Internet of Things with Fexingo: Connected Devices, Sensors, and Industrial IoT

Episode 29 of Internet of Things with Fexingo dives into the niche world of IoT-enabled beer fermentation monitoring. Lucas and Luna explore how one scrappy Minneapolis microbrewery, Barrel Theory, uses wireless temperature and specific gravity sensors to cut waste by 15% and improve batch consistency. They walk through the economics: a $1,200 sensor kit replacing a brewer's manual hourly checks,...

Every year, dozens of grain workers die in grain bin entrapments — buried alive by flowing grain. This episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo explores a new wave of IoT sensor arrays that detect temperature, moisture, and carbon dioxide levels inside bins, predicting crusting and bridging before they become death traps. Hosts Lucas and Luna walk through a specific installation at a 12-bin faci...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how IoT sensors are revolutionizing urban parking, reducing congestion and emissions. They dive into the case of Barcelona, which deployed thousands of wireless sensors in parking spaces to guide drivers to open spots via a mobile app. The result: a 30% reduction in circling traffic and a 20% drop in emissions in pilot zones. They discuss the technology behi...

Episode 26 of Internet of Things with Fexingo dives into the world of structural health monitoring. Lucas and Luna explore how a network of low-cost IoT sensors is being deployed on aging bridges across the United States to detect cracks, corrosion, and strain before they become catastrophic. They focus on a specific project: the 2024 installation of over 1,200 sensors on the Pulaski Skyway in New...

In episode 25 of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into how IoT sensors are revolutionizing waste management. They explore a case study in Seoul, South Korea, where smart bins with fill-level sensors reduced collection costs by 30 percent and cut overcollection by 40 percent. The hosts discuss the technology behind these systems, including ultrasonic sensors and solar-powered co...

Lucas and Luna explore how IoT vibration and acoustic sensors are being deployed in commercial buildings to detect tiny water leaks before they cause catastrophic damage. The episode focuses on a specific case: the 2023 rollout of leak-detection sensors by the real estate investment trust Boston Properties across its 21-million-square-foot portfolio. Lucas explains how the sensors, costing around...

Episode 23 of Internet of Things with Fexingo dives into how IoT sensors are transforming pipeline leak detection—a $5 billion problem for oil, gas, and water utilities. Lucas and Luna explore a real-world case from a major US pipeline operator that deployed acoustic and fiber-optic sensors along 500 miles of pipeline in Texas. They break down how the system detects pressure changes and sound sign...

Episode 22 of Internet of Things with Fexingo tackles a billion-dollar problem: theft of heavy equipment and materials from construction sites. Lucas and Luna explore how GPS-enabled sensors, motion detectors, and geofencing are cutting losses by up to 40%. They examine a real case from a Texas contractor who reduced theft by 60% using a combination of IoT trackers on excavators and smart locks on...

Episode 21 digs into how IoT sensors are transforming agricultural irrigation—using real-time soil moisture data to cut water use by up to 40 percent while maintaining crop yields. Lucas and Luna walk through a case study from a California almond farm that installed a network of tensiometers and weather-linked controllers. They discuss the specific sensors involved, the irrigation scheduling algor...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna trace how IoT sensors are revolutionizing the coffee supply chain — from monitoring soil moisture and temperature on farms in Colombia to tracking roasting profiles and freshness during shipping. They focus on a specific case: a cooperative of 500 smallholder farmers in Huila, Colombia, who used a $50 sensor kit from a startup call...

This episode explores how wineries in Napa Valley and Bordeaux are deploying connected temperature, humidity, and pH sensors to monitor fermentation in real time. Lucas and Luna discuss a specific case: a mid-size Napa producer that reduced batch loss by 18 percent in its first year using a mesh network of IoT sensors. They examine the technical choices — LoRaWAN versus Wi-Fi, edge processing vers...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how IoT sensors and GPS trackers are revolutionizing motorcycle theft prevention. With over a million motorcycles stolen annually in the US alone, a new wave of connected devices is changing the game. They focus on the Bosch Motorcycle Security system, which uses millimeter-wave radar and cellular IoT to detect tampering an...

