MetaSensor, a venture-backed R&D organization located in Silicon Valley, is advancing a new generation of IoT devices to significantly improve situational awareness and understanding capabilities. Their flagship product, Sensor-1, is a portable security system that fits in the palm of your hand and communicates with iOS and Android devices, as well as the Internet (to further expand communication abilities). It also has an API to enable communication with a variety of long-range protocols (such as GSM), which allows the user to receive alarm notifications over much longer distances. Placing an armed Sensor-1 on anything that needs protection allows the user to know immediately if the item moves.