Sigfox Launches Second Paris Hacking House
14 Febrero 2020 - 02:41AM
Business Wire
Sigfox Hacking House doubles times participants
have to develop their IoT project and provides the opportunity to
join the Telecom ParisTech Entrepreneurs Incubator.
Today, Sigfox, the world’s leading Internet of Things (IoT)
service provider and first global 0G network operator, announces
the launch of the second French edition of its Hacking House in
Paris. For six months, participants from seven different countries
will bring IoT-based projects to life addressing issues as diverse
as car theft prevention and bird protection.
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The participants will be divided into four teams to develop
their project at Sigfox in Paris from 10 February to 7 August 2020.
This new 180-day format, instead of 90 days for the first Hacking
House, will provide the time to create a functional prototype that
will be tested in real conditions in the field. Throughout this
period, participants will not only be supported by Sigfox experts,
but will also benefit, thanks to external specialists, from an
apprenticeship in entrepreneurial skills, so that they have the
basis to launch their product or startup.
"For this sixth edition we wanted to add value to our program by
giving participants the time and tools to deliver a proven IoT
solution that will meet the specifications given at the start up,"
explains Maxime Schacht, Hacking House Manager. "We also
have a new partnership with Telecom ParisTech Entrepreneurs, the
first digital business incubator in France, which will provide
mentoring for startups and entrepreneurs from the Hacking
House.”
At the end of the six months working on the various projects,
which will include several phases of exchanges with partners,
conceptual thinking, prototyping and testing, the teams will
present their work to a panel made up of investors, clients and
experts. They will evaluate the projects taking into account
production issues and the existence of similar products on the
market.
The four projects selected this year are very diverse and
respond to various but specific problems identified by Sigfox
customers:
- Audience and impact measurement of digital billboards thanks to
embedded artificial intelligence
- Prevention of car theft
- Connected nesting box to promote the repopulation of birds in
partnership with the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (League for
the Protection of Birds)
- Management and optimisation of berths and mooring rings for
pleasure boats
Microsoft and Amosense are the sponsors of the latest Hacking
House, which will also be supported by technology partners such as
LITE-ON, Wisebatt and STMicroelectronics.
“We believe that the Sigfox’s Hacking House is addressing an
important need in the IoT market by sponsoring innovative and
impactful Industrial IoT projects, an area of focus for Microsoft
Azure IoT Services” said Soren Lau, General Manager, IoT &
Mixed Reality Sales EMEA at Microsoft.
"We are delighted to sponsor the new Hacking House to help
produce such promising projects in the IoT field. Like Hacking
House, we believe that projects are born out of a real issue and
well-defined customer expectations," said Danny Jung, executive
vice president of Amosense.
About Sigfox Sigfox is the initiator of the 0G network
and the world’s leading IoT (Internet of Things) service provider.
Its global network allows billions of devices to connect to the
Internet, in a straightforward way, while consuming as little
energy as possible. Sigfox’s unique approach to device-to-cloud
communications addresses the three greatest barriers to global IoT
adoption: cost, energy consumption and global scalability.
Today, the network is available in 70 countries, with 1 billion
people covered. ISO 9001 certified and surrounded by a large
ecosystem of partners and IoT key players, Sigfox empowers
companies to move their business model towards more digital
services, in key areas such as Asset Tracking and Supply Chain.
Founded in 2010 by Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet, the
company is headquartered in France and has offices in Madrid,
Munich, Boston, Dallas, San Jose, Dubai, Singapore, Sao Paulo and
Tokyo.
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