPIED IN THIS PPARKING LOT AT CHAMPLAIN PCOLLEGE, AND THE SECOND USES PTHESE SENSORS THAT GET GPS DATA PTO INDICATE LOCATION, FOR THEY PPILOT, THEY’RE BEING INSTALLED PON BICYCLES FOR CHAMPLAIN PCOLLEGE’S COMMUNITY BIKE SHARE PPROGRAM SO THE COLLEGE CAN TRACK PTHE EXACT LOCATION OF THE PBICYCLES. P>> ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE PDEMONSTRATIONS. PDAVID BTV IGNITE, LED BY MIKE P: SCHIRLING, HELPED THIS PILOT PGET STARTED. PSCHIRLING SAYS BURLINGTON IS THE PFIRST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO PHAVE A LORA NETWORK TESTBED, AND PTHE COST OF ENTRY IS RELATIVELY PCHEAP, THE SENSORS ONLY COST P– THIS TESTBED PRESENTS A PUNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. P>> AND EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM TO PTILT PRODUCTS ON, TO DO RESEARCH PON. PTHE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. PDAVID: THE COST OF ENTRY IS PRELATIVELY CHEAP. P>> YOU CAN INSTALL THESE TO PTRACK PERSONNEL. PYOU CAN TELL IF SOMEBODY IS PDOING A BAD BACK BEND. PDAVID: THEY THINK THEY WILL FIND PCOUNTLESS USES FOR THIS PTECHNOLOGY AND THE DATA CAN PCOLLECT. P>> IT ALLOWS MAKERS AND PINVENTERS TO TAKE THESE SMALL PSENSORS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER PINTO A MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED PSYSTEM AND TAKE ALL SORTS OF PCALCULATIONS OFF OF THAT AND PMAKE A MUCH SMARTER PRODUCT. P>> ONCE THOSE PATTERNS EMERGE, PTHEN YOU START MAKING DECISIONS PTHAT SAVE HONEY AND TIME. DAVID SCHIRLING SAYS, WHILE HE P: HOPES THE PILOT PROJECTS YIELD PSOME RESULTS, THE OPEN NETWORK PITSELF IS IMPORTANT STEP FOR PBURLINGTON, HOW BIG OF A STEP, PREMAINS TO BE SEEN, WITH WHAT’S PNEXT, DAVID SCHNEIDER, NBC 5. PVANESSA: TO GET AN IDEA OF JUST PSOME OF THE WAYS YASAITIS. PSAYS VERMONTERS COULD USE THIS PSYSTEM, MAPLE SUGARMAKERS USING PBCKETS CAN SET UP A NETWORK IN PTHE WOODS TO REMOTELY MONITOR PTHE FULLNESS OF THEIR BUCKETS PAND SUGAR CONTENT OF THE SAP P. BRIAN OR, THE WEATHER SERVICE P: CAN SET UP HUNDREDS OR PTHOUSANDS OF MONITORS IN RIVERS PAND LAKES TO TRACK WATER HEIGHT PAND OTHER DATA WITH EXACT PLOCATION. PTHE POSSIBILITIES, HE SAYS,
