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Can an Indonesian city follow? There are a few inherent challenges:
- Budgeting. Can the government budget this in an efficient, clean manner?
- Execution. It will need a tremendous effort to install these thousands sensors.
- Theft. In Indonesia, these sensors are at high risk of loss due to theft and vandalism.
- Power. How do we power these sensors efficiently?
- Connectivity. Too expensive if we need to pay Telcos for sending sensor data to the cloud?
- What if we can build a platform and ecosystem where people can contribute in buying these sensors as part of their contribution to the city?
- What if we can build a DIY sensors and gateways for the people to install themselves?
- What if we can build these devices as cheap as possible (less than $20) and thus reducing the motivation of theft?
- What if we can use Radio frequency to transmit data so even a single AA battery can last a year?
- What if we use people’s home internet connection for the gateway to send sensor data to the cloud?
