In 2016, UK startup Chirp got an unexpected call. It was UK energy provider EDF, enquiring about how it could use Chirp’s technology, which lets users send data over sound, in one of its nuclear power stations. EDF’s innovation delivery team were looking for communication alternatives to wifi and mobile phones in a radio-frequency restriction environment.
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