Top 50 Sensor Applications

Smart Cities

• 01
  Smart Parking

  Monitoring of parking spaces availability in the city.
• 02
• Structural health

  Monitoring of vibrations and material conditions in buildings, bridges and historical monuments.
• 03
  Noise Urban Maps

  Sound monitoring in bar areas and centric zones in real time.
• 04
  Smartphone Detection

  Detect iPhone and Android devices and in general any device which works with WiFi or Bluetooth interfaces.
• 05
  Eletromagnetic Field Levels

  Measurement of the energy radiated by cell stations and and WiFi routers.
• 06
  Traffic Congestion

  Monitoring of vehicles and pedestrian levels to optimize driving and walking routes.
• 07
  Smart Lighting

  Intelligent and weather adaptive lighting in street lights.
• 08
  Waste Management

  Detection of rubbish levels in containers to optimize the trash collection routes.
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Smart Environment

• 09
  Forest Fire Detection

  Monitoring of combustion gases and preemptive fire conditions to define alert zones.
• 10
• Air Pollution

  Control of CO2 emissions of factories, pollution emitted by cars and toxic gases generated in farms.
• 11
  Landslide and Avalanche Prevention

  Monitoring of soil moisture, vibrations and earth density to detect dangerous patterns in land conditions.
• 12
  Earthquake Early Detection

  Distributed control in specific places of tremors.

Smart Water

• 13
  Potable water monitoring

  Monitor the quality of tap water in cities.
• 14
  Chemical leakage detection in rivers

  Detect leakages and wastes of factories in rivers.
• 15
  Swimming pool remote measurement

  Control remotely the swimming pool conditions.
• 16
  Pollution levels in the sea

  Control realtime leakages and wastes in the sea.
• 17
  Water Leakages

  Detection of liquid presence outside tanks and pressure variations along pipes.
• 18
  River Floods

  Monitoring of water level variations in rivers, dams and reservoirs.

Smart Metering

• 19
  Smart Grid

  Energy consumption monitoring and management.
• 20
• Tank level

  Monitoring of water, oil and gas levels in storage tanks and cisterns.
• 21
  Photovoltaic Installations

  Monitoring and optimization of performance in solar energy plants.
• 22
  Water Flow

  Measurement of water pressure in water transportation systems.
• 23
  Silos Stock Calculation

  Measurement of emptiness level and weight of the goods.

Retail

• 24
  Supply Chain Control

  Monitoring of storage conditions along the supply chain and product tracking for traceability purposes.
• 25
• NFC Payment

  Payment processing based in location or activity duration for public transport, gyms, theme parks, etc.
• 26
  Smart Product Management

  Control of rotation of products in shelves and warehouses to automate restocking processes.

Logistics

• 27
  Quality of Shipment Conditions

  Monitoring of vibrations, strokes, container openings or cold chain maintenance for insurance purposes.
• 28
  Item Location

  Search of individual items in big surfaces like warehouses or harbours.
• 29
  Storage Incompatibility Detection

  Warning emission on containers storing inflammable goods closed to others containing explosive material.
• 30
  Fleet Tracking

  Control of routes followed for delicate goods like medical drugs, jewels or dangerous merchandises.

Industrial Control

• 31
  M2M Applications

  Machine auto-diagnosis and assets control.
• 32
  Indoor Air Quality

  Monitoring of toxic gas and oxygen levels inside chemical plants to ensure workers and goods safety.
• 33
  Temperature Monitoring

  Control of temperature inside industrial and medical fridges with sensitive merchandise.
• 34
  Ozone Presence

  Monitoring of ozone levels during the drying meat process in food factories.
• 35
  Indoor Location

  Asset indoor location by using active (ZigBee) and passive tags (RFID/NFC).
• 36
  Vehicle Auto-diagnosis

  Information collection from CanBus to send real time alarms to emergencies or provide advice to drivers.

Smart Agriculture

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• 37
  Green Houses
• Control micro-climate conditions to maximize the production of fruits and vegetables and its quality.
• 38
  Golf Courses

  Selective irrigation in dry zones to reduce the water resources required in the green.
• 39
  Meteorological Station Network

  Study of weather conditions in fields to forecast ice formation, rain, drought, snow or wind changes.

Smart Animal Farming

• 40
  Hydroponics

  Control the exact conditions of plants grown in water to get the highest efficiency crops.