Cities
Municipal low-power radio or private 5G layer
A city-wide connectivity layer as digital public infrastructure.
Health: exposure measured where people live: where it is deployed. The loop, step by step: 1. A valley site at first light. 2. Sensor, link, edge and console stand ready. 3. Cloud and wind sweep up the valley. 4. The station and the vault register it. 5. Time and place are fixed to every sample. 6. Signed packets hop over the radio link. 7. Relays carry the packets without reading them. 8. Signatures are checked before any model runs. 9. The edge model checks it against its limit. 10. The edge releases confirmed results only. 11. The alert reaches the operator console. 12. The alert arrives with its evidence attached. 13. Record, proof and action are archived together. 14. Everything settles back to idle.
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Use casesHealth: where it is deployed.
Deployment scenarios from the sector research and the use-case library, each with the kit, the data products and the proof a buyer asks for. 13 in all.
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Exposure, measured where people live
Air quality, heat and water monitoring for public-health programmes, exposure data aligned with the places it affects, and connectivity for clinics at the edge of the network. Needs: fine particles and ozone, heat and humidity, drinking-water quality, conditions for disease vectors and connectivity for clinics.
Use case
Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring
A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records. For mining companies and their contractors. Data products: autonomy and safety communications records and environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings).
- Standards
- 3GPP Rel-16/17 URLLC · ISO 17757 (autonomous mining machinery safety) · GISTM (tailings) · ISA/IEC 62443
Use case
Hybrid air-quality observatory
A few reference analysers and many low-cost nodes, with co-location calibration and an open-data feed. For cities, public-health units, school districts. Data products: air-quality index and hyperlocal maps, labelled supplementary, calibrated time series with quality flags and publication route to an open air-quality aggregator.
- Standards
- EU Directive 2024/2881 (ambient air quality) · CEN/TS 17660 (sensor systems) · US EPA FEM/FRM reference methods
Use case
Street flood observatory
Ultrasonic depth sensors on poles report street-level water depth as open data and alerts. For cities, emergency management agencies and universities. Data products: street-level water depth time series and open data feed and alerts to emergency management and 311. Drawn against OGC SensorThings API 1.1 and Municipal open-data terms.
- Standards
- OGC SensorThings API 1.1 · Municipal open-data terms
Use case
Wildfire camera and fire-weather node
Pan-tilt and thermal cameras with edge inference on a ridgeline tower, co-located with a fire-weather station. For electric utilities, provinces and states, counties. Data products: smoke-detection alerts to dispatch, labelled supplementary, public camera feeds and fire-weather indices. Drawn against OASIS CAP 1.2 (outbound alerts), NWCG RAWS standards and NFPA 1600.
- Standards
- OASIS CAP 1.2 (outbound alerts) · NWCG RAWS standards · NFPA 1600
Use case
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network. For provinces and states, watershed boards. Data products: stage and flow time series and flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary. Drawn against WMO hydrological observing practices and National gauge standards.
- Standards
- WMO hydrological observing practices · National gauge standards
Use case
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage. For research infrastructures and universities. Data products: FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals. Drawn against ICOS and eLTER quality levels, netCDF/CF and OGC SensorThings API.
- Standards
- ICOS and eLTER quality levels · netCDF/CF · OGC SensorThings API
Use case
Methane fenceline observatory
Point sensors on the fenceline with optical gas imaging and quantification, feeding leak-detection reports. For oil and gas operators. Data products: leak-detection survey records and site-level emission estimates with uncertainty. Drawn against Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 and OGMP 2.0 reporting levels.
- Standards
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 · OGMP 2.0 reporting levels
Trust
Every node proves what it is
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Every reading carries when and where
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
How it scales
One base unit, repeated
A programme starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay, a fleet repeats the proven site across many places, and a network federates fleets through edge and core. Capacity grows by adding units, never by replacing what works.
What you get
Environmental exposure monitoring for health programmes
Heat, air and water exposure measurements around facilities and communities; no diagnosis or treatment. Delivered as managed service and data licence, for health authorities, hospital networks, employers. Scale: City to national. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
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Plan a health deployment
Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for health. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.
