I've used outdoor soil sensors from mydevices.com. Once I told them to stop trying to upsell me on the Lora gateways and use Helium, its worked flawlessly. Its been like 6 months and the battery still registers 100%. Reports every 15 minutes and the data credits find their way to 3-4 different hotspots in the area. Source: almost 3 years ago

Another site that shows data transfer activity: https://mappers.helium.com/ Here's some examples of potential uses: https://www.lonestartracking.com/ (track anything anywhere) my brother wishes he had one of these when his maintenance truck stolen. https://mydevices.com/ (plug and play IOT sensors) I'm talking to one of my customers who is a landscape architect, he wants to monitor his larger landscape projects... Source: about 3 years ago

For reference, my last book was called Happy City. Source: over 2 years ago

This guy's work might appeal to you: https://thehappycity.com/the-book/. Source: over 2 years ago

> what me and perhaps many other Europeans think about the American suburb is simply not apparent to a lot of Americans. I share this sentiment a lot. Especially given my 30+ years growing up and living in Italy, and 8+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area. I liked how this article provided clear examples of what's different, and what's important, about a city. A great book I'd recommend is Happy City, by Charles... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago