This week on Mr. Beacon we have Ollie Smeenk, co-founder of SODAQ, back on the podcast. SODAQ is a Netherlands-based IoT hardware company that makes thin-powered tracking and sensing tags that improve medicine and asset monitoring. Ollie discusses the advantages of NB IoT over regular cellular networks for IoT applications as well as SODAQ's business model. Ollie shares his vision for the future of IoT tracking technology, including printable solutions and mobile phone gateways. We hope you enjoy this conversation! https://bit.ly/3snQA8Z

You can listen to the audio version of the entire conversation by clicking the link above.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction, SODAQ is back on
1:20 - Ollie Smeenk, co-founder of SODAQ
2:55 - Recap on SODAQ
6:25 - Thin printed batteries
7:57 - SODAQ's tracking/sensing label for medicine
11:27 - Deployment status
15:08 - What are the setup costs?
17:00 - SODAQ pricing
18:10 - What about transmitting on airplanes?
22:20 - Future of printed IoT products
25:20 - What about solar powered IoT devices?
27:26 - Future of IoT
30:27 - Ollie's world travels and top 3 places to visit

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