The future world must be sensing

In the 2009, ambitious Hewlett-Packard had done such a project as the Earth's central nervous system (Earth,cense), which wanted to make a comprehensive medical system for the Earth. Behind this ambitious vision is a 1 billion-level sensor dream.

The rise of smart hardware has largely benefited from the cheap popularity of sensors brought on by smartphones. Nest hot selling behind the temperature and humidity, the cheap infrared sensors, Jawbone, misfit the rise of gravity sensors behind the popularity of the unmanned aircraft favored by the capital is also in the gyroscope, electronic compass, GPS sensors mature after the rise. Behind each sensor, there may be a new industry, a new opportunity.

A few days ago do "bracelet, socket, millet to shuffle the next market is what?" Report, people familiar with the situation mentioned that sensors are one of the key factors affecting air purifiers. Accurate data is the basis of intelligence. However, now most of the air monitors and air purifiers, in order to reduce costs, the use of sharp or the glory of the dust sensor, can only provide interval numerical particle concentration, and then by the algorithm to estimate the value of PM2.5. This kind of intelligence all feel "unscientific". Recently, some entrepreneurs who do air purifiers recommend climbing technology, and they have successfully solved the problem. I also chatted with the founder of Zhou Zhibin Technology.

(Note: The picture from Baidu Hundred)

Ivy told 36 Krypton, currently on the market at the industrial level using laser particle counting principle of the PM2.5 sensor, they are the only one can take into account the accuracy, consistency, volume production of the manufacturers. This advantage is mainly through the combination of hardware and software algorithms to achieve. (because it involves trade secrets, Ivy says there is no way to announce more detailed principles for the time being). In addition to measuring PM2.5 sensors, climbing vines will also produce the production of formaldehyde sensors, carbon dioxide sensors.

How does a PM2.5 sensor like ivy change the industry? Now the air monitoring class and purification products, the price difference is quite large, in order to monitor products, for example, the difference is often in the sensor. The air fruit of ink is sold to 999 yuan, One of the PM2.5 sensor price of the external quotation is more than 400 yuan; Haier's formaldehyde tester price of 599 yuan, the use of formaldehyde sensor quotes are more than 200; most of the air purification products used are sharp dust sensors, it is difficult to detect specific values, the so-called intelligence is more or less "pseudo-intelligent" Taste.

Talking to a friend who is a semiconductor industry chain investor, he also talks about his own opinion. Modules such as climbing rattan, the advantages are often based on sales and technical support capabilities, and for a company to B, this ability is not enough to form a long-term advantage. In addition, the module manufacturers are not very high value-added links, margin is relatively limited. Climbing Rattan told 36 Krypton, many domestic manufacturers of air products have placed orders or are testing climbing vine sensors, the next climbing vine is likely to accumulate a large number of environmental data, or to do data mining or development into an API interface to open up. However, I have a bit of doubt, that is to occupy the advantages of modular resources, climbing Rattan also consider to do to C market, but it may weaken their advantage in the to B market.

PM2.5 sensor is only the sensor world drop, bring to the industry is not only the price of air monitoring products, product popularization. In the case of the country, the smog is serious, PM2.5 threatens human health, although it is indisputable fact, but most ordinary people have not given enough attention, one reason is not aware of the seriousness of this. When the startling figures can be presented to the user, the shock and attention must be enormous. Earlier reports said Chicago would deploy about 50 "street lamp sensors" this summer to capture a wide range of data needed by the public sector, which only opened a small window in the "Smart city", while projects like Cense were the only way to smarter Earth.

The future world, must be a sensor-covered world, ubiquitous sensors will collect all kinds of data on earth, physical, chemical, biological, the world can be quantified everywhere, real-time can be perceived. The way people perceive the world has changed again, just as the internet and mobile internet have once again brought about changes in business models. Perhaps, behind each mobile sensor is a tens of billions of industries.

Where's the chance for that sensor? I think the most important carrier of the sensor is probably not just the smart hardware, but mobile devices such as smart phones, which have been put into the plateau, are likely to be revitalized by sensors. Each additional sensor on the mobile terminal is likely to breed a new big market.