Swarm, the satellite connectivity company, debuts $499 evaluation kit (techcrunch.com)

This connectivity kit will be awesome for my global drifting buoy project. I will be able to communicate two ways with the buoys anywhere in the world.

This is the future! Can’t wait to get started with this kit.

Have been tracking this coming for a while. Fascinating to see them move into consumer space.

The article mentions “hobbyist weather trackers” as one group of potential users.

What are some of the other ideal use cases?

Can’t wait to get a kit!

Just awesome!

Power the everyday joe - anywhere!

Fantastic opportunity to connect at very affordable cost!

This is interesting. Curious to know how much data can be transferred.

Looks good, holistically and economically thought out

I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of swarms kit. It is unique — competes with other low-bandwidth satcom solutions but at a low cost and very low power. I think there is a need for their modems, particularly in the IoT space with long-running very remote devices which they fit very nicely. Good luck to them!

Can’t wait to get one myself!

The kit looks amazing. I'm sending their website to my avocado farmers. I think they would benefit from their other product, The Tile, so they can finally optimize their crop watering cycles inexpensively.

The Tile seems especially cool due to its price. What justifies the price difference between it and the evaluation kit?

Regardless: This is cool. I can imagine it being used on LoRaWAN gateways.