The goal was to produce a safety system to monitor and support underground mining operations; existing systems were either too simple (i.e. phone line) or overly complex and expensive, inhibiting deployment, and providing little-to-no support in event of an accident. Given the dangerous nature of the mining work environment and the strict regulations placed on the industry, the solution would have to comply with Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations. Yet the product needed to allow for simple deployment to truly be a groundbreaking solution - increasing miner safety and changing daily operations for the better.

Technology to support vessels in the commercial fishing industry had not changed significantly since the advent of radar. Over the past 40 years commercial fishing in the United States has continued to be one of the most active, yet regulated industries. The combination of federal regulations and lack of technology created an opportunity for Faria Watchdog to go-to-market with a solution.

We all are familiar with electronic road signs both those fixed to overpasses and those portable devices on the highway or even secondary back roads. For far too long it was costly and difficult to update the messages on these signs as it required an approved individual (Police, Department of Transportation, etc.) to update these signs. This is especially critical during safety events such as an Amber Alert - a better solution was needed.

Zco Corporation (www.zco.com) is a leading provider of mobile solutions. Zco provides both custom development services as well as a number of its own IoT products.These products include IoT2cell (www.iot2cell.com), which is robust mobile platform for the IoT ecosystem and PublicEye (www.publiceyes.com), which serves the public safety market.Zco has been in business for over 29 years and has developed over 500 mobile apps. It is one of the few companies which has expertise in mobile platforms and IoT systems.

PLVision is a turnkey solution development and consulting company specialized in the Internet of Things and Networking software development. We provide highly customized IoT solutions to industrial manufacturing companies to help them increase competitive advantage. For IoT solution and network product providers, we serve as a technology partner, leveraging our deep knowledge in computer networking and embedded systems to help them accelerate their product roadmap.

Ambyint is developing the "self-driving car" for oil wells. We’re enabling autonomous well operations for E&P customers by leveraging best-in-class technology tools like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT devices, in combination with physics-based analytics, deep domain expertise, and a massive proprietary data lake of nearly 50 terabytes, equivalent to 100 million operating hours.Our fully-integrated technology stack for artificial lift and production monitoring/optimization includes data acquisition and control through sensor and communication devices, data aggregation and transmission that are independent of existing RTU and SCADA systems, and software that enables monitoring, analysis, integration and optimization using cloud and edge computing. Ultimately, Ambyint can deliver production improvements of up to 10% and OpEx cost savings of up to 20%.