Electric Garden's IoT story

 

Customer problem


Electric Garden wanted children to learn how the technology they love could also be used to grow food and look after the environment.

Solution


Spark supported Electric Garden as they developed their hardware and IoT learning platform, providing LoRa WAN and Cat M1 network connection.

Results


Electric Garden has put the power of IoT directly into the hands of young New Zealanders in a hands-on learning environment.

 IoT connects the soil with the classroom.

 

Electric Garden is an exciting education start-up using IoT to enable digital learning outside the classroom in a real-world setting - the school vegetable garden.

They want to empower kids and improve their wellbeing by showing how the technology they love can also be used to grow food and care for the environment. Electric Garden’s ambition is to grow the next generation of digital thinkers, and they are off to a great start.

Customer problem

Electric Garden wanted to develop an IoT platform that would allow young students to monitor and code real time data coming from the school garden.

They required robust devices that were relatively simple to install and use, and reliable IoT network connectivity that would work for schools all over the country.

IoT solution

Spark worked with Electric Garden to put the power of IoT in the hands of year 5-8 students.

Students install battery-powered IoT sensors in their school gardens and connect them to Spark’s LoRaWAN or Cat-M1 IoT networks.

Back in the classroom, the students can view and work with data from the sensors via the Spark IoT Network.

Part of the digital learning programme is learning how their data is sent over Spark’s IoT network, where it is stored, and how to access it securely via their Electric Garden IoT accounts.

Results

Electric Garden has connected the garden to the classroom and given kids a fun way to engage with science, using the tech they love.

The IoT-based programme is now available to 95% of NZ schools, and is helping inspire a new generation of digital thinkers.

“ We chose to partner with Spark because we have a similar ambition – to raise the digital capability of all New Zealanders and close the digital divide” (Michael Trengrove).

Solutions

Connectivity


Connect your IoT solutions to our range of secure and resilient networks. Our networks allow for different use cases depending on bandwidth and coverage needs.

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Environmental Monitoring


IoT networked sensors enable you to monitor, measure and manage your effect on the environment.

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Why choose Spark?

Our partnerships


We've partnered with a range of best in class local and international expertise to ensure your business has the most suitable IoT solution.

Our service


We have dedicated experts ready to identify your business problems and opportunities, then plan and deploy the right IoT solution for your business needs.

One stop shop


Our complete range of IoT solutions include hardware, connectivity, data analytics and insights and after sales support. Everything you need in one place to get your business to the future, today.

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Together with our forward-thinking local and global partners, we can provide the right end-to-end IoT solutions to meet your business needs. Our IoT solutions could help you reduce costs, improve health and safety, save time on monitoring and reporting, or increase efficiency and return on investment.

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Launch & Announcement


8th March

Applications open


15th March to 28th June

Finalists Announced


27th July

Judging Starts


26th August

Winners Announced


4th September

Funding and the 5G Co-Lab testing


September to October

Winners fly to New York


October