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01Specialized fields
Each field has its own setup.
The measurements, radio, power and crew work differ from one field to the next. Open a field for its full stack, from order to operation.
Specialized fieldHeat and health
Street, home and care-home heat sensing linked to heat-health warnings, so health services reach the people most at risk before a heatwave peaks.The full field →Specialized fieldHospital environments
Ventilation, pressure, temperature, medical gases and pharmacy storage in hospitals, watched continuously so critical rooms stay within their limits and every excursion is on record.The full field →Specialized fieldMosquito and vector surveillance
Counting traps, weather and standing-water sensing that track mosquitoes and the conditions they breed in, so health authorities target control before outbreaks.The full field →Specialized fieldWastewater surveillance
Flow-proportional sampling, flow and water quality at treatment plants and in sewers, giving public health early, anonymous signals of infections in a community.The full field →02Use-case library
Worked use cases, kit to data product.
Each names who deploys it, the kit by device class, the data products it publishes and the standards it is drawn against. Open one for its full page.
Use case · low complexityStreet flood observatory
Ultrasonic depth sensors on poles report street-level water depth as open data and alerts.- Who
- Cities, emergency management agencies and universities.
- Data
- Street-level water depth time series; Open data feed and alerts to emergency management and 311
Hybrid air-quality observatory
A few reference analysers and many low-cost nodes, with co-location calibration and an open-data feed.- Who
- Cities, public-health units, school districts.
- Data
- Air-quality index and hyperlocal maps, labelled supplementary; Calibrated time series with quality flags; Publication route to an open air-quality aggregator
Wildfire camera and fire-weather node
Pan-tilt and thermal cameras with edge inference on a ridgeline tower, co-located with a fire-weather station.- Who
- Electric utilities, provinces and states, counties.
- Data
- Smoke-detection alerts to dispatch, labelled supplementary; Public camera feeds; Fire-weather indices
Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring
A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records.- Who
- Mining companies and their contractors.
- Data
- Autonomy and safety communications records; Environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings)
Methane fenceline observatory
Point sensors on the fenceline with optical gas imaging and quantification, feeding leak-detection reports.- Who
- Oil and gas operators.
- Data
- Leak-detection survey records; Site-level emission estimates with uncertainty
Bioacoustic biodiversity observatory
Open-hardware acoustic recorders on solar power with low-power radio or satellite uplink, for species baselines.- Who
- Conservation organisations, parks, credit developers.
- Data
- Species occupancy and acoustic baselines
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network.- Who
- Provinces and states, watershed boards.
- Data
- Stage and flow time series; Flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage.- Who
- Research infrastructures and universities.
- Data
- FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals
03Cities
Cities: deployment scenarios.
Air quality, noise, traffic, urban heat and street flooding, with open data as a procurement credential.
CitiesHybrid air-quality network
Reference analysers plus calibrated low-cost nodes; low-cost sensors alone do not meet regulatory requirements.The full use case →04Environment and climate
Environment and climate: deployment scenarios.
Measurement, reporting and verification for methane, carbon, biodiversity and water quality.
Environment and climateMethane fenceline and site-level continuous monitoring
Regulatory cadences in the EU and reporting levels in voluntary frameworks.The full use case →Environment and climateBiodiversity measurement with acoustics and camera traps
Acoustic baselines as a biodiversity data source; no registry methodology accepting acoustic data was found.The full use case →Environment and climateWildfire smoke and particulate health networks
Overlaps with cities and public safety.The full use case →05Across the industry
Across the classification.
Use cases mapped to the UN ISIC Rev. 4 sections this site covers.
- Heat and air exposure around facilities
- Campus private wireless for hospital operations
06Proof
What buyers ask to see.
- Co-location calibration reports against reference monitors, data-completeness service levels, an open-data API, a privacy impact assessment for video and probe sensing, accessible dashboards.
- Regulator acceptance, third-party verification, uncertainty quantification, reconciliation at the highest reporting level, open methods.
- Calibration records; no diagnosis or treatment
The line we hold
Environmental exposure measurement, outside medical-device scope: no diagnosis, no treatment and no clinical decision support.
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