THE METER, THE MISTRESS, AND THE MISSING DETECTIVE THE STUDENT AND THE TEN PARAMETERS (TO SAY NOTHING OF THE BLENDER) A few years ago a student called me looking for a BSc thesis topic. We were knee-deep in IoT sensors for industry at the time, and on... KISS NGSI-LD
DEAR EUROPE - WE HAVE A COAL PLANT THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU CONSUME LESS COAL A FEBRUARY ARTICLE IN FINANCE RUINED MY COFFEE, PART 2 A 600 MW unit for hire, gently used, specialises in powering electricity-saving analytics. Apply within. In the previous part of this electricity... KISS NGSI-LD
THE ELECTRICAL METERS ARE FINE. THE RECURRING REVENUE IS TERRIFYING. A FEBRUARY ARTICLE IN FINANCE RUINED MY COFFEE It was a Tuesday morning. I had coffee in one hand, my PIES 2026 slides open on the other screen, and a genuinely optimistic plan for the day. Then the F... KISS NGSI-LD
A BUS COMPANY SAYS THEY'RE ON TIME. WE GAVE THE CITY A WAY TO VERIFY. THE MEETING WHERE SOMEONE MENTIONED THE BUSES It wasn't even a proper project brief. During a meeting with a small EU city that already runs a smart city platform - context broker, some sensors, dashb... KISS NGSI-LD
TOWARDS DATA SPACES WITH NGSI-LD - CASSIOPEIA NGSI-LD MAPPER FROM DATA CATALOGS TO DATA SPACES WITH Vela Context Data Hub CASSIOPEIA Everyone says they are building a data space and if you listen long enough you might even start to believe that uploading an Exc... Data space NGSI-LD
I TRIED TO DIGITALIZE SANTA. I SURVIVED. BARELY I HAD A DREAM. I WOKE UP SCREAMING. I had a dream. One of those dreams where everything is finally going to be done properly. Well, not exactly. In the dream, I do not remember exactly how it started... Christmas KISS Sensors
SMART METERING WORKS. SO WHY DOES IT STILL FEEL… ISOLATED? SMART METERING IS SOLVED. DATA GOVERNANCE IS NOT. In the previous article, “The Secret Life of Meters - From Basements to Billing”, we looked at how smart metering data travels from physical devices t... Data space KISS Sensors Smart city
SMART CITY FAIL: 200,000 SENSORS ON THE STREET AND NO ONE THOUGHT TO ASK THEM ANYTHING HOW AN AWARD, A RIVER AND A THOUSANDS SMARTPHONES TAUGHT US THE TRUE (FUTURE) POWER OF CROWDSENSING Welcome to SMART CITY KISS , my slightly self-ironic attempt to tell the truth about smart cities. W... CrowdSourcing Data space KISS Sensors Smart city
THE SECRET LIFE OF METERS: FROM BASEMENTS TO BILLING Welcome to SMART CITY KISS , my slightly self-ironic attempt to tell the truth about smart cities. We’ve spent years wandering like digital hobbits through vendor forests, “semantic mountains”, pilot ... Data space KISS Sensors Smart city
A TALE OF TWO CITIES AND ONE DATA SPACE WHY A CITY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE There was a time when smart city projects were mostly internal affairs. Cities built their open data portals, opened a few datasets, launched a bike sharing app,... Data space Smart city
TURN YOUR SHELLY INTO A SMART DEVICE YOU CAN CONTROL FROM Vela Context Data Hub QUICK INTRO In our previous Shelly + Vela Context Data Hub blog post / tutorial , we showed how a simple Shelly Plug can publish live energy data into Vela Context Data Hub - through MQTT, Node-RED , ... Data space Sensors Smart city
CONNECT SHELLY TO FIWARE USING VELA CONTEXT DATA HUB WHAT ARE SHELLY DEVICES AND WHY THEY MATTER BEYOND SMART CITY AND INDUSTRY THE BIG FAMILY OF SMALL DEVICES Shelly devices are a family of Wi-Fi-connected smart modules and sensors produced by Allterco... Data space Sensors Smart city