There will be 22 billion devices worldwide connected to the IoT by 2025
Muuun is the hardware behind our Smart Smoke Service. So, how does a regular smoke detector work? It can detect fires by sensing microscopic particles in the air using a pair of detection units. The first look out for ionization. The other is photoelectric, which detects light reflected off particles inside the machine’s sensing chamber. When something is detected, the unit will emit a high-pitched electronic shrieking noise that is designed to alert the people inside the building, particularly if they are asleep or in another room. The question then becomes, what happens when you’re not at home to hear the alarm? What happens if you’ve gone down to the market for a quick purchase and left a child at home, a disabled relative, or someone with a hearing loss or who is completely deaf? Even if they are able to perceive the alarm, they might not have the physical or mental capabilities to do something about it. What makes muuun’s detection systems superior? Because they aren’t stand-alone units, they are essentially tiny, powerful detectors that use Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) technology. Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) is the thing that powers the IoT by allowing it to communicate over long distances via cellular networks while using a minimum of bandwidth and power. NB-IoT was designed specifically for the usage of the IoT. It allows devices to stay in “sleep mode” and only use a tiny bit of power while constantly communicating with LTE networks.
The IoT is one of the biggest growth sectors in the world. Spending on it was expected to hit $1 trillion by the end of 2022, up from $749 billion in 2020. According to a report by Oracle, there will be 22 billion devices worldwide connected to the IoT by 2025. What does this mean for the owner of a muuun system? When a fire, smoke, or risky levels of carbon monoxide are reported, the traditional fire alarm sound activates at the property, but that’s not the only reaction. The alarm signal is forwarded to the customer via their preferred method of communication. That can be via a telco company, a utility company, a security firm, the person’s insurance company, or any other method that falls in sync with our support center. Imagine the difference between coming home from work or a holiday to find your home or other property consumed by fire as opposed to getting an immediate call, text, or other direct message letting you know what the alarm has been triggered and letting you act immediately to prevent it from becoming something devastating. As an additional failsafe, if our support system cannot get ahold of you or another verified adult on your account, the local fire department will be informed immediately, significantly lowering the chance of extensive damage or potential loss of life occurring at the scene of the alert. This harkens back to our Smart Smoke Service's theme of prevention over intervention. It’s no longer enough to simply have an alarm sound at the property. We have the technology to build it better than that, especially when studies show that fires can destroy an entire home in just three minutes. Three minutes without a response and an entire lifetime of memories, acquisitions, keepsakes, and heirlooms could be gone forever. And that’s if you are lucky and the house is empty.
If you’ve watched enough movies or TV shows, you might think you’re an expert in the dangers of fires. Faulty electrical wiring and plugs, lightning strikes, grease fires in the kitchen, and a surge protector failing, they all present quite the picture of drama. But 90% of people don’t die from the fire itself but from the fumes that come with it – notably smoke and carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is released before a fire breaks out, but its effects can be absolutely deadly. Not only does it make it difficult to breathe, but it reduces the flow of oxygen to the brain, causing us to struggle to make good decisions, which can be a life-or-death problem when we are confronted with a fire in our home or business.
One of the biggest problems with traditional fire alarms is that it can be tough to tell which one is even beeping when one is triggered without the obvious tell-tale signs of smoke or flames somewhere. Have you ever had to get the ladder out and go room by room through your home or office trying to figure out which alarm is actually beeping and then having to determine if there is actually something wrong or if it’s just a low or dead battery? Every second can count in a situation where carbon monoxide is in play. That’s why our smart detection systems allow you to view your entire alarm network from an app to quickly see which unit on your property is active and precisely what it is detecting.
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