A2A, the Seeker for this Wazoku Crowd Challenge, is looking to design a hardware receiving device that unlocks the ability to take real-time corrective action to adjust energy consumption for users.
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Our energy habits have economic and environmental impacts on ourselves and the world around us. Developing a device capable of receiving real-time data sent by a household energy meter and sharing it to the cloud will allow users to immediately become aware of consumption via an app, encouraging them to reduce waste.
Solvers are asked to describe in detail the hardware of a receiving device that A2A can utilize to revolutionize household energy footprint monitoring and correction. While not mandatory for the award, Solvers are encouraged to indicate steps to prototyping or include prototype results in their submissions, though no experimental validation will occur in this Challenge. The receiving device will act as an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway, collecting information from the meter and forwarding it to a cloud platform that end users can access.
This is a Prize Challenge, which requires a written proposal to be submitted. Awards will be contingent upon the theoretical evaluation of the proposal by A2A. For this Prize Challenge, Solvers must transfer all rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) in their proposed solution to be awarded.
Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on March 4th, 2024.
Source: Wazoku