Insights
Writing on ambient intelligence, sensing and privacy.
Technical and procurement-oriented articles for people evaluating how to make a space more intelligent without collecting more than they need.
Sensing
Wi-Fi Sensing vs Cameras: When Each Technology Makes Sense
Cameras answer questions about images. Wi-Fi sensing answers questions about context. Choosing correctly starts with the question, not the sensor.
Feb 4, 2026 · 6 min
Fundamentals
What Is Ambient Intelligence?
Ambient intelligence is the ability of a space to understand its own state and activity without requiring the people in it to be identified or observed.
Feb 11, 2026 · 5 min
Buildings
Why Buildings Don't Always Need More Cameras
Adding cameras to answer an occupancy question creates a governance problem to solve an operations problem.
Feb 18, 2026 · 5 min
Care
Camera-Free Technology for Aging in Place
Older adults consistently reject in-home cameras. Activity intelligence offers caregivers awareness without asking anyone to accept being watched at home.
Feb 25, 2026 · 6 min
Buildings
How Occupancy Intelligence Can Reduce Building Energy Waste
Schedules are a proxy for occupancy. Measuring occupancy directly removes the gap between when a building runs and when it is used.
Mar 4, 2026 · 5 min
Sensing
Wi-Fi Sensing vs mmWave Radar
Two non-imaging modalities with different strengths. Most serious deployments use both rather than choosing one.
Mar 11, 2026 · 7 min
Privacy
Privacy by Design for Smart Buildings
Privacy by design in a building system means deciding what will never be collected — before the first sensor is installed.
Mar 18, 2026 · 6 min
Telecom
The Future of Routers as Sensors
Connectivity hardware is already installed everywhere. On supported hardware, it can also provide ambient awareness as a software service.
Mar 25, 2026 · 6 min
Platform
Why Sensor Fusion Matters
Every sensing modality has a failure mode. Fusion exists so that a single failure mode does not become a false alert.
Apr 1, 2026 · 5 min
Government
Non-Imaging Sensing for Government Facilities
Public facilities need situational awareness that survives privacy review. Non-imaging sensing starts from a defensible position.
Apr 8, 2026 · 6 min