Ulm becomes part of EXPO Dubai

Ulm becomes part of EXPO Dubai
with Cortex Media at the World Expo

Ulm wird Teil der EXPO Dubai Ulm - ini jahresveranstaltung

The world’s largest church tower is traveling to Dubai. In the form of a circuit board about the size of a matchbox (see cover photo from the presentation at the end of 2018 at the annual event of initiative.ulm.digital e.V. in Ulm’s town hall). This small minster is the key to the LoRaWAN(Long Range Wide Area Network), a network that is already available free of charge throughout Ulm. It was introduced in 2016 by initiative.ulm.digital e.V. under the leadership of Andreas Buchenscheit.

The efforts of initiative.ulm.digital e.V. are bearing special fruit this year. The LoRaWAN project will be part of the EXPO world exhibition in Dubai.

Ulm was one of the first cities in the world to adopt this technology. It allows sensor data to be transmitted over long distances, such as the fill level of trash bins in the city center, soil moisture in a home garden, or a crack in the masonry of Ulm’s most famous landmark, Ulm Minster. “We’re now seeing many great examples of how the network is being used, ranging from simple student projects to finished products from individual companies that make use of the Ulm network,” said Buchenscheit, board member of initiative.ulm.digital e.V. and managing director of CORTEX Media GmbH.

For him and his colleagues, the news from Dubai came as a complete surprise. “Neither we nor the city of Ulm applied for the EXPO. Of course, this makes it an even greater honor and appreciation that we were chosen by the Fraunhofer Institute on behalf of the Ministry to be a part of it,” adds Matthias Schneider, Head of Development at CORTEX media.

Association Chairman Heribert Fritz is also more than proud: “It shows that we are on the right track with our initiative and that Ulm remains a pioneer when it comes to digitalization.”

To illustrate the possibilities of a sensor network and the opportunities of a smart city, those responsible, together with citysens GmbH and the city of Ulm, opened the LoRaPark at the Weinhof in Ulm last summer. There, interested parties can find out about the areas of application of LoRaWAN using various examples.

Further information:
LoRaWAN Ulm https://lora.ulm-digital.com
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