CONNECTING THE NATURAL WORLD
Dryad provides ultra-early forest fire detection as well as health and growth monitoring solutions for public and private forests.
TECHNOLOGY
At Dryad, we believe in open industry standards to enable integration with a wide range of 3rd party wildfire sensors and extend the range of data provided to our analytics platform.
STANDARDS
Our network is based on LoRaWAN, the leading standard for long-range IoT.
Open for integration of 3rd party sensors and applications, no single-vendor lock-in.
DISTRIBUTED
Scalable, distributed architecture supports millions of low-cost sensors.
Enables large scale country or continent-wide deployment of sensor networks.
ANALYTICS
Cloud big data tools for analytics, monitoring and alerting.
Ultra-early wildfire detection during critical smoldering phase.
Actionable information and tools for forest owners.
ABOUT DRYAD
We use a large-scale IoT network of sensors to detect wildfires and to provide valuable forest insights and analytics.
OUR STORY
After several successful startups and exits in IT, electronics and telecommunications, we now want to apply our expertise to solve real-world problems. Witnessing forest fires increasingly threatening the world's largest carbon sink compelled us to think of innovative solutions to protect our invaluable natural resources by harnessing the power of nature and technology.
OUR MISSION
In Greek mythology, dryads are tree spirits living in symbiotic relationship with their hosts. Our artificial 'Dryads' monitor, analyze and protect forests using cutting-edge technology. Our mission is to tackle wildfires via early detection, monitor the vitality and growth of forests and other vital ecosystems, and to protect and restore the critical natural resources upon which we all depend.
OUR TECHNOLOGY
Dryad develops a wireless environmental sensor network based on LoRaWAN: the leading open-standard for long-range radio IoT networks. Our patent-pending distributed architecture enables large-scale deployments in areas without existing network coverage. Data collected in the network is processed using cloud-based big data tools for analytics, monitoring and alerting.
INDUSTRIES
Our technology has many use-cases and brings immense value to many sectors.
Protect your vital natural assets and ecosystems with our revolutionary Silvanet wildfire detection technology.
When it comes to fighting wildfires, speed is everything. Silvanet detects fires during their early smoldering phase enabling response teams to extinguish them easily and safely.
Power and transport infrastructure is a leading cause of wildfires. Protect against liabilities with our cost-effective, scalable and durable solution.
Our technology is highly adaptable to various needs and use-cases, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any other enquiries.
FUTURE APPLICATIONS
While our initial focus is to develop a forest fire protection system, our technology has the potential to be applied to other ecosystems including lakes, rivers and oceans.
We have several live R&D projects looking at future applications for the digital forest.
FOREST
Wildfire alerts, chainsaw noise detection, measuring humidity, drought, growth and health
AIR
Analyzing air quality, CO2, NOX and VOC levels, wind speed, humidity and temperature
WATER
Measuring O2 concentration, pesticides, temperature, flow speed and water levels
FARMING
Measuring moisture levels for automated irrigation