Kalintair23/solarsentinel-depin

Proof-of-concept AI-powered DePIN for predictive solar panel monitoring in rural Africa # ⚡ SolarSentinel DePIN ### Proof-of-Concept: AI-Powered Predictive Solar Monitoring for Rural Africa 🚀 Live Demo · 📺 Video · 📖 Documentation · 🏆 Hackathon **⚠️ This is a prototype built for educational and demonstration purposes for the Hedera Africa Hackathon 2025. Real-world deployment requires field validation.** --- ## 🌍 The Problem We're Exploring **600 million Africans lack reliable electricity.** Solar panels offer hope, but unexpected failures devastate rural communities when professional monitoring systems cost $20-50 per panel monthly—pricing out underserved populations. ### The Core Challenge According to World Bank research (2024): - Rural solar installations lose $5,000-$10,000 annually to maintenance delays - 40% average downtime due to reactive (not predictive) monitoring - Low-income communities can't afford industrial monitoring solutions - Lack of trusted audit trails makes impact verification difficult for NGO funders ### Our Hypothesis **What if AI + blockchain could make professional-grade predictive monitoring affordable for communities currently priced out?** --- ## 💡 What We Built **SolarSentinel** is a proof-of-concept decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) demonstrating how this might work. ### 🎯 System Architecture ``` ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ │ Simulated Sensors│───▶│ AI Predictor │───▶│ Hedera Testnet │ │ (IoT Telemetry) │ │ (Isolation Forest)│ │ (HCS + HTS) │ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ │ │ ▼ ▼ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ │ Dashboard │◀───│ Test Tokens │ │ (Real-time UI) │ │ (ETK on testnet)│ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ ``` ### What's Actually Working ✅ **Sensor Simulation**: Generates realistic solar panel telemetry based on documented African climate patterns ✅ **AI Prediction**: Isolation Forest m …