I received an email yesterday from an Infrastructure industry association with a company being advertised: Spectur (SP3) a WA founded surveillance company that specialises in remote locations and feature edge capabilities. I downloaded their white paper titled: Sense, think, act: how smart technology is making communities safer.
My thinking is if they're not already in discussions with BRN then they soon will be (funnily enough their research arm is also based in Perth). Below are some exerts including discussing edge compute (I believe they're currently doing a combination of cloud, fog and edge, so perhaps the papers edge discussion is discussing their platforms versatility).
Introducing Spectur
Spectur is an innovative provider of cutting-edge technological solutions harnessing solar power and battery storage to solve security and safety problems in remote or off-grid locations. Spectur’s autonomous surveillance and warning systems use advanced artificial intelligence and IoT technology to sense, think and act in response to threats without requiring human interaction, even in remote areas and harsh environments. The uniquely flexible, programmable and expandable platforms enable Spectur to develop ideal solutions to help clients reduce risk to people, property and the environment.
Operating independently of mains power and wired internet, Spectur’s systems can be deployed in isolated areas far from other infrastructure, temporary settings, and locations where cabling is not feasible due to factors including the associated costs, disruption and environmental disturbance. In the past, no viable solution was available for use in many such settings. This meant private and public institutions had to accept significant risk and hope for the best. Now, using this advanced technology, these risks can be effectively mitigated, avoiding significant potential financial, reputational and human costs.
Spectur offers sales, rental, subscriptions and ongoing services built around its advanced solutions to comprehensively address a wide range of different challenges faced by private and public sector clients. These may include, but are not limited to, theft and infrastructure damage, illegal dumping, barriers to effective emergency response in off-grid areas, and public health and safety threats (including shark attacks, bushfires, storms, floods and other natural disasters, pollution, drowning and more). The systems can even perform as solar- AI platforms, suitable for the deployment of solutions by other third parties.
Cloud, edge and fog computing
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edge computing, a significant proportion of the computing takes place on or near the endpoint IoT devices, which also store limited data. Devices with these capabilities are known as edge devices. Essentially, data from devices is processed more locally (at edge devices, networks of devices, local servers and/or gateways) rather than at the location of centralised storage.
Processing data directly at the edge, rather than sending it to the cloud, reduces latency and allows for faster response, making it instrumental for real-time applications. It can also reduce the consumption of data transmitted over wireless networks, with associated costs, ten-fold or more.
Edge computing can also prevent sensitive raw data from being sent to the cloud, encrypting data closer to where it is generated and allowing for offline local storage. Edge computing can employ a loosely connected structure with devices (or nodes) independently collecting and processing data. Edge computing architecture also allows IoT devices to operate in areas with limited bandwidth or intermittent internet connectivity.
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Additionally on their AI page they note:
There are no commercially available solutions for edge-based visual AI platforms that are not custom built. We designed our solution to be open to multiple AI technology providers.
The Spectur ‘fog’ ecosystem is designed for cloud and edge-based AI. We deliver a robust solution, within carefully managed power consumption constraints.
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