Creative Connectivity - the site for eHealth, telematics and wireless

Full Bluetooth low energy standard published

Not everyone managed to make it to Seattle, but nothing as insignificant as a volcano was going to hold Bluetooth low energy down…


British Gas – Smart Meters get real

At last, a smart energy roll-out that looks as if it’s more than a PR exercise…


Smart Energy & Strange Alliances

When deadly rivals get into bed with each other, there’s generally a rat around…


Smashing the Smart Grid. Hackers target ZigBee.

Every geek will be looking forward to the chance of hacking into their school’s HVAC system, with possibly catastrophic results for the grid…


Smart Meters and Stupid Governments – Time for Dedicated Spectrum

The frequency we’re planning to use for Smart Meters is already congested. So we could be throwing our money away on something that will never work…


ZigBee and the evil radios

In the radio world there are standards and there are losers with pretensions. The battle lines are being drawn in the ultra low power arena…


About Creative Connectivity

Creative Connectivity is Nick Hunn's blog on aspects and applications of wireless connectivity. Having worked with wireless for over twenty years I've seen the best and worst of it and despair at how little of its potential is exploited.

I hope that's about to change, as the demands of healthcare, energy and transport apply pressure to use wireless more intelligently for consumer health devices, smart metering and telematics. These are my views on the subject - please let me know yours.

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