Skylo’s first hackathon proved that the sky’s the limit for narrowband IoT applications, with technology that’s easy enough for non-engineers to design and implement. Our winning Team was led by Skylo’s General Counsel! As all team members return to their everyday posts, I look forward to seeing how Skylo’s Hackathon IoT innovations will continue to unfold in the real world.

Skylo drives down the cost of ubiquitous data collection. Low-cost, ruggedized IoT hubs, or hotspots, can be installed on thousands of trucks economically; they can transmit data with the seamless, affordable connectivity of narrowband satellite communications, and all without geographic constraints. 

Skylo offers a solution that eliminates potential points of network failure due to climate change and other natural disasters, at a highly cost-effective price point, combining the best of both worlds that narrowband satellite and mobile communications have to offer.

Innovative IoT technologies move us closer to adopting a real-time understanding of the food we are consuming. Knowing more about the fish we eat -- like where and when they were caught -- is a big step forward in sustainable fishing. This technology exists today - we just need to implement it.

Effective disaster management requires a multi-modal connectivity approach to address the challenges associated with under connected regions, using space-based communication networks when needed. As the cost of satellite connectivity becomes affordable, using innovative technologies, it becomes possible to mobilize data from the furthest sensors. When reliable and far-reaching connectivity is combined with sensors on machines or structures, an automatic trigger can task a satellite to instantly image a particular area, and simultaneously dispatch first responder units.