IoT Early Warning System Helps Save People From Mudslides

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- September 12, 2016 at 7:31 am #1983
  
  Jonathan Corley
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  Network World, 08/24/2016
  
  This article describes an early warning system for mudslides and flood in rural El Salvador that uses a mesh network of simple devices, within local villagers’ needs and cultural structures. The article can be used to highlight differences between the U.S., where a vast array of technological advances can aid in mitigating disasters, and remote areas of the world where many of the basic technologies involved, such as cell-phone networks, do not exist or are not reliable.
  
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