The Economist: A special report on smart systems

"CALL it the democratisation of sensors. Pachube (pronounced “patch-bay”), a start-up based in London, offers a service that lets anybody make sensor data available to anyone else so they can use them to build smart services. One tinkerer has Pachube’s computers control the fan in his office, guided by temperature readings uploaded from a thermometer on his desk."

ReadWriteWeb: Internet of Things Business Models: Pachube Partners With Current Cost

"This week at the second annual Internet of Things 2010 conference in Brussels, British service Pachube announced a partnership with Current Cost, a producer of real-time energy monitors. Current Cost is using Pachube's Internet of Things platform for the Bridge, an ethernet device that connects Current Cost electricity monitors to the Internet."