Pachube
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Pachube is an on-line database service provider allowing developers to connect sensor data to the Web and to build their own applications on it.
Pachube is a data brokerage platform, which made a list of the top 5 trends in 2009 for the internet of things
, managing millions of datapoints per day from thousands of individuals, organisations & companies around the world. It enables you to store, share & discover realtime sensor, energy and environment data from objects, devices & buildings around the world.
It was created in 2007 by architect Usman Haque.
Following the nuclear accidents in Japan in 2011, Pachube was used by volunteers to interlink Geiger counters across the country to monitor the fallout.
Pachube manages millions of datapoints per day from thousands of individuals, organisations & companies around the world. Pachube stores, converts & serves data in multiple data formats, which makes it interoperable with both established web protocols & existing construction industry standards. All feeds include contextual metadata (timestamps, geolocation, units, tags) that add value to datastreams.
Pachube allows users to:
With a rapid development cycle & dozens of code examples & libraries, Pachube's 'physical-to-virtual' API makes it possible to build applications that add value to networked objects & environments. Pachube handles the scalability & high-availability required for complex data management.
Pachube is built to encourage open Digital ecosystem
s. Examples:
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Pachube is a data brokerage platform, which made a list of the top 5 trends in 2009 for the internet of things
Internet of Things
The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. The term Internet of Things was first used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. The concept of the Internet of Things first became popular through the Auto-ID Center and related...
, managing millions of datapoints per day from thousands of individuals, organisations & companies around the world. It enables you to store, share & discover realtime sensor, energy and environment data from objects, devices & buildings around the world.
It was created in 2007 by architect Usman Haque.
Following the nuclear accidents in Japan in 2011, Pachube was used by volunteers to interlink Geiger counters across the country to monitor the fallout.
Capabilities
- Manage realtime sensor & environment data:
Pachube manages millions of datapoints per day from thousands of individuals, organisations & companies around the world. Pachube stores, converts & serves data in multiple data formats, which makes it interoperable with both established web protocols & existing construction industry standards. All feeds include contextual metadata (timestamps, geolocation, units, tags) that add value to datastreams.
- Graph, monitor & control remote environments:
Pachube allows users to:
- embed realtime graphs & widgets in their website.
- Analyse & process historical data pulled from any public Pachube feed.
- Send realtime alerts from any datastream to control your scripts, devices & environments.
- Out-of-the-box configurable tools include a zoomable graph, a mapping/tracking widget, an augmented reality viewer, SMS alerts & apps for various smartphones.
- Build mobile & web apps that create value:
With a rapid development cycle & dozens of code examples & libraries, Pachube's 'physical-to-virtual' API makes it possible to build applications that add value to networked objects & environments. Pachube handles the scalability & high-availability required for complex data management.
- Share data & create communities:
Pachube is built to encourage open Digital ecosystem
Digital ecosystem
A digital ecosystem is a distributed adaptive open socio-technical system with properties of self-organisation, scalability and sustainability. As an emerging field of study, "digital ecosystems" is informed by knowledge of natural ecosystems and is still being defined...
s. Examples:
- Electricity meterElectricity meterAn electricity meter or energy meter is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, business, or an electrically powered device....
s http://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=electricity, - weather stationshttp://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=weather,
- Building management systemBuilding Management SystemA Building Management System is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems...
s http://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=building, - Air quality stations http://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=pollution,
- biosensorshttp://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=bio*,
- geiger countershttp://www.pachube.com/feeds?q=geiger
External links
- Getting started: Unofficial guide from a Pachube beginner
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