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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

Thanks!

● Questions?

● Join us!

● http://thethingsnetwork.org/