Prior presenter SensorSphere, now Orbii, is a remote controlled robotic sphere with video and various sensors options, such as sound or environment. They have a launched a crowdfunding campaign which is coming to a close soon.

We started the discussion of the recent launch of the  iSeeFlood App, launched, in part, by University of Texas at Arlington associate professor D.J. Seo. The app allows users to input flooding reports in order to help deal with localized flooding.The app adds another layer to existing flood gauges for modeling urban water flow and will work with the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere network of radars stationed across the DFW.

The event continued with keynote speaker Nik Kitson, the Dallas ambassador for The Things Network and the founder of Haxiot, a company offering LoRaWAN products.

The Things Network is an open crowdsourced Internet of Things wireless network. The Things Network ambassadors hope to convince enough inhabitants of a city to purchase and install the network equipment to create citywide coverage . It took six weeks to launch the network in Amsterdam. Planned services for the Amsterdam network include Trakkies, a service for finding your lost goods.
Getting Started with The Things Network.