Blog — Off-Grid Tech & OGLAS Updates
Stories, guides, and updates from building off-grid sensor networks. Many of the examples come from farms — our test bed — but the ideas apply anywhere off-grid.
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Why Your Farm Data Should Stay on Your Farm
Wednesday, May 06, 2026 in Blog
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Every smart-farm product on the market wants your data on their servers. Not because it’s better for you — because it’s better for their recurring revenue model. Here’s why we built OGLAS to work the other way. The subscription trap …
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How to Monitor Remote Water Troughs Without Driving the Paddocks Every Day
Saturday, May 02, 2026 in Blog
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If your property has twenty troughs spread across a few thousand hectares, checking them all is a half-day job — and it’s a half-day you repeat every day because the cost of missing a dry trough is measured in stock weight, stress, and …
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Building an Electric Fence Monitor That Alerts You the Moment the Fence Dies
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 in Blog
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An electric fence that’s stopped pulsing is just a fence — and livestock work that out fast. The problem isn’t detecting a dead fence; it’s detecting it before you do the morning rounds and find animals where they shouldn’t …
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LoRa vs 4G for Farm Sensor Networks: Which Actually Costs Less Over 5 Years?
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 in Blog
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When you’re putting sensors across a farm — gates, water troughs, tanks, fence lines — every device that needs a SIM card is a device with a monthly bill. Ten sensors at $5/month is $600/year before you’ve read a single tank level. Over …