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BIG DATA FOR THE
COMMON GOOD
Sr. Wouter Tebbens
President Free Knowledge
Institute, initiator The Things
Network Catalonia
Free Knowledge Institute@wtebbens
IoT Data Community Network:
The Things Network
Big Data for the Common Good4 October 2016
Wouter Tebbens
@TTNCat
Big Data poses many fantastic opportunities and some
challenges:
Who controls the data?
Threats to privatise parts of public life
How to protect privacy and anonymity?
Technology push and rapid obsolescence
The Things Network Manifesto
● It connects sensors and actuators
● Over The Air + Over The Net
● Free, anonymous and encrypted access
● Open protocols
● Net neutrality
● Without restrictions
● Community managed
https://github.com/TheThingsNetwork/Manifest
The Things Network
Data
Content
Software
Apps
Protocols
Standards
Hardware
Designs
Physical
Material p2p crowdsourced, community governed
Open Source Hardware / free hardware design
LoRaWAN Open Standard by LoRa-Alliance
Free Software
Any model: Private or Open Data
The Things Network Amsterdam
To date, 934 backers pledged €295,331 to help
bring this project to life.
The Things Network Communities
The Things Network Catalunya
@TTNCat
