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Meniscus Smarter Travelling Choices using Real Time Weather Data
Annual Futures Conference14th June 2016
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Will it rain…….or won’t it????
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Hyperlocal Rainfall project
Funded under an InnovateUK Smart City competitionCollaborative project
ObjectiveTo encourage city residents to make more
use of sustainable transport options – cycling and walking
How?To give them accurate, journey specific,
personalised rainfall predictions
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Hyperlocal Rainfall - Innovations
Accurate Tracking the actual rainfall that is falling Use Met Office radar data, not imagery, so we process results quicker
– updates every 5 minutes Every update we create 12 x 5 minute stepped predictions for each
1km2
Use local real time wind speed and direction data to predict rainfall path
‘Ground Truthing’ radar data with local weather stations Journey specific
Tie the rainfall predictions to a Journey Personalised
Look to ‘predict’ the Journey they are likely to take Create customised vouchers based on previous preferences
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Hyperlocal Rainfall – mobile app Android mobile app with
personalisation engine Preferred Journey Discount Vouchers for weather
Just launched as a Beta version so going through testing
Originally planned for Peterborough area but now processing data for ½ of England
Project completion March 2017 but currently ahead of schedule
All delivered using the Meniscus Analytics Platform (MAP)
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Built using Meniscus Analytics Platform
Data pushed to MAP
Information pulled using RESTful API
Meniscus Analytics Platform• Apply any calculation• Deploy to millions of Things/Entities• Real Time• Generic• Scalable, flexible and lightning fast
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Next Steps…
Two key things
1. Looking for Smart Cities and Local Councils to partner with Originally envisaged they may buy – but now believe this is unlikely Looking for councils to help deploy this app to local residents
2. Looking for corporates interested in sponsoring Promote health and well being of employees Able to use the app for their workforce
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Focus on Cleantech sector – Water and Electricity Cloud based service turning data into calculated metrics Software is developed and proven
Meniscus Calculation Engine (MCE) – original proven platform Meniscus Analytics Platform (MAP) – completed in 2014 with part funding from
InnovateUK
Delivered via a range of dashboard solutions or via a comprehensive RESTful API
Meniscus – background
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• Mike Everest• Meniscus Systems Ltd
Huntingdon Business CentreBlackstone RoadHuntingdonPE29 6EF
• T +44 1480 433714• E [email protected]
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