Creative Connectivity - the site for eHealth, telematics and wireless

Bluetooth low energy - aiming for the trillions

It’s the start of everything around you being able to tell you something. We really are about to create the Internet of Things…


Smart Metering – the next Y2K bonanza?

Everyone seems to agree that we need smart meters, but who will be the main beneficiary from their deployment? Could it be consultants and their retirement plans…?


Who owns Smart Energy?

If you can’t win, take their name away instead. ZigBee patents Smart Energy…


Smart Energy, mHealth and the Chocolate Factory

If you think you’ve got a data overload problem, shed a tear for the mHealth and Smart Energy industries.



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 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…


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 and transport apply pressure to use wireless more intelligently for consumer health devices and telematics. These are my views on the subject - please let me know yours.

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