Postpaid Plans for Sensors in a Mobile Network
Born out of the discussion happened over here: Free Messaging.
Mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous & cheap. Even a common man relies on this wonder device for this bread. So, how to make use of this gadget & the “always on” Mobile network to our comforts?
Read about this in Paper:
There is a village in Andhra where farmers use missed calls to switch on their pumpsets. Its really important to water their fields in the early hours & at late nights. The farmer need not go the well, which might be in the middle of the field & might avoid getting bites from serpents & other creatures.
Typical Requirements:
- A dismantled cellphone.
- A Charger.
- Extra circuitry to glue the celphone & the waterpump.
- A SIM
- A Call plan for the cellphone.
Our focus here is abt the last point. So the welcoming move should come from the Telecom Service providers who are willing to provide connectivity for sensors/devices like this. There can be “special” post/pre paid plans which are valid say for years & the cost of it should just bare the cost of the SIMs. I’m taking about plans of around Rs. 100 per year. As the whole thing works with missed calls, there’ll not be any “actual” calls made. There is no spending for customer care. Might be a boon for cellular companies for identifying altogether a new revenue channel. >:O)
Another is the charger, which has to be a solar device, which powers the cellphone. The power requirements will be to the least, as the there will not be any display. The cellphone has to just keep tabs with the network.
adiya said,
March 14, 2007 at 8:56 am
Hey thats awesome idea. :) its another vista to NetWork Computaing what java – james gosling originally visioned for ( in start of 1990). his NC concepts majorly failed but gave a grt8 Programming language called -JAVA. Idea of NC is to automate the home-appliance system through single Mid-let technology :) hopefully we also see that soon. :)
gud post dude. oru technology ya bharathiraja style illa solli erukinga. nice
Janitri said,
March 14, 2007 at 10:16 am
Whats you upto man?????? Something real good for the brains.. Good job..
nit538 said,
March 14, 2007 at 10:31 am
haha,taz interesting! but buddy, if you read the title of my entrries and if you’ve been reading my entries for a while, or atleast peeked into my “lexical database” or moved your mouse over Him, …*holdon,i’m breathing* ..then it wudn’t ahve been a porblem dude.but point well taken. i’ll try to tune my brain to match yours! ;)
adiya said,
March 14, 2007 at 3:26 am
Hey thats awesome idea. :) its another vista to NetWork Computaing what java – james gosling originally visioned for ( in start of 1990). his NC concepts majorly failed but gave a grt8 Programming language called -JAVA. Idea of NC is to automate the home-appliance system through single Mid-let technology :) hopefully we also see that soon. :)
gud post dude. oru technology ya bharathiraja style illa solli erukinga. nice
Janitri said,
March 14, 2007 at 4:46 am
Whats you upto man?????? Something real good for the brains.. Good job..
Ranjhith said,
March 14, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Adiya,
Yen iniya Adiya avargale, ungal paasathu uriya Ranjhith peasukurean … :D
Ho! JAVA came out from the embedded world? :) Good to Know!.
Janitri,
Vaanga Vanakkam. Rombo Nandringa. :)
Nit538,
Hey Nit, Welcome to thrattle. Ya, wud be good, if you cud tune to the frequencies in a “generic band”. >:O) More people can listen to your programming. >:O) Cheers!
Then, You can’t reply to my comments, I left at ur blog, here! :). Reply at your blog, I’ll read it there. Ore Orkut effect pola? :P
nit538 said,
March 14, 2007 at 5:01 am
haha,taz interesting! but buddy, if you read the title of my entrries and if you've been reading my entries for a while, or atleast peeked into my “lexical database” or moved your mouse over Him, …*holdon,i'm breathing* ..then it wudn't ahve been a porblem dude.but point well taken. i'll try to tune my brain to match yours! ;)
ranjhith said,
March 14, 2007 at 9:47 am
Adiya,
Yen iniya Adiya avargale, ungal paasathu uriya Ranjhith peasukurean … :D
Ho! JAVA came out from the embedded world? :) Good to Know!.
Janitri,
Vaanga Vanakkam. Rombo Nandringa. :)
Nit538,
Hey Nit, Welcome to thrattle. Ya, wud be good, if you cud tune to the frequencies in a “generic band”. >:O) More people can listen to your programming. >:O) Cheers!
Then, You can't reply to my comments, I left at ur blog, here! :). Reply at your blog, I'll read it there. Ore Orkut effect pola? :P