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Developing the smartness?
Smarting up the development!

Yes, we know “smarting up” isn’t in the dictionary. That’s the point, it caught your eye. (So will our results). We’re nerds, the useful kind: no hoodies-as-uniform, no tape-mended glasses. When a “coder” is shown, we spare you the pretend-to-be HTML/CSS, and when hardware appears, we don’t stage it with a soldering iron pressed onto a PC mainboard. Promise.

Clouds, dashboards, and data pipelines: the backend magic that makes your devices talk sense.

From first sketch to certified hardware: design that survives both lab benches and production lines.

Electronics, firmware, and software — front to back, we wire it all up so the smart part is truly smart.

Lean back, you’re with the nerds now.

We are the crew in the engine room of smart devices, fluent in datasheets and silicon quirks. Every resistor has a name, every dot on an IC a meaning, and the latest microcontroller pinouts live in our heads without effort. We count from zero, pause politely at 0xFF, and then continue to infinity (twice). Because that’s how systems keep running.

The end of the Wild West.

Developing firmware and backend software was done by the guys in the basement. Nobody knew how they did it, or even exactly what it was they did, but out came some .hex file and your product started blinking, hooting and yes, it talked to the internet.

These days are over.

Todays firmware and all relevant cyber-physical software needs to be transparent, documented, and maintainable. It must be developed under clear processes, version-controlled, testable, secure by design, and compliant with industry standards. It must integrate seamlessly with backend services, support over-the-air updates, and withstand security audits. In short: no black boxes, but reproducible, reviewable, and updatable code that ensures reliability and long-term trust in the product.

Hello there, do we need to talk?

{Cyber,Physical} {n,m}eeds {security,safety}.

May 2025

IoT meets art, #DesignCentrumHH

Sept. 2025

Cyber-physical safety for smart cities, #SCC in Berlin.

Here are some useful smart gadgets we worked on in the past. We'd love to discuss the details upon your request.

Wi-Fi connected kitchen machine that makes cooking easy and secure. Running for seven years straight with zero remote hacks, deployed in the millions across Europe. We built the UX/UI, the authentication and encryption protocols, and the backend services, all tuned for reliability. And yes, the monthly running costs are still closer to zero than your oven’s standby draw.

An advanced viticulture system was industrialized that enables precise, GNSS-based documentation of pesticide spraying, down to the side of an individual vine. Every application is logged and certified, ensuring full traceability across the vineyard. This allows producers to separate premium grapes, backed by compliant records, from lower-value harvest where spraying was irregular. The result: higher quality wine with verifiable provenance and a clear path to premium pricing.

App-connected sexual wellness devices, designed with discretion and pleasure in mind. Developed as much for her and him as for the sheer engineering joy it brought us. Bluetooth® connectivity hardened against eavesdropping, with (even) four times a day use kept private through zero-trust, zero-knowledge communication protocols and strong encryption. The factory provisioning was secured end-to-end, with enclave-based setup ensuring confidence from production line to bedroom.

A hospital sterilization system was developed that automatically reads and evaluates plastic indicator labels washed together with surgical instruments. Specific color fields must disappear completely to confirm correct treatment time, while others must remain intact to ensure temperature and detergent stability. Using custom algorithms, deterministic image recognition, and secure data transmission even across untrusted networks, the process delivers sterile instruments without autoclaves — saving energy and time while providing precise, documented proof of compliance.