Episode 17 dives into the silent invasion of IoT sensors into car manufacturing and aftermarket diagnostics. Lucas and Luna unpack how a single tire-pressure sensor in a 2026 sedan now generates more data than an entire 2010 assembly line, and why automakers are fighting over who owns that data — the dealer, the cloud, or the driver. They trace the shift from dumb metal boxes to rolling sensor pla...

Episode 16 of Internet of Things with Fexingo explores how IoT sensors are transforming olive oil production, from precision irrigation drones to fermentation tank monitors. Hosts Lucas and Luna visit a fictional case study—Tuscan producer Frantoio Verde—that used soil moisture sensors, weather stations, and cloud analytics to cut water use by 30 percent and boost oil yield by 18 percent in the 20...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, hosts Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly high-tech world of cold chain logistics. Over 12 percent of global food is wasted due to temperature breakdowns in transit—costing the industry roughly $35 billion annually. Lucas explains how a single IoT sensor company, Tive, helped a major poultry shipper reduce spoilage by 40 percent using real-...

Construction is one of the most dangerous industries, but IoT sensors are changing that. In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into how connected devices are monitoring worker proximity to heavy machinery, detecting hazardous gas levels in real time, and predicting structural risks before they become accidents. They focus on a specific case: a major New York City...

Episode 13 of Internet of Things with Fexingo dives into smart building energy management. Lucas and Luna examine how a real office building in Austin used a mesh network of temperature, occupancy, and light sensors to slash HVAC and lighting consumption by 30 percent in under a year. They discuss the specific sensor types, the data orchestration layer, and why most buildings still operate on stat...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into a specific, high-stakes application of IoT sensors: preventing warehouse fires. They explore how a combination of thermal imaging, gas detection, and vibration sensors can detect early signs of combustion in massive storage facilities, using real examples from logistics hubs in the US and Europe. The conversation breaks d...

Grain dust explosions have plagued agriculture for over a century—but a new generation of IoT sensors is finally making them preventable. In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into a single, terrifying case: the 2017 Didion Milling explosion in Wisconsin that killed five workers and the 2025 regulatory shift that followed. They walk through the physics of grain dust combustion, the specific sensor...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how IoT sensors are revolutionizing patient monitoring in hospitals. They dive into the specific case of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, which deployed over 10,000 connected sensors across its wards to track patient vitals in real time. The discussion covers the technical challenges of wireless interference in hospital environ...

Episode 9 of Internet of Things with Fexingo zeroes in on a fast-growing application: using IoT sensors to measure and verify carbon emissions across logistics and manufacturing. Lucas explains how a German automotive supplier deployed over 10,000 connected sensors across its tier-2 supply chain to track energy use and shipping emissions in near-real-time. Luna asks whether these systems can withs...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how IoT sensors are revolutionizing water management in both urban and agricultural settings. They dive into the specific case of Barcelona, where a network of soil moisture and flow sensors reduced irrigation water use by 25 percent in city parks — saving millions of gallons annually. The discussion covers the types of sen...

Lucas and Luna explore how IoT sensors are transforming livestock management, focusing on a specific case: a 10,000-head cattle ranch in Nebraska that reduced mortality by 18 percent and feed costs by 12 percent using ear-tag sensors and edge gateways. They discuss the technology stack, the business case, and broader implications for precision agriculture. The episode drills into the numbers, the...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into how IoT sensors are quietly revolutionizing retail inventory management. They focus on a specific case: how a major UK grocery chain, Tesco, deployed RFID tags and weight-sensing shelves across hundreds of stores, cutting out-of-stock incidents by 40% and reducing manual stock-check labor hours by 60%. The conversation ex...

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the emerging market for hyperlocal air quality monitoring. They examine how a single startup in Oakland, California—using a network of 200 low-cost IoT sensors—created a dataset that is now being sold to insurers, city planners, and real estate developers. The episode explores the technical challenge of calibrating cheap...