# Thingitude wins place in prestigious competition

> In this second year of the 50 Game Changer awards it is great news that Thingitude has been chosen to be included. This has delighted Mark Stanley and I as it r

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network Wokingham](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/wokingham/)
- Author: Mike Beardmore
- Published: 2017-06-26
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/wokingham/post/thingitude-wins-place-in-prestigious-competition

In this second year of the [50 Game Changer awards](http://www.connecttvt.co.uk/gamechangers/) it is great news that [Thingitude](http://thingitude.com/) has been chosen to be included. This has delighted Mark Stanley and I as it recognises our work in supporting The Things Network roll-out across the UK and the potential for TTN to be significant influencer of change.

While things have been quiet in #Woky on the TTN front, we have been working on spreading the news of the 12 gateways around Reading, and supporting other initiators around the UK. We have also run a number of workshops for company staff and artists.

While we wait for the official release of the certified TTN Gateway I am focusing on the 'sensor node' part of the system. Richard Ibbotson at [Reading Hackspace](http://rlab.org.uk/) has created LoRaWAN board to attach to a BBC MicroBit that will make a self contained low power sensor node, battery powered with connectors for the popular GROVE standard sensors.

At the [Museum of English Rural Life](http://themerl.reading.ac.uk/) we have deployed sensors in a raised bed in which one of the Reading University scientists is growing sugar beet. More of this news will come in a later post.

I am working to get reliable wireless sensors and to use the MicroBit as a hub to send data to TTN. I see these a being of value to schools for linking technology and horticulture in the curriculum and for Allotment holders who wish to monitor and control things such a water management.

If you would like to get involved in any way with these projects just let me know.

-Mike