Smart Industry 1/2017

Smart solutions Smart Products
Viessmann Vitovalor 300-P, Vitovolt, Vitocharge
Managing electricity and heating with
intelligent systems from Viessmann
Being independent of external energy providers is one of the big dreams of many home
owners. Energy management systems from German heating specialist Viessmann will bring
many people closer to this goal. By combining heating systems that also generate electricity
with a solar thermal installation, homes can become up to 95% free of the public power supply.
The Vitovalor 300-P heating unit is driven by a fuel cell and generates power to be used in
the house while the heat generated is used for creating warmth and hot water. An integrated
gas burner will only get active at times of high energy consumption. Additional energy can
be provided by the Vitovolt photovoltaic installation. 20 square meters of panels can provide
all the energy needed by an average household on sunny days. Whenever more energy than
needed is produced, it is stored in a Vitocharge energy storage device – alternatively it can
be used to charge an electric car. All components can be installed easily and work together
seamlessly with the help of an integrated intelligent management system.
reMarkable
reMarkable – an eBook reader – and writer!
A true paper person, Magnus Wanberg,
CEO and founder of Norwegian Startup
reMarkable, has always brought notebooks
and stacks of paper with him to
every class or meeting. Like him, many
people still love the look and feel of paper–
allthough it is disconnected from the
digital world. So Magnus developed what
the company calls a "limitless digital paper
experience". ReMarkable is a digital paper
tablet for reading, writing and
sketching. The eInk-Display
shows documents, PDFs,
textbooks and e-books.
At the same time it is a note
taking system, organizing
multiple notebooks and capturing
thoughts and sketches with virtually
unlimited pages. The size of the device is
at 177 x 256 x 6.7 mm and it weighs 350
grams. The 10.3” monochrome display
has a resolution of 1872 x 1404 pixels.
It comes with 8 GB of internal storage
(100,000 pages) as well as WLAN for cloud
storage. The reMarkable can be preordered
at about 400 Euro and is scheduled
for shipping in September 2017.
Tecsag Alptracker
Sheep tracking
A mountain high in the Swiss Alps is not the place where
one would expect to find advanced IoT technology, but
Tecsag found a challenge here begging for a solution.
During summertime, herds of sheep are often left out to
grass all alone on the high peaks. This leaves them open
to the danger of falling into gorges or of predators killing
them. The shepherd needs information on such incidents
quickly. Alptracker, a tracking system equipped with
LoRa technology and GSM connectivity, allows detailed
surveillance within a range up to 15km. A collar with the
LoRa transmitter is placed round the neck of each sheep
to relay its position, at fixed intervals, to a receiver that
can be housed in a hut. The receiving station, equipped
with a GSM antenna, stores the location data on a server
running Tecsag's mapping software giving each animal's
location to an accuracy of 15 meters. Set to a surveillance
interval of 30 minutes, the tracker will work for about 150
days using two AA batteries.
Feldsechs PaketButler
Let the butler receive your parcels
More and more goods get delivered to
the home but people can't stay home all
day waiting for deliveries. German startup
Feldsechs has developed the PaketButler
box in cooperation with Deutsche
Telekom. Secured with a cord, it is placed
outside the door. The deliveryman can
open it with a Bluetooth-connection
to put a parcel inside. The customer is
then informed through a smartphone text message. Multiple deliveries on one day are
possible and the box can be used for parcel pick ups as well. The flexible, secured box
allows a maximum package size of 30cm x 50cm x 70cm. You can even give access to
your PaketButler to anyone by giving them an individual PIN.
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