Usman Haque discusses Pachube, a platform that allows data from smart objects and sensors to be shared over the internet. Pachube acts as a "patch-bay" connecting data from devices like microcontrollers, buildings, vehicles, and sensors. This shared data can then be used in applications, visualizations, and by developers to create integrations. Pachube provides tools for individuals and organizations to make objects smart and share information while maintaining privacy and security options.

2. SMART PEOPLE
DUMB OBJECTS
NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS
Usman Haque
Founder/CEO, Connected Environments Ltd
Director, Haque Design + Research Ltd
www.haque.co.uk
www.pachube.com

3. BACKGROUND
www.pachube.com

4. MAKE DATA PUBLIC, OPEN DATA, ETC
•! not sufficient
•! standards of evidence
•! air quality: height of measurement?
•! crime data: what categories?
•! climate data: whose authority?
•! making sense of data
•! make data public ! public make data
www.pachube.com

5. www.pachube.com

6. PACHUBE...
www.pachube.com

7. PACHUBE... IS A ‘PATCH-BAY’
microcontrollers & sensors
building management systems
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
www.pachube.com

8. PACHUBE... IS A ‘PATCH-BAY’
microcontrollers & sensors
• high resolution storage
• scalable infrastructure
• highly available, resilient
building management systems • web management tools
• physical-to-virtual API
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
www.pachube.com

9. PACHUBE... IS A ‘PATCH-BAY’
microcontrollers & sensors
Products
Tools
Applications
(3rd party)
• high resolution storage
• scalable infrastructure
• highly available, resilient
building management systems • web management tools
• physical-to-virtual API
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
www.pachube.com

10. PACHUBE... IS A ‘PATCH-BAY’
microcontrollers & sensors
Products
Tools
Applications
(3rd party)
• high resolution storage • mobile/web apps
• scalable infrastructure • capacity planning
• highly available, resilient json, xml, csv • decision tools
building management systems • web management tools • remote monitors
• physical-to-virtual API • resource allocation
mobile objects & vehicles wearable & biosensors environmental/pollution virtual environments automation systems
www.pachube.com

11. WEBSITE SCREENSHOTS
www.pachube.com

12. API: PLATFORM INTEGRATION
•! Software libraries & examples
•! Java, Ruby, .net, Perl, C, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, Javascript
•! LabVIEW, Processing, OpenFrameworks, Flash, Adobe AIR, Google Visualization API
•! Asterisk PBX, Cold Fusion, xAP, DomotiGa, Germanium Web 3D, FHEM Home automation
•! Hardware applications & examples
•! iPhone, Blackberry, G1/Android Google Phone, Windows CE for smartphones
•! Arduino, Zigbee, SunSPOT, Phidgets, GainSpan, Mocana
•! weather stations, LiveBox, CurrentCost, Insteon/Indigo Home Automation
•! Virtual systems
•! Second Life, OpenSim, server monitoring, webscraping
•! Web service and application integration
•! Twitter, AMEE, SketchUp, Google Earth, Skype, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, xAP
•! Physical installations
•! Buildings, energy meters, pollution monitors, ships, satellites, city utilities, mobile devices,
automobiles
www.pachube.com

13. ‘OUT-OF-THE-BOX’ APPS
•! Mapping tools: track mobile feeds & distributed
sensor networks in real time
www.pachube.com

14. ‘OUT-OF-THE-BOX’ APPS
•! Embed visualization tools, maps & graphs in websites
www.pachube.com

15. ‘OUT-OF-THE-BOX’ APPS
•! Augmented Reality: visualize environmental and
sensor data from devices and buildings
www.pachube.com

16. ‘OUT-OF-THE-BOX’ APPS
•! Smart phones: monitor, control and update feeds
using a variety of mobile phone apps
www.pachube.com

17. ‘OUT-OF-THE-BOX’ APPS
•! Mash-ups and web app integration: with services like
Twitter, Skype, SketchUp & AMEE
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18. GRANULARITY OF PARTICIPATION
•!individuals experiment, developers prototype,
organisations create, cities collaborate
•!‘privacy’ options coming: share-to-world or
share-to-group
•!people make things smart
•! formulate goals
•! teach & learn
•! create solutions & vocabularies
•!together they become.... THINGKERS!
www.pachube.com

19. SMART PEOPLE
DUMB OBJECTS
NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS
Usman Haque
Founder/CEO, Connected Environments Ltd
Director, Haque Design + Research Ltd
www.haque.co.uk
twitter.com/uah
www.pachube.com