Pachube
"The key aim is to facilitate interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual."
What can it do for me?
What can I do for it?
Why is it useful?
"Apart from enabling direct connections between any two responsive environments, it can also be used to facilitate many-to-many connections: just like a physical "patch bay" (or telephone switchboard)"
"Pachube enables any participating project to "plug-in" to any other participating project in real time so that, for example, buildings, interactive installations or blogs can "talk" and "respond" to each other."
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE: infrastructure = the physical hardware used to connect computers and users. It includes: transmission media, including telephone lines, cable television lines, satellites, antennas and also the router. Also includes PACHUBE - which is used to SEND, RECEIVE AND MANAGE signals that are transmitted. Infrastructure = everything that supports the flow and processing of information.