To resolve the battery problem Everactive came up with ultra-low-power integrated circuits to form a new low-power wireless networking. Everactive’s solution Steam trap monitoring (Source: Everactive) In order to respond to the specific needs of a manufacturing plant and a 1 trillion-node world, there is a need for high density sensor networks that can communicate at long range in difficult-to-communicate environments. Not only is battery capacity constrained, existing wireless networking technology is also an issue.The continuous cloud-based analytics aren’t possible when powered only by batteries. It would become highly impossible to change batteries every year considering the lifespan of the battery and the type of device, which could cost thousands of dollars in replacement, time and effort. IDTechEx makes the case in a recent report regarding the drawbacks of billions of battery-powered devices, arguing that it could undermine up to 80% of the Internet of Things (IoT) potential.Ī typical mid-sized factory can mount around 10,000 industrial IoT devices to monitor temperature, air quality, report on your steam traps, HVAC systems, and other vital infrastructure.
According to Everactive, powering 1 trillion IoT devices would require replacing 274 million batteries every day, assuming those batteries all reach their total 10-year life expectancies, which is not feasible. Understanding the problem at hand that 1 trillion devices would pose the issue of providing 1 trillion batteries, Ben and Dave started with a vision to get rid of battery-driven IoT devices.Īccording to Gartner, more than 65% of enterprises (up from 30% today) will adopt IoT products by 2020. IoT devices require batteries to sustain the sensors to collect, send, and analyze data. While others tried to wrap their heads around bloated IoT predictions, Calhoun and Wentzloff recognized the nearly impossible task of managing 1 trillion devices.
Calhoun and Wentzloff worked together in MIT’s Anantha Chandrakasan’s research group on ultra-low-power circuits. Around the same year, MIT graduates Ben Calhoun and Dave Wentzloff co-founded Everactive. However, the 1 trillion was not breached in 2015. In 2012, IBM took everyone by surprise when they forecasted that there will be 1 trillion connected devices by 2015.
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