--- title: "Resources: Edge compute & AI | Nexus Observatory" description: "Resources for the Edge compute & AI platform: the explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team." url: https://observatory.global/edge-ai/resources/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) / **Resources** # Resources for edge compute & AI. The explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team, in one place. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/deployment/) [Areas](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/areas/) Areas · **5** Technologies · **130** Industries · **8** **01** Start here ## See it before you plan it. [Explainer Edge compute & AI, explainedThe platform in 3D, chapter by chapter.Open the explainer →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/explainer/) [Overview Edge compute & AIInference beside the instrument.Back to the overview →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Studio Field Deployment StudioPlan coverage, power and timing on real terrain.Open the Studio →](https://observatory.global/studio/) **02** Stories ## Where this platform is at work. Field stories from the network, each with the systems in it and the sources behind it. [Suburb The suburb as a power stationRooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles turn a residential street into thousands of small generators. Observing them is how a distribution grid…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/suburb-grid-edge/) [Forest and wildfire Seeing smoke soonerA fire is cheapest to fight in its first hour. Ridge-top cameras, weather in the stand and satellite hot spots each see it at different times and scales;…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/wildfire/) [River basin and floods Rising water, counted in metresA flood map is a sentence about the future: this ground lies below that level. Gauges along the valley, a weather station and a terrain model turn the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/river-floods/) [Coast and port The port that sees the approachA port observes three things at once: the ships coming in, the sea they come through and the cranes that receive them. Ship identity travels on a radio…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/coast-port/) [Mountains and avalanche terrain Snowpack, slope and signalAvalanche forecasting reasons about the likelihood and size of avalanches on given terrain. The observations behind it come from a few stations in hard…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/mountain-avalanche/) [End to end An observation grid, end to endAn observation is not a reading. It is a reading with a place, a time, a calibration and a path that anyone can follow back. An observing grid is the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/observation-grid/) [Private 5G and AI-RAN Private 5G with the inference in the radioA private cellular network gives a site its own coverage, its own security and its own priorities. AI-RAN adds a second idea: the accelerators that run the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/private-5g-ai-ran/) [Satellite backhaul When the backhaul is a satelliteFor a remote site, the satellite is not a backup; it is the network. Since Release 17, the cellular standard includes satellites as part of the radio access…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/ntn-backhaul/) [Edge AI inference Deciding at the edgeA model that detects smoke, flooding or a fault is most useful where the frame is captured. Running inference at the edge cuts the time to a decision and…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/edge-ai/) [Data provenance chain From sensor to recordA published observation should carry its own history: which instrument made it, when, under which calibration, and every step since. The web already has a…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/provenance/) [Resilient operations When the links failObserving systems matter most on the days infrastructure fails. Designing for that day means local autonomy, stored power, store-and-forward delivery and…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/resilient-ops/) [6G and sensing Networks that senseThe framework for 6G names integrated sensing and communication as one of its usage scenarios: the same radio that carries data also measures range,…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/sensing-networks-6g/) [AI weather and geospatial foundation models Models that learned the atmosphereIn three years, machine-learned weather models went from research papers to operations. They learned from decades of reanalysis, which means they inherit…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/ai-earth-models/) **03** Documentation ## The open specification and its tools. [Open SpecificationFunctions, state machines, objects and flows.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) [Open DevelopersSoftware kits, agents and worked examples.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/developers/) [Open ConformanceRun the suite, publish the result.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/conformance/) [Open Open sourceWhat is open, and on what terms.Read →](https://observatory.global/open/) **04** Reach the right team ## Every request has its own form. Each form routes to the team that answers it and names who receives your details. [Form Plan a deploymentTell us the site, the sector and the timeline. An engineer replies.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/deployment/) [Form Get supportSomething does not work, or you need a hand with a system you run.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/support/) [Form Talk to salesPricing, procurement, resellers and commercial terms.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/sales-enquiry/) [Form Write to usNot sure who should read it? Choose a department and we route it.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/message/) **05** On this site ## Where to go next. [Edge compute & AI AreasEvery area, with its systems and standards.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/areas/) [Edge compute & AI TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/technologies/) [Edge compute & AI ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/architecture/) [Edge compute & AI IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/industries/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/deployment/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Edge compute & AI** . 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