Blog - weekly updates on things seen or heard
Fighting ESP32 + MQTT
Aug 10, 2025
I spent way too long trying to get a simple Zigbee sensor working with Tasmota and MQTT using a Sonoff...
Fixing clamps and Greengages
Aug 3, 2025
A mix of making, lido benches and events this week. The greengages on the tree in the garden have started...
CE Exhibition 2025
Jul 27, 2025
Some photos this week of the MSc Connected Environments dissertation exhibition that has opened last week showcasing our students IoT...
Greenlands and Graduation
Jul 20, 2025
Van in a field UCL Digital festival, exhibition launch (but more on that next week), graduation and drones again. Over...
Nettlebed Drone eDNA
Jul 13, 2025
Have been working with folk over in CBER the past couple of months on a really cool new method for...
Skye Roadtrip
Jul 7, 2025
Photos from a 1400 mile roadtrip to Skye.
CUPUM 2025
Jun 28, 2025
Attended my first CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Management) conference being hosted by CASA at UCL East. Was great to...
Sidara, data transformation and noodles
Jun 21, 2025
A hot week, meaning the allotment is thriving and it was nice to work in the smart new environmentally conditioned...
eDNA, prototyping and Topcon
Jun 14, 2025
Mainly pictures of prototyping this week. First up some testing of a mount made by Danny and Simon in the...
Cities in the Metaverse
Jun 7, 2025
Image from Cities in the Metaverse book cover by Andy Hudson-Smith This time last summer I was focusing on researching...