A Portland State University spinout, SweetSense Inc. is organized around providing remote monitoring solutions for water, energy, and environmental projects with a particular focus on projects in developing nations. Defining itself in part as "where Big Data meets Global Development", the firm makes viable a system of remote monitoring employing distributed in-situ sensors that may provide crucial evidence to help inform the sector and public on the positive impacts of aid, and the on-going challenges. By demonstrating which technologies and programs are truly successfu - tmanagement argue - these successes can be targeted for scaling thereby benefitting developing communities by providing proven and accountable programs. To that end, the company offers SweetSense, a remote sensor that monitors water pumps, latrines, cookstoves, water filters, and more in real time. The companyâs SWEETSense hardware relays data over the cellular phone networks via HTTP to the Internet. Its technology is used for applications, including water treatment, sanitation, energy, infrastructure, or other applications
