Comcast’s machineQ, a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN), is helping companies track carts around golf courses, monitor irrigation at vineyards and measure the amount of water used by mining operations.

The Philadelphia-based communications giant, which launched machineQ in 2017, released the names of five companies currently using the technology, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly.

The five companies include Bensalem, Pa.-based H2O Degree and Hingham, Mass.-based SteamIQ.

In April, as part of its annual corporate responsibility push, Comcast deployed sensors around key spots at Southwest Philly’s Bartram’s Garden in an effort to equip groundskeepers with live data on soil moisture, temperature and other data points.

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