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"Who is your environmental neighbor? Now that different parts of the world so clearly effect each other, impinge upon each other, the whole notion of a neighborhood is dramatically altered."

"One of the best-known firms making software for the internet of things is called Pachube. It works directly with hardware developers to connect physical objects and the internet in the most unusual and innovative ways. Leif Percifield from dontflush.me is one of their clients, working on a project to help reduce polluted water entering New York City waterways."

"This afternoon, Nora interviewed Peter Rukavina about a mashup he built that takes information about the flow of energy between New Brunswick and PEI, and turns it into music. In a recent blog post, Peter explains how he built the tool, using Pachube and the SoundCloud API."

"Today I interviewed Usman Haque, founder and CEO of Pachube, about the company, and the potential power for bottom-up information harnessing the Internet of Things."

"...integrates with Pachube, an impressive global and crowdsourced platform for sharing real-time environmental and energy data. London-based Pachube also offers up an API and other tools for tinkerers and developers like Japan's Seigo Ishino, who created 'Wind From Fukushima.' The free Android app is basically a mashup of radiation sensor readings, Google Maps, and wind data from across Japan--the result is a real-time display of not only where the radiation is right now, but also which way it's heading."

"Pachube links networks of sensors and other hardware like Geiger counters to follow, for example, the distribution of radiation. 'A lot of people have been pushing real-time radiation data in order to be able to share,' said Usman Haque, a founder of Pachube.com. 'We’re managing and converting this data for people to use this.'"

"A startup in the U.K. called Pachube wants to kick-start a revolution in new apps and services by providing ways for anyone to share and access all this sensor data. 'Pachube is a disruptive pioneer... They are setting a new paradigm,' says Glen Allmendinger, president of Harbor Research."

"Haque sees Pachube as a tool for understanding the environment, for getting feeds from the stuff that has an electronic pulse and the means to communicate it to better understand what’s going on around the world."

"Whereas the regular Internet (like what you’re perusing now) serves up information about Justin Bieber’s hair, Pachube allows you to search the globe and find out whether or not a person in Kazakhstan has left their lights on for too long."

"...Usman Haque from Pachube - a site specialising in data infrastructure - talks about the practicalities of such crowdsourcing and whether it is a help or hindrance to the authorities."

"A rallying point for...the community eager to connect all manner of things to the internet."

""People have said that the 'Internet of Things' is still a way off," Haque replied, "but enthusiasm about the hackathon shows me that there are already plenty of developers throughout the world making things, building innovative services, applications, mobile apps, sensor devices, interactive experiences... and more things I can't even imagine. That tells me the Internet of Things is already HERE!""

"This is a classic example of how the Internet of Things is helping us understand real-time radiation levels in multiple locations across Japan and other parts of the world. Sensors, APIs, the cloud, various devices and real-time, geospatial data give us a visual representation of radiation levels."

...designer Haiyan Zhang has tapped into crowd-sourced radiation readings to create her ‘geigermap.’ This visualization was created from net-connected geiger counters across Japan, aggregated via Pachube.com, a website that collects such data.

A group of device hackers are digitizing Geiger counter readings to monitor radiation levels in real time across Japan. The data is being aggregated by the platform Pachube (pronounced “patch-bay”), which allows users to upload and share sensor data.

The site is powered by Pachube, a software platform used for the much-touted "internet of things," a term used to describe networks of connected devices or sensors. The map shows the location and the time of the readings, plus the amount of radiation detected.

"Pachube was on our Top 10 list last year and this open IoT platform continued to progress in 2010."

"CALL it the democratisation of sensors. Pachube (pronounced “patch-bay”), a start-up based in London, offers a service that lets anybody make sensor data available to anyone else so they can use them to build smart services. One tinkerer has Pachube’s computers control the fan in his office, guided by temperature readings uploaded from a thermometer on his desk."

"This week at the second annual Internet of Things 2010 conference in Brussels, British service Pachube announced a partnership with Current Cost, a producer of real-time energy monitors. Current Cost is using Pachube's Internet of Things platform for the Bridge, an ethernet device that connects Current Cost electricity monitors to the Internet."

"A small UK startup particularly impressed us this year: Pachube. Pronounced "PATCH-bay," Pachube lets you tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices, buildings and environments both physical and virtual. According to founder Usman Haque, Pachube is about "environments" more so than "sensors." In other words, Pachube aims to be responsive to and influence your environment, for example your home."

"Pachube will host live data feeds from energy, environment and other sensors. The service opens a wide range of possibilities to collect and richly display your own data."

"[Pachube] aims to patch together sensors and people into a “conversant ecosystem” of devices, buildings and environments."

"We've only scratched the surface of Pachube here. It's an ambitious new platform for sensor data - sorry, environments. Expect this kind of Internet service to be a key part of your urban environment in the not too distant future."

" The key aim is to facilitate interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual." On their web site, you can either input a feed or use one of the feeds available. The feeds come from devices, buildings, or interactive installations that are already connected to the internet or that send out SMS messages. Also supported are Second Life installations."

"Ultimately, though, Pachube is here to make it easier to participate in what I expect to be a vast ‘eco-system’ of conversant devices, buildings & virtual environments. Pachube will facilitate the development of a huge range of new products and services that will arise from extreme connectivity."

"The distinction between 'real' and 'virtual' is becoming as quaint as the 19th century distinction between 'mind' and 'body,'" says Usman Haque, Pachube's creative director. "We want to bring about a connectivity between the physical world, its objects and spaces, and the virtual world of Web sites and environments."

"...a web service called pachube.com, which enables people to connect their devices and share real-time sensor data with each other. "I compare it to YouTube, but rather than sharing videos you are sharing your sensor data," he says. "The point really is to facilitate interaction between these devices. To open up the protocol, if you like, so the machines can communicate with each other." Since then everything from iceberg weather stations to river height sensing equipment to general building management systems have been connected to the network by a set of enthusiasts eager to experiment."